Stock up on plenty of water and lunch supplies before rejoining the North West Coastal Highway heading north. After two and a half hours you’ll reach the start of the Shark Bay World Heritage Drive – your gateway to the living fossils, rare marsupials and extraordinary landscapes that have earned this region World Heritage status. Stop at Hamelin Pool Stromatolites for a close encounter with the oldest living marine fossils and get a glimpse of life on Earth over 3,500 million years ago. Take a stroll along Shell Beach – a long white beach made of billions of tiny shells from just one species. It’s one of only two beaches of its kind in the world. Continue to Monkey Mia in time for an ocean sunset and dinner.