Beach WA 189 curves to the west for another 900 m, terminating at Stokes Inlet when open, and linking with beach WA 190 when the inlet is closed (Fig. 4.52). It is fronted by more discontinuous reefs, which lower waves at the shore. However rocks and two permanent rips maintain hazardous conditions. All three beaches are backed by scarped vegetated dunes rising to 30 m, together with four blowouts, the largest between beaches WA 187-188 extending 1.5 km inland. Dunster Castle Bay occupies an open 4.5 km long, south-facing embayment between Stokes Inlet and a western 30 m high headland. In between are four beaches (WA 190-193) bounded by beachrock reef and calcarenite in the east and a rocky gneiss headland to the west. There is 4WD vehicle access via Stokes Inlet to the inlet mouth, and in the west to the Dunster Castle headland. All four beaches are within the Stokes National Park, with the nearest camp site back on the western shores of the inlet. read more

Beach Length: 0.9km