About the Area
Shark Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Area. Shell Beach is a great place for those amazing holiday snaps and just a 10 kms drive Eagle Bluff is 40kms North. Spot a variety of sharks and sting rays. If you are lucky you may even spot a visiting Dugong Denham is our local town with unique shops, grocery stores, service stations, bottle shops, a butcher, a baker, a cafe and more only 53kms North For a look into the earliest forms of life on Earth visiting Hamelin Pools is a must. Hamelin Pool home to the stromatolites and is just 58kms South Head North from Denham and you will begin your 4WD adventure into Francois Peron National Park. A unique experience to interact with dolphins begins at Monkey Mia. An easy drive of 80kms. For a 4WD adventure and amazing scenery take a day drive of 184km each way to Steep Point, the most Westerly point on Mainland Australia. Click here for Tourist Information
Shark Bay has 400,000 hectares of seagrass banks making them the largest in the world. However, there is not just one species of seagrass in the bay but 12 helping to sustain a large population of Dugong, Sharks, Turtles and Dolphins amongst the large variety of fish.
The waters in Shark Bay are very shallow and when added to our hot dry climate it creates a very salty water environment. The seabanks play their part in all this by restricting the tidal flow and preventing the open ocean from diluting the super saline water
