St Kilda is the hippest and most loved of Melbourne beaches. Victoria's capital city is also home to other great swimming spots like Brighton, but St Kilda is the full package. With its achingly-fashionable eateries, great night life, variety of accommodation and wide sandy beaches, it's the perfect unwind for the hard working folk of Melbourne.
Beaches in Melbourne Australia are a much-loved escape. Not far from Melbourne you'll find a now famous Australian beach. Victoria's Phillip Island with its sandy shores is home to thousands of fairy penguins, which are in turn visited by thousands of people each year. It is also home to some lovely isolated beaches and some good surf on the southern coast.
Victoria's Mornington Peninsula also has some gorgeous beaches and seaside towns, including the ever-elegant, historic Sorrento and Portsea, home to Melbourne's rich and famous.
The Great Ocean Road showcases some of the best beaches in Victoria. Head south from Melbourne to Torquay, one of the most popular of Victorian beaches. This town has one of the best surf beaches in Victoria as well as sheltered family swimming areas. Great for a family holiday or you can catch one of the annual pro surfing competitions.
A little further along this world-famous drive, you'll find Bells Beach, renowned for its 6-metre waves and stunning cliff backdrops. As you continue along the Great Ocean Road along the Bellarine Peninsula, you'll pass through a number of charming seaside towns, including Lorne, known for its natural beauty, quaint village and beaches and Port Fairy, with its old world feel and unspoilt waterfront.
Australian beaches are amongst the most spectacular in the world and because of the country's relatively small population, also amongst the most secluded.
Looking for the Australian holiday experience where fishing, boating, snorkelling and scuba are all part of the package, right alongside some of the best surfing beaches in QLD?
If you enjoy a spot of beach fishing, you'll find great spots all along the coast from Merimbula to Tweed Heads and, with so many isolated spots, you're bound to get a bite.
Victorian beaches are breathtaking. From Ninety Mile Beach where white sand stretches unspoilt before you, to the surf beaches like Torquay and Bells Beach
In the west of South Australia, beaches are remote stretches of sand and cliff visited only by the keenest of fisherman or surfer, but spectacularly beautiful nonetheless.
With over twelve thousand kilometres of Indian and Southern Ocean coastline, Western Australian beaches are some of the most impressive beaches in the world.
Australia's World Renowned Beaches