 The Batavia Coast offers a choice of great locations and facilities for traditional and relaxing ocean-side holidays. Attractions include fishing, reef diving, surfing, wind surfing, yachting and unspoiled beaches.
Many of the towns along the coast are really no more than villages, but all have lobster boats and pleasure craft riding at moorings or tied up in a marina.
The Batavia Coast is home to one of the world's richest sources of rock lobster (crayfish) and from November to June at Dongara and Geraldton, you can take an educational rock lobster tour and learn more about the industry. Many of the area's restaurants specialise in the freshest seafood.
Geraldton, with a population of 25,000, is the capital of the Mid West region and the commercial centre and port for the Batavia Coast.
The town of Kalbarri, 160 kilometres north of Geraldton, can only be approached through the 186,000 hectare Kalbarri National Park. Despite its popularity as a holiday destination, Kalbarri has retained its village atmosphere. With its breathtaking scenery of coastal cliffs and river gorges of the national park, whale watching, soft adventure options such as canoeing, abseiling, rock climbing, horse riding, and hiking, plus an excellent selection of accommodation, it is no wonder that Kalbarri is one of the state's most popular holiday destinations.
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