Mandjar Bay

Mandjar Bay is a sheltered estuarine bay on the Peel-Harvey Estuary in central Mandurah, Western Australia, forming the city's Eastern Foreshore. Adjacent to the Mandurah city centre and Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, it features calm waters, sandy foreshore, parklands and boardwalks. Notable for its scenic waterfront, family-friendly recreation, dolphin sightings and proximity to cafes and the Mandurah foreshore precinct, it serves as a central hub for leisure and events.

Visitors can expect a calm, sheltered estuarine bay with a sandy foreshore, grassed parklands, paved boardwalks and shared walking and cycling paths along the Eastern Foreshore. The area offers open views across the Peel-Harvey Estuary, picnic shelters, barbecues, playgrounds and seating, with cafes and the city centre within walking distance. Activities centre on leisurely walks, picnics, swimming in calm waters, kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding, and dolphin and birdwatching.

Mandjar Bay is part of the Peel-Harvey Estuary traditionally used by the Bindjareb Noongar people. The name Mandurah derives from the Noongar word 'mandjar' meaning meeting place. European settlement around the estuary began in the 1830s, and the foreshore was later developed as a public recreation reserve and central waterfront for the city.

The bay and foreshore hold cultural significance as a traditional meeting place for Noongar people and continue as a central community gathering space for markets, festivals and events on the Mandurah foreshore.