Central West Coast
This wonderous natural area holds a feast of excitement and unique experiences. With World Heritage Marine Park, Monkey Mia Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef and Exmouth there's a wealth of coastal activies to be had Central West Coast provides many of the best offerings in WA. There is also Mount Augusta National Park and the Kennedy Range National Park. You will be spoilt for choice with such diverse offerings.
On the long stretch of Batavia Coast, from Greenhead in the south to Kalbarri in the north, a nature-based holiday can be experienced just as easily as a traditional beachside holiday.
Situated on the heart of the Batavia Coast, Geraldton offers a near-perfect lifestyle year-round. Offering a temperate climate, range of entertainment, shopping, fishing and some world-accredited sporting facilities, Geraldton is the regional city of the Mid West Region of Western Australia. It's the larggest town in the Central West Coast area.
Nestled where the Murchison River flows into the Indian Ocean, two hours' drive north from Geraldton, is the ideally situated town of Kalbarri. This is one of Western Australia's most popular holiday resorts and is the premium place in the mid west for a total holiday experience.
Shark Bay on the central coast is Australia's largest marine embayment with over 1500 kilometres of meandering coastline. The Marine Park landscapes and habitats vary from rugged sea cliffs, to tranquil lagoons and beaches of sand or shell.
Monkey Mia is located on a unique section of World Heritage coastline only 30 minutes' drive northeast from the town of Denham. It has a relaxed atmosphere and those who love nature will delight at the huge variety of animal and bird life found nearby.
The Gascoyne contains about 600 km of Indian Ocean coastline, and extends inland about 500 km; altogether it has an area of 137,938 km2 (including islands), and a population of just over 10,000 people, most of whom live in the main towns of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Denham, Gascoyne Junction and Coral Bay.
Just north of Gascoyne Junction, in the harsh and unforgiving interior of the State's north-west, lie the spectacular sandstone battlements of the Kennedy Range. This huge mesa, pushed up from an ancient sea bed, its central figure has dominated the surrounding plains for millions of years.
Mount Augustus, or Burringurrah as it is known by the local Wadjari Aboriginal people, is about 850 kilometres from Perth and midway between the Great Northern and North West Coastal highways. One of the most spectacular solitary peaks in the world, it rises 717 metres above a stony, red sandplain of arid shrubland—dominated by wattles, cassias and eremophilas—and is clearly visible from the air for more than 160 kilometres.
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