Grand Scale

EVERYTHING IS BIG IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND IF SIZE MATTERS TO YOU, THEN THIS EPIC AND REMOTE TRIP THROUGH THE KENNEDY RANGE NATIONAL PARK AND ON TO THE HUMONGOUS MOUNT AUGUSTUS IS A MUST-DO ADVENTURE.

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WE are pretty lucky in Australia with so many ‘big things’, whether they be man-made or natural, so while on tour in our biggest state I thought I’d check out one of the biggest natural wonders in the world: Mount Augustus. After fueling up, restocking and a quick service of the Cruiser at Carnarvon on WA’s mid-west coast, I headed east along the Carnarvon Highway towards Gascoyne Junction. With a good 450km drive to the world’s biggest rock, I settled in for the long haul on what seemed like an endless sealed road running beside the Gascoyne River. Taking a break at Gascoyne, I read up on the Kennedy Range, which was just 60km to the north, and where you can view stunning rock gorges and hike to natural waterholes. On the…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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