 Green Head is a small fishing village located 296 kilometres or three and a half hours drive north of Perth. The town is in the heart of one of Western Australia's best known wildflower areas.
It is known that in the 1600s the first known white men to visit the Green Head coast were Dutch sailors sailing to Indonesia for trade. Several Dutch ships were wrecked on the Western Australian reefs, among them the 'Gilt Dragon'. Abraham Leeman and crew from the 'Waeckende Boey', while searching in the ships small boat for survivors of the gilt Dragon, were marooned on Fishermans Island just south of Green Head in 1658.
The coastal strip with its masses of wildflowers has been visited by Beekeepers since the 1930's with many a tale of being bogged in treacherous sand.
The scenic coastline offers white sandy beaches, excellent beach fishing, protected and safe swimming, snorkelling and diving, sea lion tours and some of the best windsurfing conditions in Western Australia.
Stockyard Gully National Park, home to a system of large caves, is located 14 kilometres east of Green Head and is part of the old North Stock Route used by stockmen in the 1850’s, whilst driving livestock to market from Geraldton to Perth. The caves form a natural ravine where the livestock could be kept overnight.
Green Head is a peaceful town of which crayfishing and tourism are its main sources of income. Accommodation is available at the local caravan park and bed and breakfast.
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