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 1449 is very similar at 1 km in length and facing north-east, but with finer sand and a low gradient high tide beach fronted by a 100 m wide low tide bar, with occasional high wave-generated rips. Low woodlands and a casuarina-covered foredune back the beach, while low, rocky points form the boundaries. read more

Beach Length: 1km