Has anyone travelled around the beaches of Australia?

Question

I am planning on going to Australia and I want to drive around to all of the beaches but really have no information at all! Has anyone travelled around the beaches and do you still have to drive through the middle of Australia or could you drive around?

Answer 1

If you want to drive around the entire coastline it would take about a year.  But to get to the GOOD Beaches the best route I would suggest would be to start in Sydney head south to Melbourne drive to Perth along the Great Coast Road and then north to Broome.  Then I would ditch the car fly back to Sydney, pick up a new car and then head north up to North Queensland.  That way you are taking in all the good beaches.  Unfortunately if you go north there isn't much to offer, as crocodiles, sharks and jellyfish are king in the tropical waters in the Northern areas.

Answer 2

You could start at Port Douglas and travel around the continent till you got to Broome, there aren't very many beaches further north. You'd probably need to allow at least 6 months of travelling and a heck of a lot of petrol with a 4WD. That of course wouldn't include Tasmania or any of the many other islands with beautiful beaches.

A popular and more doable trip for tourists is from Sydney to Cairns, this will still take quite some time. Arrange it to spend summer in Sydney and winter in Cairns as best you can.

There are a lot of beaches in Australia - in Sydney alone there are probably about 15-20 or so.

Answer 3

Fly to Perth mate...and then head up the west coast.!!

Answer 4

unless you're planning on coming for a while you won't get to see ALL the beaches.

Bondi beach -New south wales, would have to be the most famous, lots of people go there and its pretty safe cos they have really good life savers.

If your wanting to surf I'd suggest Bells beach, In new south wales it's like the surfing capital of Australia.

Byron Bay is also pretty famous, it's great for surfing and it's pretty touristy with rainforests near by.

Four Mile beach in Queensland - name is self explainatory, it's four miles of beautiful white sand.

Now I'd really suggest the Gold coast beaches, its always warm up that way, probably Surfers Paradise, The beach is literally right next to the city.

I'd suggest some other famous ones like Hyams in NSW, Manly is pretty famous in NSW, Palm beach NSW, Surfers Point (surfers beach obviously) WA

I'm from Tasmania and I know we have some good beaches here. Bay of fires was voted the second best beach in the world, if you want to swim, I wouldn't come during our winter months, its a bit chilly but I'd go have a look anyway, it's gorgeous! check it out on google. Wine glass bay is also pretty popular in Tasmania.

Have lots of fun, I'd suggest you come from october to February, they are summer months, beaches are best in summer!!

goodluck =)

Answer 5

With the mainland coastline being over 33000km in length, it would take a very long time indeed to see all the beaches - years even.

In any case, it isn't possible to drive around the entire coast as there are no roads in many northern areas. Where there are roads, the main highway often cuts inland away from the coast and you need to go a long way from it to get to beaches.

There is no direct road from east to west though if you had a lot of time, a very good vehicle and didn't mind driving through endless miles of near desert, you could cut across between Cairns (Qld) and Broome (WA). You would however, often need to deviate from an east west route to go north or south to pick up the next road heading west and it would be a very long way indeed, very tedious and quite dangerous.

I've done the drive from Brisbane to Cairns (1718km) a couple of times and from the highway, you don't see the coast at all until Cardwell which is over 1500km from Brisbane. It's mostly a very boring drive. There are many marvellous beaches along that 1500km, but you need to leave the highway to get to them. Don't miss some of the islands along the way. The only surf beaches in Qld are south of Fraser Island, the northern beaches are all protected by islands and/or the Great Barrier Reef. If you have a good 4WD, DO NOT miss driving along the beach past the Teewah Coloured Sands between Tewantin near Noosa Heads and Rainbow Beach. It's about 65km and is an unforgettable drive. You must also go to Fraser Island (4WD only).

Between Brisbane and Sydney via the coast road, you can easily get to the famous Gold Coast beaches and as you drive south towards Sydney, it's not far off the road to Byron Bay and other well known coastal towns and miles of beautiful beaches.

Sydney itself has some of the best and most famous beaches in Australia such as Manly and Bondi and between Sydney and Melbourne there are dozens of great beaches and attractive coastal towns.

Be sure to take the Great Ocean Road between Melbourne and Adelaide - it's spectacular.

I haven't driven any further west, but know that Perth and points north to Broome have some of the best beaches and most magnificent scenery in Australia.

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