There are many spectacular gorges in the region including Windjana , Bell Creek, Manning and Geikie Gorges. The Pilbara is one of the oldest geological areas in the world with rugged, yet beautiful, inland gorges and some of the largest deposits of iron ore and natural gas in the world. Pull on the hiking boots and explore Hancock , Kalamina, Joffre, Dales, Weano, Red and Hamersley Gorges . Millstream Chichester National Park , with its majestic ranges, exotic palms and eternal springs, is a tropical oasis in the very heart of the Pilbara. Newman is a picturesque inland town adjacent to the world's largest open cut iron ore mine.
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The Gascoyne region offers holiday makers adventure, a stunning array of natural attractions, thousands of kilometres of white, sandy beaches and a dry, sub-tropical climate. Francios Peron National Park is home to many rare and endangered fauna species. From the cliffs of Cape Peron visitors may see wedgetailed eagles soaring, bottlenose dolphins playing, dugongs feeding, and green and loggerhead turtles surfacing for air. The friendly dolphins of Monkey Mia show how wild animals can be attracted to human activity in the marine environment. Mt Augustus National Park , inland from Carnarvon, is the world's largest monocline, a rock strata which dips in one direction, and is 2.5 times the size of Uluru.