Address & Contact
Fitzgerald River National Park
Western Australia
Phone: 61 8 9219 9000
Email: enquiries@dbca.wa.gov.au
Web: https://exploreparks.dbca.wa.gov.au/site/quoin-head
Quoin Head is a spectacular coastal headland at the easterly end of the Hakea trail in the Fitzerald River National Park.
Quoin Head is especially popular with photographers because of its distinctive shape and the pretty bay and beach it overlooks.
The headland is shaped like a ‘quoin’ which was a wedge used to raise a ship’s cannon or to keep it from rolling on the deck. Ospreys nest on these remote headlands and are seen here regularly, often sparring in the air with kestrels and Australian hobbies.
Vehicle access to
Quoin Head is on a rough track suitable for high clearance four-wheel drive only. There is a tall wooden staircase from the four-wheel drive
parking area down to
the beach.
You can also get there by walking the Hakea Trail. The nearest two-wheel drive access point on the Hakea Trail is
Hamersley Inlet. You can walk to
Quoin Head as a full-day return hike from
Hamersley Inlet, or as part of an overnight hike of the Hakea Trail. No
toilets at this location.