Things to do
- Stunning carpets of Pom-poms and pink everlasting wildflowers at the Mingenew Coalseam from August to October
(Tel: 9928 1460)- Excellent fishing. Throw a line for succulent dhufish, snapper, mackerel & tailor
(Tel: Denizen Charters 9927 1257 0429 939 108)- Bring your dinghy and drop a couple of lobster pots. Alternatively try your luck catching a feed of blue manner crabs off the jetty. Guests are welcome to borrow our crab nets
- Soft, silky sand beaches
- Drive along South Beach and find your own piece of heaven. Set up a picnic for the morning, catch up on a good book, body board the waves or win a game of beach cricket!
- Awesome sand dunes / sand boarding
- Skateboard park and BMX trail. Incredible in the evening with the Indian Ocean as your backdrop
- Great surf breaks / wind surfing
- Blue Ocean Art Gallery and Art Studios. Fabulous ocean themed works by talented local artists Irene Powell and Adrian Toomey
(Tel: Blue Ocean 9927 1642)- Indulge at The Manse Retreat. Beauty Therapy & Massage
(Tel: 9927 1661 0428 231 272)- Weekend markets in the peppermint ringed grounds of the Old Priory Lodge. First Saturday of every month. Arts & crafts, live music. Starts 1.00pm
- Wine tasting and cellar sales at Irwin River Vineyard. The label won national gold with a beautiful design of our local red tail black cockatoo
(Tel: 9927 5076)- Olive tasting at Silverdale Olive Orchard
(Tel: 9927 2674 0429 145 251)- Spend a fascinating day on the ocean aboard a working professional rock lobster boat and observe 'A Day in the Life of a Fisherman"
(Tel: Icon Charters 0407 271 256)- Western Rock Lobster fishing fleet working 15 November to 30 June. Meet the boats down the jetty and watch the days catch being unloaded (The WA fishery was awarded the inaugural Marine Stewardship Certification for Sustainable Fishing in Brussels 2000)
- Bird watching from the Irwin River Nature Trails and boardwalk. Pelicans, black swans and numerous water birds make their home in the sheltered estuary of the panoramic river mouth
- Drive-In Cinema (Unique - one of only three still operating in WA, September-May fortnightly) Grab your ute and fantails!
- Picturesque 18 hole golf course with grass greens, fairways and shady trees
(Tel: 9927 2727)- For the tennis players, there is social tennis Sunday afternoons during the summer months. Or hire a court!
(Tel: 9927 1406 0427 296 802)- Walk the Heritage Trail. Take a leisurely 1.6km walk through the town and follow the map of 28 heritage listed buildings. Including Russ Cottage (1860), Wall of Remembrance for the Dominican Nuns and Old Police Station, now the Irwin District Museum
(Tel: Dongara Denison Tourist Information Centre 9927 1404)- Charter a boat or plane and head for the wild and remote Abrolhos Islands, site of the mutinous Dutch East India Batavia wreck and unique home to a working fishing fleet and their families for 3 months of the year
(Tel: Denizen Charters 9927 1257 0429 939 108, Geraldton Air Charters 9923 3434, Prestige Helicopters 9923 3983 0427 062 124)- Shine Aviation will give you a birds eye view of the spectacular Abrolhos Island archipelago of 122 islands, fringing reefs and atolls. The day tours are a nature lovers dream with abundant sea life, maritime history, tropical fish and colourful coral. Geraldton Airport
(Tel: Shine Aviation 9923 3600)- The historic Greenough Hamlet is situated 41 km north of Dongara on the Greenough Flats and has an impressive collection of 11 pioneer buildings built from 1862. Tearooms and tours
(Tel: 9926 1084)- Easter Racing Carnival - Easter Sunday
(Tel: 9927 1615)- May Bowling Carnival
(Tel: 9927 1168)- Blessing of the Fleet - early November
(Tel: Dongara/Denison Tourist Information Centre 9927 1404)