Peeps! Sharing absolutely one of the highlights of my trip so far! A fraction of images taken in a 3 hour aerial photography shoot, flying with Shine Aviation.

Bowes River mouth, close to Northampton, offers lovely surf beach colour contrasted with the stunning green of the river.

The Murchinson River Gorge is a riverine gorge. Carved by the meandering lower reaches of the Murchison River, it is more than 80km long, and up to 129m deep. It lies almost entirely in Kalbarri National Park. The loop carpark leads to the Kalbarri skywalk.

Hutt Lagoon is a marine salt lake, 14 kms long and 1.4kms wide. It’s separated from the Indian Ocean by a barrier ridge and dune system. It has a microalgae production plant that farms Dunaliella salina. This microalga gives the lake its pink colouring and is used to produce beta-carotene, a natural food-colouring agent and source of vitamin A. Brine shrimp is also harvested here and sent to prawn and fish farms where it is used for food.

Above, Red Bluff’s sandstone rust red cliffs, close to Kalbarri.

The Abrolhos Islands lie about 60 kms west of Geraldton, consisting of about 122 islands clustered into 3 main groups (Wallabi, Easter and Pelsaert) over 100 kms. Classified as a National Park, they are described as the ‘Galapagos isles’ of the Indian Ocean. The islands have a thriving pearling industry, decades of crayfishing and numerous ship wrecks – the most notable of which is the Batavia, wrecked on Morning Reef in June 1629. The shipwreck and bloody aftermath of the Dutch merchant vessel is a fascinating tale of maritime treachery, murder and heroism, unparalleled in Australian maritime history. Peter Fitzsimons’ in his book “Batavia”, describes the story as a ‘true adults-only version of Lord of the Flies, meets Nightmare on Elm St’.

And returning back to Geraldton, the amazing sweep of colourful ocean and cliffs at Horrocks, and the Bowes River mouth.