Fishing and other water activities
Today Leeman is a tiny fishing village which is ideal for fishermen and holiday makers eager to get away from the more commercialised centres. Calling itself the 'Home of Western Australia's Dhufish' the settlement boasts huge and dramatic white sand dunes, good beach and offshore fishing, safe beaches for surfing, swimming and sailboarding, and superb displays of wildflowers in the spring.
Green Head
13 km to the south is the small fishing village of Green Head. Like Leeman it is doomed to change in the next decade from a sleepy little fishing village to a thriving tourist resort. Recent sub-divisions and the building of an 18 hole golf course have ensured that its 'get away from it all' atmosphere is bound to disappear.
Both Green Head and Leeman are homes to lobster fishing fleets which ply the lobster grounds off the coast in the season. The industry developed in the 1950s and has since become one of the most important on the Central West coast.
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