The Great Southern
The journey begins in the icy waters of the south coast, shaped by wind and waves from the Antarctic, where sheltered bays lie among granite boulders. Leafy seadragons and pineapplefish live here.
The Shipwreck Coast and the Perth coast
The Shipwreck Coast, from Lancelin to Kalbarri, has red cliffs and limestone reefs that wrecked many ships; at AQWA a moving walkway carries you through the tunnel beneath it. The Perth coast follows, with seagrass beds and limestone reefs, the gloomy octopus, western rock lobsters and Australian cuttlefish.
The Far North
The last zone reaches from the coral reefs of Ningaloo to the muddy mangrove flats near Kununurra, with clownfish, soft corals and a young saltwater crocodile. Up to 70 per cent of the marine species of the south-west are found nowhere else.
