Norah Head and most of the headlands between Wybung Head and Broken Bay are composed of the softer shales and sandstone of the Narrabeen Group. The rocks are horizontally bedded, which assists the formation of wide rock platforms, and often well jointed, which gives them an appearance of paving stones, called 'tessellated pavement'. In places they are also rich in fossils. On the north side of Norah Head is a curving north-facing 300 m long, steep reflective beach fronted by a rocky seabed, bordered by rock platforms and backed by low dunes. The beach can be reached on foot from the Norah Head Lighthouse car park located 200 m south of the beach. read more

Beach Length: 0.3km