At the turn off towards Quobba Station, around 1km south of the 'King Waves Kill' sign, is Point Quobba, home to a gorgeous sheltered swimming and snorkelling lagoon known locally as 'the Aquarium', plus some beach shacks, excellent fishing and rough campsites.
Point Quobba
West Coast Australia
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
29.91 MILES
Stretching 1493m, this boardwalk was built in 1897 to accommodate the cattle and wool trade. Views here are terrific, especially at sunset. You used to be…
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0.61 MILES
From the turn-off on the North West Coastal Hwy, it's 49km (on a sealed road) to this natural phenomenon. Big swells force sprays of water through sea…
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29.91 MILES
This quirky train has a locomotive smokestack that looks like a coffee pot, hence its name. It used to run the length of the One Mile Jetty, but it's…
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5.43 MILES
Some 8km north of the T-junction at the end of Blowholes Rd, this lonely little cairn commemorates the 1941 naval battle between the German Kormoran and…
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Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage Museum
29.96 MILES
This tiny house museum, scenically overlooking the jetty in Carnarvon's Heritage Precinct and occupied by a succession of lighthouse keepers until 1980,…
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29.92 MILES
Part of the Heritage Precinct, this museum houses an old steam train, plus info about sheep-shearing in the area. Some old steam engines and rickety…
Nearby West Coast Australia attractions
0.61 MILES
From the turn-off on the North West Coastal Hwy, it's 49km (on a sealed road) to this natural phenomenon. Big swells force sprays of water through sea…
5.43 MILES
Some 8km north of the T-junction at the end of Blowholes Rd, this lonely little cairn commemorates the 1941 naval battle between the German Kormoran and…
29.91 MILES
This quirky train has a locomotive smokestack that looks like a coffee pot, hence its name. It used to run the length of the One Mile Jetty, but it's…
29.91 MILES
Stretching 1493m, this boardwalk was built in 1897 to accommodate the cattle and wool trade. Views here are terrific, especially at sunset. You used to be…
29.92 MILES
Part of the Heritage Precinct, this museum houses an old steam train, plus info about sheep-shearing in the area. Some old steam engines and rickety…
6. Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage Museum
29.96 MILES
This tiny house museum, scenically overlooking the jetty in Carnarvon's Heritage Precinct and occupied by a succession of lighthouse keepers until 1980,…