Avoca Beach·NSW
Avoca Beach
A patrolled Central Coast surf beach with a lagoon at the north end for the kids who are not in the surf.
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Beaches worth the drive
Patrolled, calm, wild or empty. Pick the kind of beach the day calls for.
Every one of them
Jervis Bay·NSW
Booderee National Park
Bushwalks, quiet coves and Aboriginal-managed country on the southern headland of Jervis Bay.
Killcare·NSW
Bouddi Coastal Walk
Eight kilometres of clifftop and beach between Putty Beach and MacMasters, through Bouddi National Park.
Callala Beach·NSW
Callala Beach
The long, quiet beach on the northern shore of Jervis Bay, looking back across the water at Beecroft Peninsula. Off-leash dog area on the restricted hours.
Port Macquarie·NSW
Camel ride on Lighthouse Beach
Camels on a Mid North Coast surf beach, which makes no sense and works completely.
Huskisson·NSW
Huskisson Beach
The town beach, facing into the bay rather than the ocean, so it is flat on the days the surf beaches are not.
Huskisson·NSW
Huskisson waterfront walk
A flat, sealed path along the bay from the town centre past Moona Moona Creek. Good with a pram.
Hyams Beach·NSW
Swim at Hyams Beach
The white sand beach Jervis Bay is famous for, with water shallow and clear enough for small kids.
Kiama·NSW
Kiama Coast Walk
Around 20km of headland and beach track. Do the Kiama to Minnamurra leg if you only want a morning.
Berrara·NSW
Mermaid Pools, Berrara
Clear rock pools on the coastal shelf, reached on foot along the beach. Tide and swell dependent.
Huskisson·NSW
Moona Moona Creek
A shallow tidal creek mouth at the southern end of Huskisson Beach. The calmest water in town for small children.
Vincentia·NSW
Nelsons Beach
The beach below Plantation Point at Vincentia, and one of only four around Jervis Bay where dogs are allowed off the lead.
Port Macquarie·NSW
Port Macquarie Coastal Walk
Nine kilometres of headland, beach and rock platform from Town Beach to Tacking Point Lighthouse.
Shoalhaven Heads·NSW
Seven Mile Beach
A long flat beach between Gerroa and Shoalhaven Heads, with a national park behind it.
Port Stephens·NSW
Stockton Sand Dunes
The largest moving coastal dunes in the southern hemisphere, and you can sandboard down them.
Hyams Beach·NSW
White Sands Walk
An easy coastal track between Greenfield Beach and Hyams Beach, through bush and out onto the sand.
Airlie Beach·QLD
Whitehaven Beach
Seven kilometres of pure silica sand on Whitsunday Island, reached by boat or seaplane.