Australian beaches: Guide to the best beaches in Australia

Australian beaches: Guide to the best beaches in Australia

Australia Travel Questions is busy putting together guides to some of the best beaches in Australia. It’s a work in progress, but the beaches currently covered are listed – and linked to – below. Click through for more information.

Hyams Beach in Jervis Bay, New South Wales
Hyams Beach in Jervis Bay, New South Wales. Photo courtesy of Destination NSW.

New South Wales beaches

Northern Rivers beaches

Belongil Beach | Broken Head Beach | Cabarita Beach | Pippi Beach | Tallow Beach | Turners Beach | Whites Beach | Yamba Main Beach.

Coffs Coast beaches

Charlesworth Bay Beach | Corindi Beach | Emerald Beach | Jetty Beach | Sapphire Beach | Sawtell Beach.

Port Macquarie and South-West Rock beaches

Horseshoe Bay | Lighthouse Beach.

Forster area beaches

Blueys Beach | Burgess Beach | Elizabeth Beach | One Mile Beach | Tuncurry Beach |

Port Stephens beaches

Bennetts Beach | Birubi Beach | Jimmys Beach | Samurai Beach.

Newcastle beaches

Bar Beach | Nobbys Beach.

Central Coast beaches

Birdie Beach | Copacabana Beach | Forresters Beach | Killcare Beach | Macmasters Beach | Patonga Beach | Pearl Beach | Toowoon Bay | Wamberal Beach.

Sydney beaches

Eastern Beaches: Bondi Beach | Bronte Beach | Clovelly Beach | Maroubra Beach.

Harbour Beaches: Camp Cove | Castle Rock Beach | Chinamans Beach | Clontarf BeachCollins Beach | Flat Rock BeachLittle Manly Beach | Milk Beach | Parsley Bay | Quarantine Beach | Shark Beach | Store BeachWatsons Bay.

Northern Beaches: Avalon Beach | Bilgola Beach | Long Reef BeachQueenscliff BeachWhale Beach.

Pittwater Beaches: Resolute Beach.

Botany Bay Beaches: Yarra Bay Beach.

Royal National Park Beaches: Garie Beach | Jibbon Beach.

Wollongong and Illawarra beaches

Austinmer Beach | Bushrangers Bay | Corrimal Beach | Gerroa Beach | Kendalls Beach | Killalea Beach | North Wollongong beach | Stanwell Park Beach | Thirroul Beach | Werri Beach | Windang Beach.

Shoalhaven beaches

Flat Rock Beach | Manyana Beach | Rennies Beach | Washerwomans Beach.

Jervis Bay beaches

Blenheim Beach | Callala Beach | Cave Beach | Currarong Beach | Greenfield Beach | Green Patch Beach | Honeymoon Bay | Huskisson Beach | Hyams Beach | Iluka Beach | Long Beach | Moona Moona Creek | Murrays Beach | Nelsons Beach.

Batemans Bay area beaches

Barlings Beach | Broulee Beach | Merry Beach | Pebbly Beach |

Sapphire Coast beaches

Aslings Beach | Bar Beach.

River beaches

Thompsons Beach, Cobram.

Wagga Beach, Wagga Wagga.

Queensland beaches

Daintree beaches

Cow Bay Beach | Myall Beach | Noah Beach | Wangetti Beach.

Cairns beaches

Ellis Beach | Kewarra Beach | Palm Cove Beach | Thala Beach.

Cassowary Coast beaches

Etty Bay Beach.

North Queensland beaches

Alma Bay | Arthur Bay | Forrest Beach | Florence Bay | Geoffrey Bay | Radical Bay.

Whitsundays region beaches

Blacks Beach | Cape Hillsborough Beach | Catseye Beach | Dingo Beach | Grasstree Beach | Sarina Beach | Whitehaven Beach |

Central Queensland beaches

Bargara Beach | Lammermoor Beach | Mon Repos Beach | Turkey Beach |

Fraser Coast beaches

Burrum Heads | Woodgate Beach |

Sunshine Coast beaches

Bulcock Beach | Dicky Beach | Kings Beach | Little Cove | Peregian Beach | Mudjimba Beach | Sunshine Beach | Teewah Beach.

Moreton Bay Islands beaches

Cylinder Beach.

Gold Coast beaches

Coolangatta Beach | Greenmount Beach | Miami Beach | North Kirra Beach.

South Australia beaches

Adelaide beaches

Largs Bay | Seaford Beach | Semaphore Beach.

Fleurieu Peninsula beaches

Blowhole Beach | Maslin Beach | Rapid Bay | Sellicks Beach | Southport Beach.

Coorong and Limestone Coast beaches

Coorong Beach.

Yorke Peninsula beaches

Port Hughes Beach | Wauraltee Beach.

Eyre Peninsula beaches

Almonta Beach | Cactus Beach | Greenly Beach | Sheringa Beach.

Tasmania beaches

Clifton Beach | Hawley Beach | Seven Mile Beach | South Cape Bay | Wineglass Bay.

Victoria beaches

Great Ocean Road beaches

Anglesea Beach | Bells Beach | Childers Cove | Discovery Bay Coastal Park | Johanna Beach | Lorne Beach | Skenes Creek Beach | Wreck Beach.

Bellarine Peninsula beaches

13th Beach.

Melbourne beaches

Brighton Beach | Carrum Beach | Mentone Beach | Mordialloc Beach | Sandringham Beach |

Mornington Peninsula beaches

Dromana Beach | Gunnamatta Beach | Mount Martha Beach | Sorrento Back Beach.

Phillip Island beaches

Woolamai Surf Beach.

Wilsons Promontory beaches

Fairy Cove | Squeaky Beach | Whisky Bay.

Gippsland beaches

Cape Conran | Eagles Nest |

Western Australia beaches

Ningaloo Reef beaches

Bundegi Beach | Mauds Landing | Mauritius Beach | Osprey Bay | Paradise Beach | Turquoise Bay.

West Coast beaches

Horrocks Beach, Pot Alley Beach.

Perth beaches

Coogee Beach | Leighton Beach | Mettams Pool | Rockingham Beach | Trigg Beach | Scarborough Beach.

Rottnest Island beaches

Little Armstrong Bay | Little Parakeet Bay.

Bunbury and Peel region beaches

Binningup Beach | Peppermint Grove Beach | Preston Beach.

Margaret River region beaches

Eagle Bay | Hamelin Bay | Injidup Beach | Meelup Beach | Prevelly BeachSmiths Beach.

South Coast and Esperance region beaches

Fishery Beach | Hellfire Bay | Lucky Bay | Wharton Beach.