Kirra Beach

Ocean Beach at Kirra Beach in the Gold Coast

Kirra Beach is one of the popular beaches in the Coolangatta area of the Gold Coast. It is separated from Coolangatta Beach by a headland at the eastern end of the beach called Kirra Point, where the big Sea Eagle is perched on top of. The Kirra Beach Surf Live Saving Club is at the … Read more

Coolangatta Beach

View of Coolangatta Beach showing green grass parkland before the wide sandy beach and the headlands at the other end of the beach

Coolangatta Beach is the most southern ocean beach in Queensland and is one of only two north facing beaches on the popular Gold Coast, the other being Kirra Beach. Rainbow Bay and Flagstaff Beach at Point Danger are closer to the border but they are slightly north compared to Coolangatta Beach. The Coolangatta Beachfront has … Read more

Greenmount Beach

Greenmount Beach at the flags

Greenmount Beach is part of the same beach as Coolangatta Beach. It sits between Coolangatta Beach to its west and under the Greenmount Point headland above it to the east. Greenmount Point separates the beach from the beach of Rainbow Bay on the other side of the point. Greenmount Point offers great viewing of the … Read more

Rainbow Bay

Surf club house at Coolangatta on Greenmount Beach, the Rainbow Bay Surf Club

Rainbow Bay is the last main beach in Queensland before the New South Wales border. The mostly north facing beach faces slightly towards the west and is protected by Snapper Rocks from eastern swells. The beach is patrolled with flags to swim between. The beach sand is quite flat so the tide does creep up … Read more

Angourie Surf Reserve

Surfing beach at Angourie Surfing Reserve near Yamba

Angourie Surfing Reserve is a designated national surf reserve, the first to be designated in New South Wales. The break is on the north side of Angourie Point, on the edge of the Angourie section of Yuraygir National Park . In 1961, a group of surfers from Yamba Surf Life Saving Club went in search … Read more

Queens Beach North

Sandy beach with grass area above it, taken at Queens Beach North on the Redcliffe Peninsula

Queens Beach North is a beautiful sandy beach and picnic area on Moreton Bay at the Redcliffe Peninsular. It is one of three beaches that share the Queens Beach name and is the better of the three. The other beaches to the south are Queens Beach and Queens Beach South . The sandy beach itself … Read more

Queens Beach South

Beach with the water to the left, sandy at the top of the beach and exposed red rock base at the waterline, taken at Queens Beach South on the Redcliffe Peninsula

Queens Beach South on the Redcliffe Peninsula is a section of beach on Moreton Bay just north of Redcliffe Jetty on Redcliffe Peninsula. One of three beach destinations in Redcliffe using the name Queens Beach, it is separated from Queens Beach to the north by a rock wall jetty that is a popular spot for … Read more

Queens Beach

Looking along a beach with the water on the left and grass above the sand on the right, taken at Queens Beach on the Redcliffe Peninsula

Queens Beach is one of many on the Redcliffe Peninsula with Queens Beach North and Scarborough Beach above it, and Queens Beach South and the Redcliffe Jetty below. A pathway is along the full length of the beach, which goes almost the full shoreline of the Redcliffe Peninsula, from Newport to Pelican Park in Clontarf. … Read more

Pot Alley

Red sandstone coastline with gorge into the ocean, taken at Pot Alley in Kalbarri National Park in Western Australia

Pot Alley is a scenic destination along the Kalbarri National Park Coastal Cliffs with a gorge cut into the red sandstone cliffs of the coastline. Pot Alley is one of two close gorge views with Eagle Gorge being close to where Pot Alley is. The two destinations have different vistas with the lookout for Pot … Read more

Coral Bay

Sandy beach and calm waters, taken at the beach of Coral Bay in Western Australia

Coral Bay is a beautiful beach with coral gardens just metres from the shore, Australia’s only fringing reef, it is the most accessible we have been to. The coral reef is part of the Ningaloo Reef, an Aboriginal word meaning ‘promontory’, a point of high land that juts out into the sea. The Ningaloo Marine … Read more