shark bay Archives

West side story

Western Australia’s Coral Coast is a nature-lover’s Eden. This 1200km road trip is a masterclass in how to do it right.

Meet the desert vet who befriended Red Dog, WA’s most famous canine

The story of Red Dog captured the hearts of a generation when it first came to light, but few people knew how much he owed his survival to country vet Rick Fenny.

News

Meet the world’s largest plant: a single seagrass clone stretching 180 km in Western Australia’s Shark Bay

Next time you go diving or snorkelling, have a close look at those wondrously long, bright green ribbons, waving with the ebb and flow of water. They are seagrasses – marine plants which produce flowers, fruit, and seedlings annually, like their land-based relatives.

Wildlife

Friend or foe: How bottlenose dolphins keep track of their social alliances

A new study has revealed important insights into how male bottlenose dolphins in Shark Bay communicate with their allies and enemies.

Science & Environment

Shark Bay sheep station turned into conservation reserve

A 202,000ha former sheep station on the edge of Shark Bay, WA, has become an internationally important conservation reserve.

Destinations

GALLERY: Discover Dirk Hartog Island

On 25 October 1616, Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog landed on a long, narrow island off the Gascoyne coast in Shark Bay. To mark the 400th anniversary of the first Dutch contact with Western Australia, an ecological project aims to restore the island to the wilderness it was in 1616. Enjoy these stunning pics of WA’s biggest isle and read more in the latest issue of Australian Geographic (AG#134).