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Australian Beaches

Australia is well known for its strong beach culture and with its huge coastline and hot weather. It is not surprising then that you would have so many people heading towards the beach. If you have never been to Australia before you may not know what beach to go to, the following below are some of Australia's best beaches.

Firstly we have its surf beaches; two in particular come to mind: Bells Beach in Victoria (where a scene from the popular 1991 movie point break was based on) and the Margaret River region in Western Australia. These beaches have help for world class surfing competitions as a result of their large surfing breaks. Some very popular beaches crowded by the general public are Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in the state of Queensland and of course the very well known Bondi in the city of Sydney.

A popular water sport off the beach in Australia is windsurfing. There are many places around Australia you can wind surf, but I would strongly recommend Western Australia, namely Lancelin, a town north of Perth. Lancelin is popular amongst the windsurfing community.

Next in line is diving. There are great beach dives all around Australia, but if you don't want to deal with a thick wetsuits you’re best off in the Northern state of Queensland, particularly the lower part of it. Although you can dive here, during summer swimming on the mainland coast of north Queensland is often restricted due to box jellyfish. Most Islands off Northern Queensland do not have trouble with jellyfish if they are far enough from the mainland.

Australia has hundreds of beautiful beaches and I'm sure I haven't covered every ones favourite, but if its water you're into, you’ll find it there in Australia.