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A Whale of a Time: Exploring Western Australia’s Ningaloo Coast

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Sarah Rodrigues travelled to Western Australia's Ningaloo Coast to swim with whale sharks. Read more about her utterly unforgettable encounter below.

Lying in my hammock at the entrance to my tent, a strip of deep orange is still visible above the dunes. Above this lingering light of sunset, millions of stars start piercing the darkening sky. I’m on the western edge of Australia, ensconced in the sand dunes of the vast Cape Range National Park. This is the ancestral land of the Yinigurdira people and part of the Ningaloo Coast World Heritage Area.

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