Beaches in Australia are in abundance due to the fact that Australia is entirely surrounded by the ocean. Beaches are popular destinations among the country's local population, and travellers alike, as over 85% of Australians live on the coast and most of Australia falls under the warm temperate and subtropical climate zones. Australia has a prominent beach culture, which is often considered part of its national identity, with television shows, movies, and songs being set in or relating to beaches. This page features a list of beaches in Australia.[2]
The longest beach in Australia is the 194 km (121 mi) long sandy beach running down the outer side of the Younghusband Peninsula in South Australia, commonly referred to as The Coorong. It runs from the Murray mouth to Cape Jaffa.[3]
New South Wales
Sydney
- Avalon Beach (Northern Beaches)
- Lady Robinsons Beach
- Bondi Beach
- Coogee Beach
- Cronulla Beach
- Shark Island, Cronulla Beach
- Dee Why Beach
- Manly Beach
- Maroubra Beach
- Palm Beach
- Tamarama
- Wattamolla
- Boat Harbour
- Bents Basin
- Lake Parramatta
- Wanda Beach
- Elouera Beach
- Obelisk Beach
- North Cronulla
- Whale Beach
- Ramsgate Beach
- Little Manly Beach
- Greenhills Beach
- Currawong Beach
- Fairy Bower Beach
- Freshwater Beach
- Garie Beach
- Great Mackerel Beach
- Marley Beach
- Turimetta Beach
- Bilgola Beach
- Bronte Beach
- Curl Curl
- Collaroy
Other regions
Northern Territory
- Mindil Beach, Northern Territory
- Gunn Point Beach, Northern Territory
Queensland
- Mermaid Beach
- Palm Cove
- Four Mile Beach
- Rainbow Beach
- Sunrise Beach
- Sunshine Beach
- Surfers Paradise
- Main Beach
- Southport Spit
- Snapper Rocks
- Coolum Beach
- Cowley Beach
- Shelley Beach
- Bramston Beach
- Airlie Beach
- Greenmount Beach
- Holloways Beach
- Kewarra Beach
- Kings Beach
- Kinka Beach
- Marcus Beach
- Mission Beach
- Newell Beach
- Nudgee Beach
- Palm Beach
- Castaways Beach
- Teewah Beach
- Trinity Beach
- Whitehaven Beach
- Wonga Beach
South Australia
Victoria
- Altona Beach
- Balnarring Beach
- Bells Beach, Torquay
- Bridgewater Bay
- Brighton
- Cheviot Beach
- Discovery Bay
- Eastern Beach
- Manns Beach
- Mentone Beach
- Ninety Mile Beach
- Point Impossible Beach
- Safety Beach
- St Andrews Beach
- St Kilda Beach
- Southside Beach
- Sunnyside North Beach
- Thirteenth Beach
- Williamstown Beach
- Woodside Beach
- Wreck Beach