Ningaloo Centre

A world of natural and cultural discovery

The large, modern and stylish Ningaloo Discovery Centre includes the Ningaloo Visitor Centre, function centre and adjoining aquarium. Inside the discovery centre you’ll find the region’s cultural and natural history brought to life. Learn about the natural processes that formed the region’s wonderworld of marine life and helped it earn World Heritage status. Discover how Exmouth township formed thanks to its role as an American naval base. And find yourself swept up in rollicking tales of early life in the district.

Address:

2 Truscott Cres
Exmouth WA 6707
Australia

Opening Hours
Mon to Fri 8.30am - 5pm; Sat to Sun 9am - 1pm
Take a drive back to Exmouth’s earliest days

Step inside the ‘Red Bus’ to take a virtual drive back in time. Inside you can watch an audio-visual presentation revealing residents’ stories of early life in Exmouth. The residents share memories of...

A slice of America in the North West

Exmouth owes its formation to the US naval communication station established in 1968. At its prime the station supported a population of Americans who sent encrypted messages to United States and...

Whale shark wire artwork

If there’s any one creature for which Ningaloo is famed, it’s the mighty whale shark. These gentle and giant sharks visit the region each autumn. They were also the inspiration for this giant wire...

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Rail history brought to life

Stand on the platform of the former Walkaway Station, close your eyes and you can almost picture a train and hear the bustle of residents as they awaited passenger transport, the delivery of fresh...

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...

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...

Monsignor Hawes - discover where he lived and worked

Wander through the former home of famed architect-priest Monsignor John Hawes and it’s easy to imagine this remarkable man inhabiting its rooms. Hawes designed and built the presbytery for himself in...

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