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Australia's best beaches

Vote in our 2019 poll to find Australia's best beach. From urban to isolated, we ask readers to nominate their special spots.

14 December 2019

  • Heat 3, a man dives into an inky black sea, Bondi Beach.

    Summer loving: Paul Blackmore captures Australia’s affair with the ocean – in pictures

    The Sydney-based photographer pays homage to the obsession with the coast, exploring the relationship between water, heat and humanity

25 January 2019

  • Perth Cottesloe Beach<br>A sunny Summer’s day on the popular Cottesloe beach between Perth and Fremantle in Western Australia

    Australia's best beaches: Perth's Cottesloe wins most votes in Guardian poll

    Cottesloe took out metropolitan category and also gained the most votes overall but Hyams and Wineglass Bay were close behind

24 January 2019

  • Yarra Bay beach, Sydney.

    Forget Bondi and Coogee: call to save Yarra Bay makes a splash in Australia's top beaches

  • Sandtrax beach, North Fremantle

    Australian politicians nominate their favourite beach

23 January 2019

  • Flat Rock beach in North Bondi, Sydney.

    Flat Rock: a perfect Bondi 'beach' without the tourist trappings

    A flat shelf of rock is where locals, having chosen to live next to one of the busiest tourists spots in Australia, go to escape

22 January 2019

  • Shark spotting: how a drone app is helping to keep Sydney's surfers safe in the water – video

    A new 'first in the world' app called Drone Shark simultaneously films surfers while monitoring for predators

21 January 2019

  • Brigid Delaney

    On Victoria's chilly beaches, no one has a tan and excess body hair can only help

    Brigid Delaney
    Blue extremities and beanies are the norm on the wild beaches of the state’s south-west coast, where the mighty Southern Ocean is best experienced at a distance

20 January 2019

  • Gareth Hutchens

    Why I refuse to tell you where my favourite beach is

    Gareth Hutchens
  • Cronulla beach

    I had to leave Australia to feel at ease on the beach for the first time

    Omar Sakr

19 January 2019

  • A shot from Simon Baker’s film Breath

    From Storm Boy to Breath: the 10 best Australian beach films

    Australian beach films have celebrated everything from life, love and freedom to the flesh-piercing dangers of renegade umbrellas

18 January 2019

  • Emu Bay on Kangaroo Island

    Readers respond to Australia's #BestBeaches: go to Bali!

    Guardian readers
  • Woman lying on beach reading book

    Summer beach reads: 10 Australian books set by the sea

17 January 2019

  • Gary Nunn

    Australia has long had a gay beach subculture but they haven't always been safe spaces

    Gary Nunn
    How gay-friendly is Australia’s beach culture?

16 January 2019

  • Waves crash against a swimming pool that was washed away from a home on the Collaroy beachfront after heavy storms battered Sydney’s beaches in June 2016.

    Holding back the tides: Sydney's battle against coastal erosion

  • Diamond Head beach

    Diamond Head beach: a paradise where I lost all sense of time and space

    Jack Latimore

15 January 2019

  • Hooded plover chick.

    Beach hoods: guarding nests of hooded plovers a job for us all

  • Brigid Delaney

    Why Australia's beaches are the spiritual centre of a secular nation

    Brigid Delaney

14 January 2019

  • A trio of penguins stroll a beach in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

    Wet and wild: why Australia must learn to love the animals on its beaches

    Australia is in danger of loving some beaches to death. By fostering a passion for wildlife, we can turn the tide on degradation
  • Australia's best beaches poll – vote for your favourite spot

    Australia's best beaches poll: vote for your top seaside spots

    Cast your ballot to help determine Australia’s best regional, remote and metropolitan beaches
  • Jervis Bay

    Australia's global beach ambassador on what makes a great beach

    What tickles your fancy when land meets sea? Brad Farmer recommends choosing your ‘best beach’ discerningly
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