Western Australia: Coral Coast

Shark Bay and Monkey Mia

Francois Peron National Park beach © Tourism WA Shark Bay is a double bay shaped like the letter 'W' just over 800 km from Perth. On the Cape Peron Peninsula in the middle of the bay are the small town of Denham and Monkey Mia Resort, about 150 km from the Overlander Roadhouse turn off on the North West Coastal Highway. En route from the highway is Hamelin Pool with its colony of stromatolites.

Greyhound buses run from Perth and there are domestic flights between Perth and Denham/Monkey Mia.

The Monkey Mia Resort, beside the beach where dolphins visit virtually every day, offers a range of accommodation from campsites to motel rooms. However, you don’t have to stay here to see the dolphins (you simply pay a small entry fee) and the small holiday town of Denham, 833 km from Perth and about 25 km away from Monkey Mia, also has a range of camping and caravan sites and motel accommodation.

Beyond Monkey Mia and Denham, on the end of the Francois Peron Peninsula, is the Francois Peron National Park www.naturebase.net(Francois Peron), named after a French naturalist who visited the area in the early 1800s. It was formerly a sheep station and the old homestead is open to the public. It is a lovely park with unspoiled coastal scenery, but you do need a 4WD to access it.

Back on the NW Highway, Carnarvon is the next town of significance, 904 km north of Perth. It is the administrative town of its region and offers a functional stop with several motels, caravan and camp sites if you need to break your journey here.

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Shell Beach near Denham, Coral Coast © Tourism WA

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