Sunset Coast is the name given to the coastal section of the northern

metropolitan area A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

, the capital city of

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. While the name is not in extensive use locally, with its many white sand beaches Sunset Coast has been a centrepiece of Western Australian tourism planning since the 1990s and is used in interstate and overseas marketing of the region. The Sunset Coast is one of the six tourism precincts in the region of Perth and surrounding areas, which the Perth Region Tourism Organisation, trading as Destination Perth and funded in part by Tourism Western Australia, was established in 2004 to market.

Boundaries

The boundaries of the Sunset Coast are vague. Some suggest that it stretches only over of the coastline of the Cities of Stirling, Joondalup, and Wanneroo. Others claim the region starts at Cottesloe and includes the

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precinct, Trigg Beach, Hillarys Boat Harbour, Mindarie Keys and Perth's northernmost beach at

Two Rocks Two Rocks is a town in Western Australia, located northwest of the Perth central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local authority and represents the furthest northern extent of the Perth metropolitan region. While the s ...

, which contains a marina and was formerly home to the Atlantis Marine Park. Yet others seem to indicate it stretches as far south as including Port Beach in North Fremantle, and Tourism Western Australia suggests it to reach as far north as including the town of Lancelin, north of Perth, well outside the Perth metropolitan area.

Administrative

The region includes the following nine

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, or parts thereof, listed from south to north: #

City of Fremantle The City of Fremantle is a local government areas of Western Australia, local government area in the south of Perth, Western Australia. The City covers an area of , and lies about southwest of the Perth central business district. History ...

# Town of Mosman Park # Town of Cottesloe # City of Nedlands with

Swanbourne Swanbourne is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, two miles (3.2 km) east of Winslow and three miles (4.8 km) west of Stewkley. History The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin and may mean "swan stream". It was recorded ...

# Town of Cambridge with City Beach and Floreat # City of Stirling with

and Trigg # City of Joondalup with

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, Hillarys, Mullaloo and Burns Beach # City of Wanneroo with Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Yanchep and

# Shire of Gingin with Lancelin

Attractions and facilities

* Marmion Marine Park, off the coast from Trigg Island to Burns Beach, is home to many marine mammals who can be seen active in their natural environment. *North of Marmion is Hillarys Boat Harbour, which includes Sorrento Quay and AQWA (formerly Underwater World). *Popular activities include

windsurfing Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture. Windsurfing gain ...

kitesurfing Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snow ...

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (Freshwater ecosystem, freshwater or Marine ecosystem, marine), but may also be caught from Fish stocking, stocked Body of water, ...

and

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

. *

Sculpture by the Sea The Sculpture by the Sea exhibition in Sydney and Perth is Australia's largest annual outdoor sculpture Art exhibition, exhibition. This exhibition was initiated in 1997, at Bondi Beach and it featured sculptures by both Australian and overseas ...

, an annual public exhibition of sculptures held at Cottesloe Beach. * Wanneroo Show, one of the biggest community events in the Sunset Coast.

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Attractions and facilities

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