Sunset Coast

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Sunset at Sunset Coast

Sunset Coast is the name given to the coastal section of the northern metropolitan area of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. [1] While the name is not in extensive use locally, with its many white sand beaches Sunset Coast has been a centrepiece of Western Australian tourism planning since the 1990s and is used in interstate and overseas marketing of the region.

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The Sunset Coast is one of the six tourism precincts in the region of Perth and surrounding areas, [2] : 3  which the Perth Region Tourism Organisation, trading as Destination Perth and funded in part by Tourism Western Australia, [3] was established in 2004 to market.

Boundaries

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Cottesloe Beach

The boundaries of the Sunset Coast are vague. Some suggest that it stretches only over 50 kilometres (31 mi) of the coastline of the Cities of Stirling, Joondalup, and Wanneroo. [4] [5] : 2  Others claim the region starts at Cottesloe and includes the Scarborough precinct, Trigg Beach, Hillarys Boat Harbour, Mindarie Keys and Perth's northernmost beach at Two Rocks, which contains a marina and was formerly home to the Atlantis Marine Park. Yet others seem to indicate it stretches as far south as including Port Beach in North Fremantle, [1] and Tourism Western Australia suggests it to reach as far north as including the town of Lancelin, 125 kilometres (78 mi) north of Perth, [6] well outside the Perth metropolitan area.

Administrative

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Trigg Beach

The region includes the following nine local government areas, or parts thereof, listed from south to north:

  1. City of Fremantle
  2. Town of Mosman Park
  3. Town of Cottesloe
  4. City of Nedlands with Swanbourne
  5. Town of Cambridge with City Beach and Floreat
  6. City of Stirling with Scarborough and Trigg
  7. City of Joondalup with Sorrento, Hillarys, Mullaloo and Burns Beach
  8. City of Wanneroo with Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Yanchep and Two Rocks
  9. Shire of Gingin with Lancelin

Attractions and facilities

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sunset Coast" (PDF). Hello Perth. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Annual Report 2021–2022 (PDF) (Annual Report). Perth Region Tourism Organisation (Destination Perth). 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Perth Region Tourism Organisation (PRTO). 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sunset Coast". Perth Region Tourism Organisation (Destination Perth). Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023. Spectacular sunsets over the Indian Ocean give this region [Sunset Coast] its evocative name. Stretching over 50 kilometres of pristine coastline, the region encompasses the Cities of Stirling, featuring popular Scarborough Beach; Joondalup, where you'll find the family-friendly Hillarys Boat Harbour; and Wanneroo, home of Yanchep National Park.
  5. ↑ "Sunset Coast – Perth Beaches, Western Australia Holiday Planner 2019" (PDF). City of Stirling, City of Joondalup and City of Wanneroo. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023. Stretching over 50 kilometres of pristine coastline, the Cities of Stirling, Joondalup and Wanneroo known as the Sunset Coast ...
  6. ↑ "Sunset Coast". Western Australian Tourism Commission. 2004. Archived from the original on 28 May 2004.

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