Kimberley

This is one of the last true wilderness frontiers left on Earth, a region three times larger than England holding fewer people than a single suburb elsewhere in the country. Freshwater swimming holes and towering canyons break up the vast, dry landscape, hidden rewards for anyone willing to go looking. The Gibb River Road cuts straight through it, one of the great 4WD road trips anywhere in the world. Broome anchors the coast at the region's edge, its beaches doing plenty to explain the area's romantic reputation.