Go Carnarvon

Smack dab at the mouth of the Gascoyne River Carnarvon serves as a terra firma land base for some of the best fishing in Western Australia. Thriving prawning and scallop industries operate here and the Lake Macleod Salt Mine produces as much as 1.5m tones of salt per year. 

Marline, sailfish, and pink snapper can be found out at sea. The town’s 1593m – long jetty off Baggage Island is popular for mulloway, tailor, bream, mackerel, and blue swimmer crab, to name but a few. There are also some great beaches. Additionally Carnarvon is a proclaimed whale watching spot as the behemoths can easily be watched from the cliffs along Quobba on the Coral Coast.

If you have a little spare time be sure to get out to Bernier and Dorre Islands. These islands are not usually a part of regular tours yet they abound with animals that are not found on the mainland. These include banded-hare wallaby, Lesueur’s Rat Kangaroo, little barred – bandicoot, and the Shark Bay mouse.

With a huge marine and fruit growing industry, seasonal work is widely available all year. See the Carnarvon Visitor Centre.