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Monkey Mia Travel Guide: 34 reviews and 89 photos

Monkey Mia

There are no monkeys at Monkey Mia but I believe that the name is a combination of "Monkey" which was the name of a pearling ship that anchored there in the 19th century and "Mia" is a local Aboriginal word meaning place.

But you can come tome and experience the wild dolphins at Monkey Mia

...and if you've driven this far you may as well drive the extra 400 kilometres or so to Exmouth...

Nanga Bay Resort

Beach at Nanga Bay

There is a wide variety of accommodation available at Nanga Bay Resort

Shell Beach

Walk on trillions of tiny shells at Shell Beach

Last visit to Monkey Mia: Oct 2003
Intro Updated Jan 29, 2006
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Map of Monkey Mia Favorites (1)

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Shell Beach, Western Australia Things to Do (3)

Shell Beach is formed from billions of tiny shells and is between 7 to 10 metres deep. After a walk on this beach head... more travel advice

Monkey Mia, Western Australia Things to Do (3)

Get your feet wet and up close with wild dolphin's who come in to say hello on most days. Check out this... more travel advice

Hamelin Pool, Western Australia Things to Do (3)

Hamelin Pool contains stromalites which are dome shaped structures about 60 cm in height and are formed by one celled... more travel advice

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victorwkf Jun 7, 2008 at 4:09 AM

Nice tips and photos of Monkey Mia and the dolphins :)
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toonsarah May 27, 2008 at 12:31 PM

The stromalites look like nothing on earth! The more I see of your pages, the more I know I would love WA - wish we'd made it there when we visited Oz some years back
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blint Apr 4, 2008 at 5:58 PM

My Monkey??? Whoever named this town was one snag short of a barbie!
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starship Mar 14, 2008 at 7:07 AM

I was intriqued by the name of Monkey Mia, then by the stromalites which I thought looked like black lava til I read your description! Got any shells big enough to collect????
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christine.j Sep 21, 2007 at 8:26 AM

Stromalites, a beach made out of billions of shells and the name Monkey Mia - this seems to be a place out of this world!
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DarkRay May 3, 2007 at 12:55 PM

Great information!
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scottishvisitor Feb 28, 2007 at 9:00 AM

Oh my - just love the name & the shell beach & blue skies
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bijo69 Aug 19, 2006 at 6:13 PM

A friend of mine was lucky enough to work there....
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pepples46 Jul 26, 2006 at 2:56 PM

Kaikoura in WA....actually more Whales there LOL I love the Dolphy's. the Stromalites look like a herd of Sealions, amazing stuff..but no Monkey here :-(
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hash09 May 9, 2006 at 9:38 PM

when i saw words monkey mia, i thought i can see a lovely monkey picture, but what you have is a shell and dolphin... that adorable... hehehe