Abbott Point is the site of a large coal loading facility constructed in the 1980’s, that consists of a xxm long jetty and shore based coal storage facilities. The coal is railed from the Collinsville mine, located 80 km south-south-west of the point. There is a private road to the port that provides access tracks to both beaches. The point itself is a round, 20 m high hill surrounded by basalt boulders. On its south side is a long beach running down to Euri Creek. A small groyne has been built on the northern tip of the beach to provide a small boat harbour, subsequently forming a small beach in its lee. The main Abbott Point beach (944) has built out against the groyne, widening at its northern end. The beach is 8.5 km long and runs relatively straight south-east toward Euri Creek. It consists of a relatively steep high tide beach, fronted for the first 4 km by a parallel band of beachrock. Beyond the beachrock is a low tide bar that runs for 3 km, before the bar widens into tidal flats toward the more protected reaches in lee of the sand shoals off Euri Creek. Waves average over 0.5 km at the point but decrease toward the south. The beach is backed by low, active dunes up to 200 m wide, and then a series of low, vegetated dune ridges. The port road runs along the crest of these ridges. read more

Beach Length: 8.5km