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Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the Batavia Coast with a plethora of nature-based attractions. Mild winters and cooling summer breezes - ideal for water-sports. Geraldton is at the center (425km north of Perth) where you can explore the magnificent Maritime Museum on the waterfront housing the history of the reef wrecks and the haunting HMAS Sydney Memorial overlooking the busy port serving the Mid-West. The Abrolhos Islands are a fisherman?s paradise and home of the delicious rock lobster, as well as millions of seabirds.

Visit Kalbarri at the mouth of the mighty Murchison River that carves the gorges through the National Park and empties into the reef lined blue ocean. Take time to visit the small fishing hamlets on the coast along rugged storm-lashed cliffs, gorges and beaches abound. Enjoy the strange and unique wildflowers in spring that flourish along the roadside both here and inland.

Historic buildings and trails survive just waiting to be explored and inviting you to find out more about their pioneer heritage. Linger awhile in Northampton, on the highway north, and the intriguing inland towns of Mullewa, Three Springs, Carnamah, and Greenough hamlet. You may find a festival in the holiday and fishing town of Dongara, just off the highway, from where you can follow the coast road south through amazing coastal wildflowers to fishing and water-sport hamlets such as Jurien. Near Cervantes the captivating moonscape of the Pinnacles National Park huddles behind the reef fringed beaches.