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Region in Western Australia
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The Gascoyne is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It's hot, dry and sparsely populated, with only 9277 residents in 2019 over its 135,000 sq km - half of them in Carnarvon, the main town. It has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean: the Mid West region lies south and east, and the Pilbara lies north and east. Tourism is its main industry, with Ningaloo Reef and Shark Bay the big draws.
There are flights from Perth daily by Rex Air to Shark Bay and Carnarvon, and by Qantas to Exmouth (with transfers to Coral Bay). You have to double back via Perth to fly to northern cities such as Broome.
Read in the guideYou need a car. If you didn't rent from Perth you can do so in Geraldton, Carnarvon or Exmouth. The rental offices for these are downtown but you can pick-up / drop-off at the airport if pre-booked.
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Ningaloo Reef or Ningaloo Coast is a marine park and UNESCO World Heritage Site lying off the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The reef extends 260 km from Exmouth to Red Bluff near Carnarvon.
Cape Range National Park is in the coastal hills 50 km from Exmouth in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. It is one of the main ways to access Ningaloo Marine Park.
Mount Augustus National Park is a remote national park in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The one feature the national park protects is Mount Augustus, which is twice the size of Uluru.
Quobba and Gnarlaroo are farming ranges on the coast of Gascoyne Region in Western Australia. The coast has a series of attractive natural features and camping areas, with Red Bluff roughly midway between the two homesteads.
Shark Bay is a World Heritage Site in Gascoyne, Western Australia. The main town is Denham (2016 population 754) with the resort village of Monkey Mia (say "my-ah" not mee-ah) 25 km northwest.
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