Shark Bay Marine Park is Australia's largest marine embayment at a size 748,735 hectares and covering 1500kms of coastline.
It is home to a myriad of aquatic wildlife such as dolphins, dugongs, manta rays and turtles and some 17 species of mammals, 98 species of reptiles and amphibians and more than 230 species of birds.
The bay areas is flanked by a dramatic and beautiful area of coastline, where red sea cliffs give way to white sandy beaches and turquoise ocean waters.
The shallows support a diverse ecology of coral, hypersaline communities, mangroves and seagrass meadows with the bay region supporting the largest number and area of seagrass species in the world.
Project Eden
A nationally significant conservation project aimed at rejuvenating the ecosystem and creating a safe haven for threatened native wildlife.The Department of Conservation and Environment has already eradicated foxes, is controlling cats and had reintroduced species such as woylies, malleefowl and greater bilby.
For more information about this project and Shark Bay Marine Park contact the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) on +61 08 9948 1208 or visit their website.
