Mount McIntosh is a 135 m high, densely vegetated hill, whose crest lies just 300 m from the shore. Its northern and eastern slopes are fringed by four near-continuous sandy beaches, interspersed with numerous rocks and rocky reefs. The beaches and rocks occupy 2 km of shore and form an irregular boundary between the sandy Annan River mouth beaches to the north, and the sandy to muddy Walker Bay to the south. There is no vehicle access to any of the beaches, with boats providing the best access, particularly at high tide. The beaches are moderately protected by Grave Point and the shallow sand flats, resulting in waves averaging less than 0.5 m. The first beach (646) begins immediately south of the southern Annan River sand spit and runs almost due south, curving to follow the trend of the backing slopes. It is a narrow high tide beach and fronted by irregular tidal flats, that extend up to 300 m to the east. The second beach (647) is more irregular, trends south-east and comprises a mixture of sand and numerous rocks, together with a few mangroves, fronted by 100 to 200 m wide rocks and sand flats. The southern two beaches (648 & 649) are pocket beaches, each 300 m long, facing north-east, and bordered by low rocky promontories, with more rocks scattered along the beach, and 100 m wide sand flats. read more

Beach Length: 0.5km