Geographe Bay Western Australia

Geographe Bay is in the south-west of Western Australia, around 220 kilometres southwest of Perth. The bay was named in May 1801 by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, after his ship, Géographe. It is a wide curve of coastline extending from Cape Naturaliste past the towns of Dunsborough and Busselton, ending near the city of Bunbury. Protected from the ro…
Geographe Bay is in the south-west of Western Australia, around 220 kilometres southwest of Perth. The bay was named in May 1801 by French explorer Nicolas Baudin, after his ship, Géographe. It is a wide curve of coastline extending from Cape Naturaliste past the towns of Dunsborough and Busselton, ending near the city of Bunbury. Protected from the rough seas of the Indian Ocean by Cape Naturaliste, which makes it a popular destination for recreational boaters, the bay is extremely shallow, limiting the entrance of large ships. To alleviate this problem the two-kilometre-long Busselton Jetty, the longest in the southern hemisphere, was built.

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