Ningaloo Reef
Australia's largest fringing coral reef, running 260 kilometres along the north-west coast and lying so close to land that you can swim out to it from the beach. Whale sharks gather here each year, and the coast is a World Heritage Site about 1,200 kilometres north of Perth.
- Where
- Coral Bay, Western Australia, Australia
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- -22.7390, 113.6280
Get the Ningaloo Reef stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ningaloo Reef. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Western Australia volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ningaloo Reef
Monkey Mia 340 km
A beach reserve on the shore of Shark Bay, 25 kilometres north-east of Denham, where wild bottlenose dolphins have come into the shallows to meet people for decades. Rangers lead a morning feeding at the water's edge, and the bay is also home to dugongs and turtles.
Shark Bay 341 km
A World Heritage Site of 23,000 square kilometres on the westernmost point of the Australian continent, around 800 kilometres north of Perth. Its shallow waters hold vast seagrass meadows, dugongs and the stromatolites of Hamelin Pool, among the oldest forms of life on Earth.
Karijini National Park 450 km
A national park in the Hamersley Range of the Pilbara, more than 1,000 kilometres north of Perth, known until 1991 as Hamersley Range National Park. Deep, narrow gorges of red banded rock hide waterfalls and pools such as Fern Pool and Fortescue Falls.
The Pinnacles 888 km
Thousands of limestone pillars standing in yellow sand inside Nambung National Park, near the town of Cervantes north of Perth. Some stand taller than a person, and a loop drive and walking trails wind between them.
Cable Beach 1,040 km
Twenty-two kilometres of white sand on the Indian Ocean at Broome, named after the telegraph cable laid from here to Java in 1889. Low red ochre cliffs rise behind the wide, flat beach, and camel trains walk the shore at sunset.
Rottnest Island 1,047 km
A low, sandy island of 19 square kilometres, 18 kilometres off Fremantle, protected as an A-class reserve with no private cars. It is home to the quokka, a small marsupial that looks as if it is smiling, and its bays and reefs are mostly reached by bicycle.
Kings Park 1,048 km
A 400-hectare park on the rise above Perth Water, looking down over the river and the city's towers. Much of it is native bushland, alongside a botanic garden of Western Australian plants and a walkway of glass and steel through the treetops.
Elizabeth Quay 1,048 km
A waterfront precinct on the north shore of Perth Water in the city centre, named for Queen Elizabeth II in her Diamond Jubilee year. It sits beside the Swan Bells tower, with a footbridge over the inlet, restaurants, and ferries leaving for South Perth.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Western Australia
Questions
Where is Ningaloo Reef?
Ningaloo Reef is in Coral Bay, Western Australia, Australia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Monkey Mia (340 km), Shark Bay (341 km), Karijini National Park (450 km).
How do I get the Ningaloo Reef stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ningaloo Reef and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Western Australia volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ningaloo Reef before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Western Australia volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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