It’s a leisure destination billed as ‘Western Australia’s very own island paradise’
Empty beaches, unique flora and fauna and single-track roads from which motorised vehicles are banned are just a few of the attractions of Rottnest Island. This limestone-based sandy island just off the coast of Western Australia is a mere 15km from Perth, and has an area of only 19sq km. Yet, the island attracts 750,000 visitors each year, and even the least adventurous will find it a pleasant day trip. We’d only been there for 30 minutes when we saw our first bottlenose dolphin, rolling over just beyond the reef in one of the island’s 20 bays. There are also fur seals galore, a nest for the eastern osprey at Salmon Point and, just offshore, passing humpback whales followed…
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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, January - February 2019