Denham Town

Located 830 km by sealed road from Perth, Shark Bay offers sun drenched beaches, unbelievable fishing and pristine bays, inlets and lagoons. Strong summer winds generate a moderate climate along the coast during summer with temperatures averaging 30-33 degrees C and delightful warm winters of 20-25 degrees C from June to September.

Beginning as a pearling settlement called Freshwater camp, Denham was gazetted as a town by the Western Australian Government in May 1898. Today as Shark Bays commercial centre, Denham offers a range of accommodation, restaurants, shops and other attractions. These include safe swimming beaches, tours and fishing cruises, recreational and service jetties, camel rides, and the nearby Ocean Park oceanarium and Little Lagoon picnic or fishing spot. A new viewing platform is located at Little Lagoon near the entrance to the sea.

For children a new skateboard park and mini golf course are located near Denhams Recreational Oval with several recreational parks and the foreshore offering playground facilities.

A safe beach is located in front of the Denham Seaside Caravan Park for swimming and snorkelling.