My latest feature for Caravan World magazine highlighting Western Australia’s mid-west region.

Beautiful sunsets, picturesque walks, and a taste of history: this mid-west gem is worth discovering.

“It’s nice to escape to somewhere remote and experience a new challenge travelling solo,” I replied to a retiree who queried why I was in this fiery outback setting on my lonesome. He soon delighted me with his wholesome yet polar opposite intention — “We come out here for the comradery.”

Despite searching for opposite things, we both found ourselves under wide-open skies away from the big smoke — city-wise, that is — embracing the simple pleasures of rural living.

See more: The Real Australian Outback