LIFE’S A BEACH IN AUSTRALIA


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Spend time in Sydney and you’ll hear locals debating their favourite beaches. You’ll hear Bondi has the best surf, Clovelly is great for snorkelling and Bronte is the best all-rounder with a family-friendly vibe. And that’s just the Eastern Suburbs. Extend the chat to the pretty little coves on the harbour, or the sands stretching up the coast from Manly, and the discussion could go on for hours. Most cities in the world


would give their right arm for just one beach of this quality, and the same could be said for Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and west-coast hub Perth, where vast dune-backed beaches lapped by the Indian Ocean


are just part of everyday life. In fact, the country has more than 16,000 miles of coastline, so you can readily find high-octane surfing action or have a beach to yourself without seeing another soul.


It’s not just about quantity – there’s quality and variety too, with Australia’s beaches regularly on lists of the world’s best. The curving white sands of Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsunday Islands – Qantas flies to nearby Hamilton Island from Sydney and Melbourne – are often at number one. And the perfect semi-circle of Wineglass Bay in Tasmania is never far behind. They are incredibly


photogenic, but others


excel in moody scenery or buzzing surf culture. Three mighty oceans crash into this country, providing world- class surf spots in every state. Bells Beach in Victoria, Margaret River in Western Australia and the Gold Coast in Queensland are revered, but you’ll find good surf along most of the coastline. Chic holiday towns such


as Byron Bay in northern New South Wales and Noosa in southern Queensland have beaches facing in different directions, meaning conditions are usually good at one of them. Then there are the unusual beaches. You can find dinosaur footprints and red dune backdrops in Broome, or drive a 4x4 along a beach


that doubles as a highway north of Noosa. Kangaroos might hop past as you sunbathe at Pebbly Beach, NSW, or Cape Hillsborough, Queensland – and even on city beaches such as Coogee in Sydney, you can spot whales breaching. Australia doesn’t just have fantastic beaches – it redefines what makes for a great beach break.


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