Coral Coast - Western Australia

This region is a treasure trove of beaches, awesome marine life and the bluest ocean you’ll see anywhere in the world.

Three hours north of Perth is the remarkable natural landscape of the Pinnacles, where erosion has caused limestone spires to rise up to five metres high from the sand. The Pinnacles, located in the Nambung National Park, can be accessed either by 4WD tour, luxury coach or self drive.

Monkey Mia, 850km north of Perth is renowned for its wild and inquisitive bottlenose dolphins which come to the beach most every day to interact with visitors. Monkey Mia is only a small part of the Shark Bay World Heritage experience which includes Shell Beach, the Stromatolites (the world’s oldest living fossils) Steep Point, the most westerly point on the Australian mainland, and the Francois Peron Peninsula National Park.

East of Shark Bay is the world’s oldest and largest monocline rock, Mount Augustus. Mount Augustus is three times as old and twice as big as Ayers Rock.

Further north again are the towns of Coral Bay and Exmouth, both providing easy access to the Ningaloo Marine Park. The Ningaloo Coral Reef is 260 kms long and, is at many places, only 50 metres from the shore. The Reef’s most famous residents are its whale sharks, the world’s biggest fish growing up to 12 metres long. Swimming with the Whale Sharks (March- May) is an exhilarating experience that almost defies description.

Highlights

	Monkey Mia Dolphins
	Meet the famous bottle nose dolphins as they come up to the shore at Monkey Mia. Visitors from all over the world are drawn to the World Heritage Shark Bay Region for the chance to be friend some of Monkey Mias bottle nosed dolphins.

	Ningaloo Reef
	Swim with the biggest fish in the ocean, the Whale Shark. Offering a host of land and sea adventures and attractions, from both Exmouth and Coral Bay, the area attracts visitors from far and wide to swim with the Whale Shark, dive or snorkel the reef, fish or simply relax at its pristine beaches.

	The Pinnacles
	Amaze at the colour, size and history behind the Pinnacles. The extraordinary ancient rock formations that make up the Pinnacles are located about a three-hour drive north of Perth near the coastal town of Cervantes. Regarded as one of Australia's most unique landscapes, these incredible limestone piers rise eerily out of the sand, some several metres tall.

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