best time of year to visit Western Australia

That would be OK just getting pretty hot by then and the possibility of some esrly cyclonic rain

For comfort, avoiding school holidays, the best time to go to Northwest WA is during the winter and Southern WA during the summer – doesn’t seem much point doing it the other way around.

G'day Michael,

Dennis is right but then you have to time it so you miss the crowds. First rule of thumb is to AVOID school holidays at all costs especially North in winter and South in summer. You may be able to find some out of the way spots to camp with few people but they are few and far between if you don't know the area and the roads between destinations can be extremely frustrating. Not to mention double demerits and police/radars everywhere (you should be driving safely anyway but it's just an added pressure).

I'm like you, I dislike crowded places. My job is quite stressful and am constantly dealing with people so the last thing I want on my getaway is being surrounded with heaps of people, generators going, kids screaming etc etc....don't get me wrong 90% of folk are extremely friendly but am much happier when it's just me and the missus...SO...the best thing to do is do your research. Karijini is an absolute zoo around March/April, I work nearby and the petrol station in Tom Price actually ran out of fuel (ULP) one weekend last month. Go around the shoulder periods around a week after the school holidays or a couple of weeks before and maybe just out of season and you should be good! Hope you have some luck

Hi Michael

We have visited those areas in May-June; climate nice, and avoids the peak of the migration north in July. I haven't been in October-November as i do not cope well in the heat so cannot comment about how many would go then - ie after the October school holidays.

Motherhen

Michael - We stayed at Eco Beach for a week, in early November 2010. It was great - no crowds, and the weather was around 25 deg to 36 deg, which I find very pleasant.
I can't stand cold, and neither can I stand crowds.

Cheers - Ron.

A few years ago we were up to Kununurra and back to Perth October-December.

Hot, yes 45 degrees for 2 weeks at one stage around Pt Hedland and I have a video of the thermometer at 56.3 in the shade at the Pentacost River crossing.

But almost everywhere we had the place to ourselves, maybe a few Germans but that was all.

Mary's Pool us plus 2
Marble Bar Caravan Park us plus none
Cleaverville us plus 3
Cape Keraudren us plus 4
etc

It was dry so maybe some of the attractions weren't at their best but we thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing.

Paul

If you don't mind heat you can go North during the Southern summer BUT you have to accept the possibility of being rained in by, or even being involved in, cyclone activity. Other than that go for it.

Being a parochial West Australian any time of the year is a good time to visit WA,