Peel

This is a region where wildlife rarely stays where it's supposed to, dolphins gliding through Mandurah's suburban canals close enough to watch from a kayak. Yalgorup National Park holds its own ancient oddity, thrombolites growing in shallow lakes, living structures related to some of the earliest life on Earth. The Munda Biddi Trail threads through jarrah forest for anyone wanting a longer ride, one of the world's longest off-road cycling routes. This close to Perth, the wildlife rarely notices the city at all.