Strelley Pool

Here has been found some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth – 3.43 billion years old fossils of sulphur-processing bacteria in fossil stromatolites.

Gloucester Tree

72 m tall karri tree (Eucalyptus diversicolor), the second tallest fire lookout in the world, where visitors can climb up to 58 m high outlook cabin. Girth – 7.8 m.

Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree

Giant, 75 m tall karri tree (Eucalyptus diversicolor) with a lookout platform at 65 m height.

Mont Lesueur

Flat-topped hills – mesas (Mont Lesueur and Mont Michaud), rising above the surrounding plains. The area contains a very high number of endemic and very rare species of plants.

Ludlow Tuart Forest

Largest remaining tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) forest in the world, consisting of giant trees of this rare species. Largest trees are up to 33 m tall, with more than 10 m in circumference.

Lake Thetis

Lake with living marine stromatolites that in this site have near unique columnar branching.

Lake Clifton thrombolites

A colony of thrombolites in shallow areas of the lake. These colonies of microbial mats resemble round, white stones.

Barrow Island Caves

Group of partly inundated caves with unique cave fauna. Known 63 species of stygofauna and 19 species of troglofauna. Here live endemic species of fish – Barrow Cave Gudgeon (Milyeringa justitia), unusual shizomid Draculoides bramstokeri, and possibly the only cave-dwelling reptile – small, thin snake Ramphotyphlops longissimus.

Murchison River Gorge

Spectacular river gorge, more than 80 km long and up to 129 m deep. Valuable Ordovician fossils. Endemic species of plants.

The Boab Prison Tree, Derby

An unusual boab (Adansonia gregorii), circumference 14.64 m, height just 9.5 m. It was used to lock up indigenous Australians in the 1860s on their way to sentencing.