SHARK BAY

WHAT IS IT?

• Shark bay is a Shark Bay is a World Heritage Site in the Gascoyne region of
• Western Australia.

WHERE IS IT?

• Shark Bay lies on the extreme western coast of Australia between 24 and 27 degrees south
• Of the equator.

WHO DISCOVERED IT

• On a voyage of discovery, William Dampier arrived here on 17th August 1699 aboard the HMS Roebuck.
• He anchored his ship between Dirk Hartog Island and Peron Peninsula and noticed the abundance
• of sharks at this location. It was Dampier who named the area “Sharks Bay” and he also became
• the first englishman to walk on Australian soil.

WHEN CREATED

• He landed en route at Shark Bay on 25th October 1616.
• Shark bay is 2,000-3,000 years old

What can you do there

• tours are around $300-$400
• things you can do is swim, fish, watch dolphins, camp there, water activities.

TOUR RATINGS

ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE

• Shark Bay mouse, western barred bandicoot, greater bilby,
• rufous hare-wallaby, shark bay boodie, banded hare-wallaby, woylie,
• southern brown bandioot, greater stick- nest rat, dugong, humpback whale,
• and bottlenose dolphin.

funfacts

• There are over 323 fish species
• Shark Bay was the first to be classified on the Australian World Heritage list.
• These structures are the earliest signs of life on Earth

WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF SHARK BAY

WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM SHARK BAY

• You can learn to have a free spirit
• to feed dolphins
• the importance of keeping mamals like them
• safe.