Geraldton's Attractions

Tourism and Sightseeing in Geraldton is limited to The Geraldton Regional Museum, HMAS Sydney Memorial, the St Francis Xavier Cathedral and of course visiting Geraldton's Beaches.

Day trips from Geraldton include the popular flights to the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, a drive through the Chapman Valley where the wineries are worth visiting and exploring the historic Greenough area to the south of Geraldton.

Geraldton Region Museum 

Located on the waterfront in Marine Terrace, Geraldton. Here you'll find displays from the Dutch East India Company ships Batavia, Zuytdorp and Zeewijk which were wrecked off the Abroholos Islands and on the central-west coast in the 17th and 18th centuries. These are among the oldest wrecks found so far in Australian waters.

HMAS Sydney Memorial

Situated on Mount Scott, and overlooking Geraldton, this unusual and impressive memorial consists of a large cast metal in the form of thousands of birds in flight, with an anchor suspended from the middle, all resting upon white pillars. It commemorates the deaths of the entire crew of the HMAS Sydney (645 men) on November 11, 1941, in an exchange with the German raider Kormoran. 

The St Francis Xavier Cathedral 

Between 1915-1939 the St Francis Xavier Cathederal was designed built along with a large number of churches and church buildings in the Geraldton area. Of all these buildings the most impressive, indeed the most remarkable, is St Francis Xavier Cathedral.

Chapman Valley 

A 100 km picturesque driving tour from Geraldton. The valley which for nearly 100 years was mined for lead and copper, is now a pastoral area where sheep, wheat, cattle. The appeal of the Chapman Valley is a combination of its beautiful scenery and the many historical points of interest which include Monsignor Hawes' Church of Our Lady of Fatima at Nanson. 

Abrolhos Islands

The Houtman Abrolhos are a chain of more than 100 islands stretching from North Island to the Pelsaert group. They lie approximately 60 km west of Geraldton and 300 km NNW of Perth and, about 10 000 years ago, were part of the Australian mainland. None of the islands rises more than 14 metres above sea level. They are home to a rich variety of fauna particularly sea bird life. There are tours which go out to the Abrolhos from Geraldton but no visitor is allowed to stay the night on any of the islands.