Aerial view of a curving white beach between turquoise shallow water and red scrubland, with a pale bay and a small town on the horizon.

Shark Bay from Above

Shark Bay, Australia. 2025

I flew the drone up over the coast of Shark Bay to see what the land looks like from above. The answer is three colours: red earth and scrub, a thin white beach, and water every shade of blue and green.

The bay is a World Heritage site for its seagrass meadows, which are some of the largest in the world. From the ground you would never guess any of it.