coral coast

Coral Coast

Welcome to Australia's Coral Coast

A home to gentle whale sharks, dramatic gorges, wildflower carpets, and Pat Batten who, in 1972, raised eyebrows by wearing a homemade hot pink lace ensemble to an Army Ball: an outfit you can see for yourself when visiting the Chapman Valley.

There are more curiosities to be revealed as you wind up the coast, from an old telephone switchboard in Mingenew to a rusty red bus in Exmouth – a town US President Lyndon B Johnson once called a “unique experiment in bi-national living”.

Discover it all on your next road trip up the WA Coral Coast.

Coral Coast collections

Step back in time

Stroll through the historic buildings of Central Greenough, close your eyes, and imagine the settlement as it once was, bustling with school children, shop keepers, policemen, magistrates, school...

A rich and fascination cultural and natural heritage revealed

Few places in Australia could boast the rich and fascinating cultural and natural heritage of Shark Bay. This stunningly beautiful and remote peninsula boasts more than 30,000 years of Indigenous...

Historical homestead and gardens

The 19th-century homestead of Greenough’s notable Maley family stands amid sprawling cottage gardens and is today the Greenough Museum and Gardens. The museum showcases life in the early days of the...

Sharing the language and culture of Australia’s first people

The Irra Wangga Language Centre is housed within Geraldton’s Bundiyarra Cultural Precinct. It works to preserve, share and promote the languages of the region’s Indigenous people. Here you can see and...

Farm machinery heaven

Farm machinery enthusiasts will find themselves in heaven among the Bindoon and Districts Historical Society’s collection. A giant, purpose-built shed houses a vast collection of lovingly restored...

From military to medical - Moora’s post-colonial history captured in a series of varied displays

The enthusiastic team of volunteers at Moora Districts Historical Society has built a vast repository of information and artefacts about the region’s local history at Moora Museum. One whole building...

The men behind the medals

The Geraldton RSL Birdwood House features a collection of military artefacts within the Birdwood Military Museum. The items reveal something of the men behind the medals and the characters behind the...

Museum and herbarium

In the mid-1980s residents from the sparsely populated Murchison Shire banded together to build the rammed earth Murchison Museum. Step inside the museum to discover artefacts revealing everyday life...

Explore the Coral Coast

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Bank Gallery & The Exchange

4 & 8 Macpherson Street, Carnamah, WA 6517

Bindoon and Districts Historical Society

3 Teatree Rd, Bindoon, WA 6502

Birdwood Military Museum

Corner Forrest St & Chapman Rd, Geraldton, WA 6530

Carnamah Museum and Macpherson Homestead

10 Macpherson St, Carnamah, WA 6517

Carnarvon Library and Gallery

18 Egan St, Carnarvon, WA 6701

Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum

Mahony Ave, Carnarvon, WA 6701

Central Greenough - Cafe and Historic Settlement

Corner Brand Highway and McCartney Road, Greenough, WA 6532

Cervantes Historical Society

8 Weston Street, Cervantes, WA 6511

Chapman Valley Historical Society

15 East Terrace, Nanson, WA 6532

Chiverton House Museum

166 Hampton Rd, Northampton, WA 6535

City of Greater Geraldton Local History Collection

Geraldton Regional Library, 37 Marine Tce, Geraldton, WA 6530

Gascoyne Junction Museum

4 Scott St, Next to the Shire of Upper Gascoyne, Adjacent to the Gascoyne Junction CRC & Visitor Information Centre, Gascoyne Junction, WA 6705

Geraldton Historical Society

Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage, 355 Chapman Rd, Geraldton, WA 6530

Geraldton Regional Art Gallery

24 Chapman Rd, Geraldton, WA 6530

Gravity Discovery Centre

1098 Military Road, Yeal, WA 6503

Greenough Museum and Gardens

11 Phillips Rd, Greenough, WA 6532

Irra Wangga Language Centre at Bundiyarra

Cnr Eastward and Blencowe Rds, Geraldton, WA 6530

Koobabbie Precinct

5 Main Street, Coorow, WA 6515

Mingenew Historical Society

Cnr Victoria Rd and King St, Mingenew, WA 6522

Monsignor Hawes Heritage Centre

56 Cathedral Ave, Geraldton, WA 6530

Moora Historical Society

Clinch St, Moora, WA 6510

Morawa District Historical Society Museum

Cnr Prater and Gill Sts, Morawa, WA 6623

Motorbike Museum

Available on request, Jurien Bay, WA 6516

Mullewa Priest House

Doney St, Mullewa, WA 6630

Murchison Museum

Behind the Shire of Murchison building, 114 Carnarvon Mullewa Rd, Murchison, WA 6630

Museum of Geraldton

2 Museum Pl, Geraldton, WA 6530

Ningaloo Centre

2 Truscott Cres, Exmouth, WA 6707

Pinnacles Desert Discovery Centre

Indian Ocean Highway, South of Cervantes, Cervantes, WA 6511

Walkaway Station Museum

Padbury Rd, Walkaway, WA 6528

Yalgoo Court House Museum

37 Gibbons Street, Yalgoo, WA 6635

Coral Coast collection highlights

Historic before-and-after
Coral Coast
Walkaway Station Museum
Wildflower tourism emerges
Coral Coast
Irwin Districts Historical Society and Russ Cottage
Hot pink lace ensemble
Coral Coast
Chapman Valley Historical Society
Shipwreck treasure
Coral Coast
Cervantes Historical Society
Treasured shell house
Coral Coast
Carnamah Museum and Macpherson Homestead
Aborginal storyteller’s life in the bush
Coral Coast
Irra Wangga Language Centre at Bundiyarra
Flood captured in art
Coral Coast
Greenough Museum and Gardens
Manning mini restored
Coral Coast
Bindoon and Districts Historical Society
Birds' egg collection
Coral Coast
Moora Historical Society
Collecting data on astronaut wellbeing
Coral Coast
Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum
Bush kid turned international textile artist
Coral Coast
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery
Project Eden
Coral Coast
Shark Bay World Heritage Discovery and Visitor Centre

While you're in the area

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Ningaloo Coral Bay Backpackers
Accommodation
Ningaloo Coral Bay Backpackers
Ningaloo Coral Bay Backpackers is a modern, two storey, backpackers resort...
Robinson Street, Coral Bay, WA 6701
Yardie Gorge Trail, Cape Range National Park
Attraction
Yardie Gorge Trail, Cape Range National Park
Yardie Gorge Trail is a 2 kilometre walk overlooking the ancient Yardie...
Yardie Creek Trail, Cape Range National Park, WA 6707
Temple Gorge Camp at Kennedy Range National Park
Accommodation
Temple Gorge Camp at Kennedy Range National Park
Located in the Kennedy Range National Park, Temple Gorge Camp is nestled...
Kennedy Range National Park, Kennedy Range, WA 6701
Gnaraloo Station
Accommodation
Gnaraloo Station
Gnaraloo Station is found at the southern entrance of the Ningaloo Marine...
Gnaraloo Road, Macleod, WA 6701