Sand Bay is an open, low energy, east facing bay extending south of Andrews Point for 5 km to Williamsons beach. The bay shore and much of the bay is dominated by extensive tidal sand shoals and channels, that give the bay its name. Apart from Andrews Point and two knolls, most of the shore and backing country is low and flat, with several square kilometres of mangroves backing the beaches and comprising the shore. Apart from the Cape Hillsborough Road that clips the northern bay beach and a couple of 4WD tracks across the tidal flats, there is no development on the 30 km of bay shore. South of Belmunda beach is the most extensive area of tidal flats, channels and mangroves, with the next sandy shoreline lying 4 km to the south-east at the western tip of 2 km long Williamsons beach (1101). This beach and its companion Neils beach (1102) consist of a total of 6.5 km of low energy beach ridges, fronted by up to 2 km of sand flats that even link Green Island, 4 km offshore, to the Neils beach tidal flats on spring low tides. Behind the beaches are older beach ridges and mangroves extending up to several hundred metres west of Neils beach. Both beaches are accessible by 4WD tracks that cross grazing land and tidal flats to reach the beaches. read more

Beach Length: 2.5km