Jurien Bay

Jurien Bay is a coastal town in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. With any significant things to see it's a fine place to simply do nothing. Understand First named in 1801 by a French explorer, the town emerged in the 1950s as a growing rock lobster (crayfish) export industry a semi-permanent community of fishermen. The town was little more that a ramble of corrugated iron shacks and boat sheds till the 1980s when a tourist industry developed. Get in Jurien Bay is a 2.5hr drive from Perth. By bus A daily TransWA service will only get you as far as the turn off on Brand Hwy. From there you are on your own. By car The quickest way up the coast from Perth is along the Indian Ocean Road, which takes you straight through the town centre. Get around See Jurien Bay Marine Park - Covering the stretch of ocean off the coast including a number of islands. Among the sealife are sea lions, dolphins and the occasional migrating whale. Carter boats take out groups to swim with the sea lions. The Old Jetty - An old wooden jetty encrusted with equally crusty old fishermen juts its crooked finger out to the ocean as if to say "that's where the fish are". Lesueur National Park, Cockleshell Gully Rd. A 15min drive out of town is an important nature reserve for flora conservation. The sandy hills are blanketed by over 900 species of plants including several species, some endangered, not found elsewhere. Mount Lesueur provides a good view of the bay. $11 per car.  edit Do Coastal walk. A trail runs from the jetty to Dynamite Bay with some great views of the bay.  edit Go fishing - The commercial fishing industry is only interested in the high value crayfish, leaving plenty of dhufish, snapper and groper for the more casual angler. Play golf (Jurien Bay Country Golf Club), 19th Ave, ☎ +61 8 9652 1353. Hack away on a golf course in the dunes that features some gigantic sand traps  edit Snorkelling and diving - A string of islands surrounded with limestone reefs honeycombed with caves provide plenty of opportunity to get wet. Skydive Jurien Bay (Jurien Bay), 65 Bashford Street Jurien Bay WA 6516, Australia, [1]. This is a Beach Skydive located in Jurien Bay. Jurien Bay is two hours north of Perth via the new Indian Ocean Drive, and only 20 minutes from the Pinnacles.  edit Buy Eat Rock Lobster Drink Sleep Jurien Bay Tourist Park, 1 Roberts St, ☎ +61 8 9652 1595 (stay@jurienbaytouristpark.com.au, fax: +61 8 9652 2724), [2]. A range of beach side sleeping options from unpowered campsites to chalets. Useful facilities include BBQs, campers kitchen and a huge jumping pillow to keep the kids amused. $23-$165.  edit Jurien Bay Accommodation, .65 Bashford Street Jurien Bay WA 6516, Australia, [3]. Apartment accommodation available at the Skydive Jurien Bay Dropzone. It sleeps six people but can accommodate eight people with the use of a fold-out lounge.  edit Contact Get out The Pinnacles Desert - Less than half an hour away is the otherworldly limestone pillars. This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!