10-Day Coral Coast

In Northwest Australia on the Indian Ocean, where the desert meets the sea.

Exmouth is a great base from which to join one of the many fabulous eco-tourism tours around the area. Exmouth is situated on the northern tip of the North West Cape which offers a number of nearby attractions. There is also a fantastic swimming beach at Pebbley Beach.

One the tip of the North West Cape is the Vlaming Head Lighthouse which has breathtaking views of the spectacular Coral Coast. There is also a shipwreck near here, which you can just about see poking out of the water. This is the SS Mildura which was beached on the North west Cape back in 1907.

A major town int he midwest region of Western Australia on the coast, it is also the site of a maritime museum that houses the relics of numerous ship wrecks that occurred off its coastline.