Must-do · (~$600-625, Mar-Jul)

Swim with whale sharks, Ningaloo

Exmouth, Western Australia

Snorkel beside the world's biggest fish on Ningaloo Reef: the splurge every west-coast backpacker saves their farm wages for.

Type: Must-do

Cost: (~$600-625, Mar-Jul)

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Tulki Beach Campground (Cape Range National Park)

Exmouth, WA

Free camp · Free

Barradale Rest Area (Yannarie River)

Yannarie (between Carnarvon and Exmouth), WA

Paid camp

The Blowholes (Point Quobba) camp

Quobba, north of Carnarvon, WA

Swim hole · Free

Rocky Pool

Gascoyne River, 55 km E of Carnarvon, WA

Paid camp

Gladstone Bay Campground

Wooramel (Carnarvon), WA

Free camp · Free

De Grey River Rest Area

De Grey (Port Hedland), WA

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