Gascoyne Attractions

 
The Gascoyne region (named after the Gascoyne River, at the mouth of which is the town of Carnarvon) extends from Shark Bay in the south to Exmouth Gulf in the north, with a beautiful jagged coastline. Shark Bay, and indeed the whole of the continental shelf, is a paradise for game fishers. The friendly dolphins of Monkey Mia, which eat out of visitors' hands, are widely famed. Inland the flat-topped hills and red dunes of the Kennedy Range rise out of the featureless mulga scrub. The endless expanse of reddish sandy plains in the arid interior, with distant ranges of hills on the horizon, are both daunting and fascinating. After the uncertain winter rains, the steppe blossoms in a profusion of color. This rugged country, traversed 100 years ago by the gold prospectors, still lies beyond the bounds of civilization.

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