Dirk Hartog Island National Park
Historical Sites and Heritage Locations
Dirk Hartog Island National Park is wild and beautiful.
Fishing is among the world's best at Dirk Hartog Island in the Shark Bay Marine Park. Fish from the side of a boat and you could snare a pink snapper, mackerel, yellow-fin tuna or sailfish.
Other marine creatures are regularly spotted off the beaches of Dirk Hartog Island including pods of Bottlenose dolphins, Humpback whales, Manta rays, Dugongs and Turtles.
This remote eco-tourism island is a great place for four-wheel driving along pristine beaches and over massive sand dunes. Bring your own 4WD across via the Hartog Explorer barge from Steep Point, and camp at one of nine remote National Park campsites: Turtle Bay, Quoin Head, Louisa Bay, Notch Point, The Block, Urchin Point, Sandy Point, Dampier's Landing, and Withnell Point. Facilities are minimal and visitors must be fully self-sufficient.
Snorkelling is a must, and beaches are ideal for swimming and relaxing.
Dirk Hartog Island has a unique place within Australia's history, as the site of the first recorded European landing on Australian soil, in 1616 by the island's namesake Dutch captain Dirk Hartog. This landing was more than 150 years before Captain James Cook officially discovered Australia. Today the island is home to the Return to 1616 conservation project, restoring native wildlife to the island.
Other marine creatures are regularly spotted off the beaches of Dirk Hartog Island including pods of Bottlenose dolphins, Humpback whales, Manta rays, Dugongs and Turtles.
This remote eco-tourism island is a great place for four-wheel driving along pristine beaches and over massive sand dunes. Bring your own 4WD across via the Hartog Explorer barge from Steep Point, and camp at one of nine remote National Park campsites: Turtle Bay, Quoin Head, Louisa Bay, Notch Point, The Block, Urchin Point, Sandy Point, Dampier's Landing, and Withnell Point. Facilities are minimal and visitors must be fully self-sufficient.
Snorkelling is a must, and beaches are ideal for swimming and relaxing.
Dirk Hartog Island has a unique place within Australia's history, as the site of the first recorded European landing on Australian soil, in 1616 by the island's namesake Dutch captain Dirk Hartog. This landing was more than 150 years before Captain James Cook officially discovered Australia. Today the island is home to the Return to 1616 conservation project, restoring native wildlife to the island.
