Facing on to the Indian Ocean, Western Australia is the largest state in Australia, covering an area of more than 2,500,000 sq km being almost a third of the continent.

From north to south the coastline spans 2400 km. Most of the population however, live in and around Perth, the state capital.

Separating the northern coastline from the Indonesian Archipelago is the Timor Sea and further to the south is the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

Sun, sea and adventures, in breath-taking natural surroundings with warm, friendly and welcoming people, Western Australia is a great place for a holiday whenever you visit.

Western Australia with its uniquely natural environment is an experience not to be missed. Try diving in with the world’s largest fish, the whale shark or snorkel with manta rays, swim alongside wild dolphins or simply soak in the atmosphere.

Western Australia-Climate
Integrate: Most of the southwest coastal areas of Western Australia is temperate and forested with annual rainfalls with vary from 12 inches to 55 inches in the wettest areas with the summer months from November to March are usually dry.

The middle four-fifths of the Western Australia is semi-arid or desert terrain and average rainfall is only around 200 to 250 millimetres but is very unpredictable because much of it is produced by cyclones which are sporadic.

However in the northern tropical regions in the hot climate, rainfall ranges from 500 to 1500 millimetres, although this normally happens all between December to March.

Northern Tropics
The ‘dry’ season which is April to September, is the northern tropics winter and has long sunny days with blue skies.Temperatures can range from 24 degrees Celsius at night to around 34 degrees Celsius during the day, and could be classified as near perfect weather.

Temperatures vary little on the coast during the day, whilst the interior can reach 40 degrees Celsius during the day drop towards freezing during the night.

The ‘wet’ season is the northern summer which is October to March and temperatures get up to the high 30s with a very high humidity. During the frequent tropical rain storms it is not unusual for the northern coastal regions to record more than 1.5 metres of rainfall in the wet season.

Were there are rainstorms there is also magnificent thunderstorms which light up the sky over hundreds of miles across the Western Australia.

Southern sunshine
The South West coast of Western Australia varies between 14 degrees Celsius in winter months and 32 degrees Celsius in the summer months.
Further south in Western Australia the weather tends to be much less dramatic with the city of Perth experiencing the most days sunshine of any Australian state capital city.

On average Perth experiences about eight hours sunshine every day and has about 118 clear days per year. Temperatures range from 17 degrees Celsius in July to 30 degrees Celsius in February with most of the annual rainfall occurring in the winter months.