Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Regions at a Glance
Monkey Mia & the Central West
Beaches
The white shell beaches of Shark Bay - with famous visitors, the Monkey Mia dolphins -
are just part of a turquoise coastline stretching from family-friendly Port Denison to the
wilds of Gnaraloo Station.
Adventure
Surfers and windsurfers flock to Geraldton and Gnaraloo for winter swells and summer
winds; fisherfolk and explorers head west to Edel Land. Bushwalkers prefer Kalbarri in
winter.
History
Historic artefacts, shipwrecks and 19th-century buildings stud this rugged coastline, includ-
ing Green-ough's pioneer settlement and the 1629
Batavia
wreck off the Houtman Albrol-
hos Islands.
