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Plan Your Journey

To help you plan your Coral Coast holiday, we've made it simple.

The best time to visit:
We generally say the best time to visit the Coral Coast is between March to October. This is due to the weather being dry, mild heat and the majority of our seasonal experiences/tours happen between these months. 

Key travelling resources

Here's all the resources you'll need including Australia's weather/seasons. How to travel by air, road or water, booking accommodation and tours plus more. And of course, a map to help you get around! 

Western Australia has 192,000km of unique and contrasting road conditions. The variation can be challenging for even the most seasoned drivers, while small differences in road laws between other countries can have significant safety implications.

To help keep you safe, the Road safety Commission produces a Guide to Driving on WA Roads. This free booklet is essential reading for those getting behind the wheel and hitting our roads. It includes helpful information about Western Australian road rules and tips for driving in urban and regional areas.

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - English booklet

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - Arabic booklet

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - Chinese (Mandarin) booklet

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - French booklet

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - German booklet

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - Italian booklet

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - Japanese booklet

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - Korean booklet

Guide to Driving on WA Roads - Malay booklet

 

The Coral Coast's Regions

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Indian Ocean Drive

Best known for the Pinnacles Desert at Cervantes or the endangered Australian Sea Lions of Jurien Bay, the area is home to several National Parks and Marine Parks, sporting colourful wildflowers during the season.

See the Pinnacles
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Kalbarri & the Pink Lake

Kalbarri and Hutt Lagoon, the pink lake at Port Gregory are an easy self-drive holiday from Perth. Adventures to be had on the water, quad biking by the ocean or hiking and biking at the National Park sites.

Colours of Kalbarri
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Ningaloo Reef

The 300km long Ningaloo Reef is the best place on Earth to swim with megafauna including Whale Shanks, Manta Rays, Humpback Whales and Turtles. Learn to dive, hike the Canyons, cruise the gorge creeks and enjoy fresh seafood. 

Meet our Megafauna
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Geraldton & its Islands

Geraldton has established itself as a contemporary coastal hub of cafés, shops, street art and galleries. It's also a great base for Western Australia wildflower carpets, a world-class kitesurfing hub and the gateway to the Abrolhos Islands with its black pearls.

Go to Geraldton!
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Shark Bay World Heritage Area

Shark Bay World Heritage Area is known worldwide for the Monkey Mia dolphin experience. Emus, Lizards, Dugongs, Turtles and Rays are found in its National Park - coloured red rust cliffs - and waters which are white sand (or shells) and turquoise waters.

See you in Shark Bay
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Wildflower Country

The Coral Coast is a popular spot to see dazzling Western Australia wildflowers - from late July to early October with the best months being August & September. Our region is Wildflower Hotspot, home to the flower carpets, orchids and the rare wreath flowers.

Wowed by Wildflowers

Discover all things Coral Coast

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Island Rock and Natural Bridge

Island Rock and Natural Bridge
Island Rock and Natural Bridge are situated in Kalbarri National Park as part of the Coastal Cliff sites. Yielding to the forces of the ocean, the once resilient Island Rock was part of the shoreline
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Greenough River Nature Trail

Greenough River Nature Trail
The Greenough River Nature Trail is a picturesque walk or mountain bike with a 17km trail of bush land surrounding Greenough River. It provides you with the opportunity to capture the stunning views
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Australian Sea Lion Encounters

Australian Sea Lion Encounters
Large colonies of Australian sea lions thrive on the Coral Coast of Western Australia (WA). It’s not uncommon to spot these cute creatures lazing in the sun on the beaches of the Jurien Bay Marine
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Dandaragan Grass Trees National Park Western Australia

Dandaragan

Dandaragan
Dandaragan boasts lush pastures and abundant crops produced from fertile farming land. It is home to award-winning Dandaragan organic beef, cold-pressed olive oil, and citrus and stone fruit orchards
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Ningaloo Marine Park

Ningaloo Marine Park

Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park protects the world-famous Ningaloo Reef – Australia’s largest and most accessible fringing reef and one of the largest fringing reefs in the world. Here, you
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Vlamingh Head Lighthouse

Vlamingh Head Lighthouse
The Vlamingh Head Lighthouse offers spectacular views of Ningaloo Reef and a great vantage point to witness the famous Western Australian sunset. Take a walk around the outside of the lighthouse to
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Bird Watching Shark Bay

Bird Watching Shark Bay
Shark Bay has more than 200 species of birds, some of which are found nowhere else on Earth. Large breeding colonies of seabirds congregate along the coast and islands and draw many bird watching
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Fishing in Carnarvon

Fishing in Carnarvon
Built in 1897, One Mile Jetty in Carnarvon is a very popular WA fishing spot. Common catches include mulloway, tailor, bream and mud crabs, with blue manna crabs making an appearance between March and
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Muiron Islands off Exmouth

Muiron Islands off Exmouth
The Muiron (pronounced 'Myoo-ron’) - north and south - and Sunday islands are found approximately 15 kilometres (or 9.8 nautical miles) off the North West Cape, the water surrounding these two
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Kalbarri Skywalk 2019 render drawings

Kalbarri Skywalk

Kalbarri Skywalk
Work is in progress for the Kalbarri Skywalk and is due to open mid 2020! Breathtaking skywalks in Kalbarri National Park will become a major tourism drawcard for Kalbarri, providing stunning vistas
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Dynamite Bay

Dynamite Bay
Dynamite Bay is a stunning bay in Green Head which is sheltered from the strong winds off the coast by a low lying rocky cliff that circles around the beach. The bay is part of the Three Bays Walkway
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Jurien Bay snorkelling

Jurien Bay snorkelling
Similar to the Abrolhos Islands the Jurien Bay Marine Park contains a mix of temperate and tropical waters and marine life, courtesy of the Leeuwin Current. Snorkellers will delight in the diversity
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Batavia Shipwreck

Batavia Shipwreck
With tales of murderous mutiny, the Batavia Shipwreck off the coast of Geraldton is one of Western Australia's best known historic dive sites. The ship lies in four to six metres of clear Indian Ocean
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Chapman Valley

Chapman Valley
The agricultural lands of rolling hills and rivers of Chapman Valley make for a beautiful scenic drive especially in the winter months, with fields of golden wheat and canola. A charming agricultural
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Shark Bay diving

Shark Bay diving
This World Heritage Listed Area is home to dugongs, manta rays, whale sharks, stromatolites and of course the dolphins at Monkey Mia. It also features the largest seagrass prairie in the world, while
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Tarcoola Beach

Tarcoola Beach
Tarcoola Beach is a picturesque beach in Geraldton that offers safe swimming for the whole family. Spend the day at the beach swimming in the calm turquoise water and relaxing on the soft white sandy
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