Binalong Bay beach — Attraction in Binalong Bay

Binalong Bay is the southern end of the Bay of Fires Conservation Area. It is around 10 minute drive north of St. Helens, making it convenient to visit or base for those wanting to explore this coastal region known for white sandy beach, turquoise waters and large granite boulders splashed with bright orange lichen.

We recently visited the beach and enjoyed walking the sandy shore as well as walking around the nearby outcrop point known as the Skeleton Point, seeing some beautiful examples of the lichen crusted granite boulders mixed in with sandy stretches. This is a neat place for swimming and photo taking and a spot we'd very much enjoy visiting again the next time we are in Tasmania exploring the Bay of Fires...

Incredible bay - the water was crystal clear water. It was bright aqua fading to deep sapphire blue. I’ve never seen such white sand. It was a very hot day but there was almost no one on the beach! Note this is an unpatrolled beach and we did see rips. In places the shore drops away quickly in some de rooms of the beach. We walked along to beach to the North end that had incredible huge rocks. The colours were amazing - from a distance and up close. Definitely worth visiting either to swim if hit, or for a...

The most beautiful beach I've ever been to. The sandbar at the mouth of the lagoon had washed away a couple of weeks prior so the tide had cleaned it out. Made a safe swimming area for little ones, while the beach itself had fabulous boogie-boarding waves. As the tide went out in the afternoon, the outward flow created a fun lazy-river. We were camping at Cosy Corner South and just by luck another camper recommended this bay to us. The mouth doesn't open very often though so we were...