Beaches 1720, 1721 and 1723 are located either side of the tidal creek that links with the 500 m wide Maitland River channel, 5 km to the southeast. Beach WA 1720 is a 1 km long northwest-facing beach that occupies the northeastern shoreline of a 2 km long barrier island, the western end fringed with mangroves. The barrier island is the outermost of a 3.5 km wide sequence of barriers that have been deposited either side of the river mouth. The high tide beach is backed by a 500 m long section of unstable foredunes, while tidal flats extend 1 km eastward. Beach WA 1721 continues to the northeast as a curving 300 m long active recurved spit, that forms the western shore of the river mouth a 100 m wide tidal creek. Beach WA 1722 is a similar 400 long spit that occupies the eastern shore of the tidal creek. Both beaches parallel the deeper tidal channel, with channel and tidal flats extending 1 m to the north (Fig 3.1d). read more

Beach Length: 0.3km