Red Rock is a blunt, 30 m high, 500 m long headland fringed by red rocks. South of the headland, the few remaining rocks soon give way to sand and long, straight, sandy beaches (Fig. 3.1a) dominate the coast all the way to the Burnett River mouth. The first five beaches are part of the Deepwater National Park. They all face east-north-east and are well exposed to southerly and easterly waves, that average 0.5 to 1 m in height. The beaches are all composed of relatively coarse sand and have steep high tide beaches fronted by low tide bars, cut by rips every 150 to 200 m on the longer beaches. There is 4WD access from Agnes Water to Red Rock and the beaches to either side, as well as 4WD access from the Deepwater Creek Road to the Wreck Rock picnic and camping area. Wreck Rock beach (1487) is another small, rock-bound beach, just 100 m long between two sets of low rocks. The foredune continues on past the rocks while the bar is truncated, resulting in permanent rips against the rocks. The national park 4WD access track runs to the back of the rocks, where there is a picnic and camping area. The name Wreck Rock derives from the wreck of the sailing ship “Countess Russel” in 1873. read more

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