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326  WESTERN A USTR ALIA

Exploring North of Perth

The north of Western Australia is a vast area of diverse
landscapes and stunning scenery. North of Perth lies Nambung Monte Bello
Islands
National Park, home to the bizarre Pinnacles Desert. Kalbarri Barrow
National Park is a region of scenic gorges on the Murchison Island
River. The Indian Ocean coastline offers uninhabited islands,
coral reefs, breathtaking cliffs and sandy beaches, Thevenard
none more spectacular than in Shark Bay World Heritage Muiron Island
and Marine Park. At the tip of the region is the Pilbara, Islands Onslow
the state’s mining area and home to the fascinating North West Cape EXMOUTH
national parks of Karijini and Millstream-Chichester.
Cape Range
National Park Learmouth Nanutarra
Roadhouse
NINGALOO WA
W
REEF MARINE
PARK Giralia Range COA TA T
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Coral Bay NORTH WEST COASTAL HIGHWAY
TH WES
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Cape Farquhar T M
Minil il i ya
Mi lya
Minilya ly y
Red Bluff Roadhouse Range
Quobba Lake dy
Macleod d Lyons
Blowholes Kennedy Ly L
CARNARVON G o Ke K
Ga oy
Gascoyne
St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Geraldton
Dorre Shark Gascoyne
Island Junction
Bay
François Peron
National Park
Dirk Hartog Monkey
Island Mia
Denham Wooramel
Roadhouse
Useless Overlander
Loop SHARK Roadhouse
BAY
Wannoo
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Billabong
Zu t
Roadhouse
r C if ff f
Zuytdorp Cliffs
Zuytd rp Cliffs
KALBARRI
NATIONAL PARK
Kalbarri
The Pinnacles in Nambung National Park
Northampton
Mullewa
Sights at a Glance ABROLHOS GERALDTON
1 New Norcia w Cossack Historical Town TM
M
TMA
HOUTMAN
2 Nambung National Park e Point Samson Mingenew
3 Geraldton r Karijini National Park Dongara
Beekeepers
4 Houtman Abrolhos Nature Reserve
5 Kalbarri National Park The Kimberley and the Deserts Eneabba
6 Shark Bay World Heritage See pp334–5 Leeman
and Marine Park pp330–31 t Broome
7 Carnarvon y Derby
8 Ningaloo Reef Marine Park u Halls Creek Cervantes
NAMBUNG
9 Exmouth i Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) NATIONAL PARK
0 Dampier National Park 0 kilometres 100
q Roebourne o Wyndham Lancelin
0 miles 100