DENHAM
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Denham is on a peninsula in the mid north, west coast of West Australia and is at the centre of a World Heritage Area, Shark Bay. It is also the touring centre for the wonderful experience of swimming and wading with dolphins in the waters at Monkey Mia.
To reach Denham you turn west from the North west Coastal Highway at the Overlander Roadhouse and travel 79 kilometres, past the Hamelin Pool, where you will see an old telegraph station (1884) and the unique Stromatolites in the shallows of Shark Bay.
You will then pass Shell beach, covered in tiny shells and on to Denham. the Francois Peron National Park is above Denham on the Peninsula and is renowned for its beauty.
The world heritage area features Dugongs, a rare and ungainly seal like mammal of which there are around 10,000 in the marine park.
PLACES OF INTEREST:
  • Monkey Mia
  • Shark Bay World Heritage Area
  • Dirk Hartog Island
  • Hamelin Pool
  • Old Telegraph Station
  • Francois Peron National Park
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    INFORMATION CENTRE:
    Shark Bay Tourist Centre
    71 Knight Tce. Denham. W.A. 6537
    Ph: 08 9948 1253
    HOW TO GET THERE:
    By car or coach from Perth or Darwin along the North West Coastal Hwy.
    Skywest Airlines: Ph: 08 9478 9999

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