Ethel Rocks is a rock reef lying 400 m north of Richards Point. The shoreline for 5 km to the east is dominated by three low, rocky points, with four sandy beaches in between. Interestingly, the sand along the three more embayed beaches tends to be finer at their eastern ends and coarser toward their western ends, representing some wave grading of the beach sand, possibly combined with headland bypassing of dune sand. There is 4WD access to the rear of these beaches and some cleared land and station buildings in lee of beach 1447. Beach 1448 is a 900 m long, north-east facing, curving beach tied between two low, wooded rock points and rock flats. It is composed of coarse sand and has a relatively steep, 20 m wide high tide beach fronted by a 50 m wide bar, with rips occurring along the low tide line during and following higher than average waves. It is backed by a 5 m high, casuarina-covered foredune, then low, wooded slopes. read more

Beach Length: 0.9km