Sandy Cape is the northern tip of the island. Between the cape and Rooney Point is a slightly convex, 20.5 km long, north-west facing beach (FR17). The beach truncates largely vegetated dunes up to 100 m high that originate on the eastern beaches. The highest dune houses the Sandy Cape lighthouse on a pocket of Commonwealth land located 7 km south-west of the cape. The beach receives waves averaging 0.5 m that maintain a moderately steep beach, usually fronted by a low tide bar. Most of the backing land is scarped dune, with only Bool Creek occasionally breaking out across the beach to drain a low, central swampy area. read more

Beach Length: 0.02km