# The best beaches in Australia

Australia's most celebrated beaches across every state, from Tourism Australia, Time Out and travellers who have visited dozens of them.

- 86 votes · 16 items
- Dec 23, 2025 · Sophie Jones
- https://even.best/en/l/171/the-best-beaches-in-australia

## Top 15

1. **Whitehaven Beach (Queensland)** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — Seven kilometres of 98% pure silica sand on Whitsunday Island, with the swirling Hill Inlet.
2. **Wineglass Bay (Tasmania)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Perfect crescent of sand in Freycinet National Park, seen from the lookout or reached on foot.
3. **Bondi Beach (New South Wales)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Sydney's iconic surf beach with the Bondi Icebergs pool.
4. **Hyams Beach (New South Wales)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Jervis Bay beach known for some of the whitest sand in the world.
5. **Lucky Bay (Western Australia)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Bright white sand in Cape Le Grand National Park, where kangaroos lounge on the beach.
6. **Cable Beach (Western Australia)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 22 km of sand in Broome famous for camel rides at sunset.
7. **Turquoise Bay (Western Australia)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Snorkelling straight off the sand onto Ningaloo Reef in Cape Range National Park.
8. **Wategos Beach (Byron Bay, New South Wales)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Small north-facing beach beneath Cape Byron where dolphins are often seen.
9. **Hellfire Bay (Western Australia)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Sheltered cove of granite and white sand in Cape Le Grand National Park, near Esperance.
10. **Noosa Main Beach (Queensland)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sheltered, patrolled beach next to Noosa National Park and Hastings Street.
11. **Burleigh Heads (Queensland)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Gold Coast beach with a famous point break and a national park headland.
12. **Cottesloe Beach (Western Australia)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Perth's favourite beach for Indian Ocean sunsets and the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition.
13. **Four Mile Beach (Port Douglas, Queensland)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Long palm-fringed beach, gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree.
14. **Manly Beach (New South Wales)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Sydney northern beach reached by ferry from Circular Quay, with the Corso.
15. **Bells Beach (Victoria)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Legendary surf break on the Great Ocean Road, home of the Rip Curl Pro since 1962.
16. **Bay of Fires (Tasmania)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Coastline of white sand and granite boulders covered in orange lichen.

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