List of beaches in Sydney
The city of .
With around 70 surf beaches and dozens of harbour coves, Sydney is almost unrivalled in the world for the number and quality of beaches available.[1] The water and sand among the city beaches, despite their popularity, are remarkably clean.[2] The beach watch program was established in 1989 in response to community concern about the impact of sewage pollution on human health and the environment at Sydney's ocean beaches.[3]
Ocean beaches
Sydney's ocean beaches include the internationally renowned
From north to south, Sydney's ocean beaches are:
- Northern
- Avalon
- Bilgola
- Bungan
- Collaroy
- Curl Curl
- Dee Why
- Fairy Bower
- Fishermans
- Freshwater
- Long Reef
- Manly
- Mona Vale
- Narrabeen
- Newport
- North Curl Curl
- North Narrabeen
- North Steyne
- Palm Beach
- Queenscliff
- Shelly Beach (Manly)
- Turimetta
- Warriewood
- Whale Beach
- Southern
When conditions are suitable, a sandy beach forms, in what is normally a rocky inlet, at Mackenzies Bay.
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Avalon Beach
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Shelly Beach in Manly Sydney Australia
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Palm Beach
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Dee Why Beach
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Curl Curl Beach
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Tamarama Beach
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Maroubra Beach
Sydney Harbour
Beaches in Port Jackson include:
- Balmoral Beach
- Clontarf
- Little Manly Beach
- North Head Quarantine Station Beach
- Lady Martins Beach
- Seven Shillings Beach, Point Piper
- Double Bay Beach
- Camp Cove
- Shark Beach
- Milk Beach, Vaucluse
- Chowder Bay, Clifton Gardens
- Chinamans Beach, The Spit
- Washaway Beach
- Obelisk Beach
- Cobblers Beach
- Athol Bay Beach, Clifton Gardens
- Edwards Beach
- Reef Beach
- Castle Rock
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Rose Bay
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Lady Martins Beach
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Cape Cove
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Views across Delwood Beach to Sydney Harbour
Botany Bay
Beaches in Botany Bay include:
- Bumbora Rock at the north end of Yarra Bay
- Congwong Beach
- Cooks River to the west of the airport
- Foreshore Beach
- Frenchmans Bay in La Perouse
- Elephants Trunk
- whitestsand in Sydney
- Little Congwong Beach
- Pelican Point
- Penrhyn Beach (possibly now part of the container terminals)
- Silver Beach
- Towra Beach
- Taren Spit Beach
- Yarra Bay
There are also more beaches along the Hawkesbury River to the north, and Botany Bay and Port Hacking to the south.
See also
References
- New York Times. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-921874-65-9.
- ^ "Beachwatch Programs". Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- Guide to Sydney Beaches
- "Sand in our Souls - the Beach in Australian History" Leone Huntsman, MUP, 2001
- Beachsafe