In lee of West Hill Island lies the 400 m wide mouth of West Hill Creek, with bedrock shore to the north and the northern end of a 6 km long barrier system to the south, 7 km2 of which lies within the West Hill National Park. Two low energy beaches lie either side of the creek mouth, while the barrier is the last relatively high energy beach on this section of coast before the more protected beaches of Broad Sound. Beach 1196 runs along the south-east facing, eastern shore of the bedrock bluffs in lee of the island. It consists of low, densely vegetated bedrock country, cut off from the mainland by high tide flats. However, there is a 4WD track across the flats and along the northern side of the creek to a string of about 30 shacks located along the crenulate, 1 km long beach. The beach consists of an irregular, steep, narrow high tide beach fronted by rocks and sand flats that are 200 m wide in the south, widening to link with the island in the north. read more

Beach Length: 1km