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Abrolhos Islands Information

The Abrolhos Islands and their surrounding coral reef communities form one of Western Australia's unique marine areas.

The Abrolhos Islands lie about 60 km west of Geraldton, on the Western Australian coast, and consist of 122 islands clustered into three main groups: the Wallabi Group, Easter Group and Pelsaert Group, which extend from north to south across 100km of ocean.

Lying in the stream of Western Australia's warm, southward-flowing Leeuwin Current, the marine environment surrounding the Abrolhos is a meeting place for tropical and temperate sealife.

Large breeding colonies of seabirds exist on many of the Abrolhos Islands, and depend for their food on schools of pelagic baitfish. More than 90 species of seabird have been identified. Smaller seabirds, in turn, provide food for white breasted sea eagles which occur in unusually large numbers throughout the Abrolhos Islands.

Access is by charter/fishing/eco boat tours from Geraldton and Kalbarri, float plane tours from Geraldton, and aerial tours from Dongara, Geraldton and Kalbarri.

The beautiful but treacherous reef-surrounded atolls have claimed many wrecks over the centuries. The most notable was the Batavia in 1629.

Today the Abrolhos Islands are the main source of supply for the rock lobster fishing industry.

Further information can be obtained from Abrolhos Islands Central Booking Agency. Email: abrolhosbookings@wn.com.au or www.abrolhosislands.com.au/eco-abrolhos.htm.

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