Rockingham Beach — Attraction in Rockingham

Love this beach! Every time I come here there's a new addition, I haven't been in a while so I was happy to see the pontoons way out deep but still an easy swim as my 10 year old made the distance with only a little bit of help. The beach is lovely and clean, there's some shade up on the grass but communal shade down on the sand would be a nice addition as it's easy to spend the entire day here. The water stays shallow for a long time and the waves are minimal, there's no rocks, but there are a few jellyfish. Out of a crowd of 10 people, 2 of them got stung. So not many, but still present.

Heaps of places to eat within a two minute walk across the road. The fish and chip place was a little lacking in flavour, Nick's place is the best if you're looking for a kebab. Baskin Robbins is always packed with people but they get the ice creams out quick. And the kids love the big playground at the end of the day when we're done swimming. The bus runs late, 8:52pm was the last bus on a Saturday so we didn't have to worry about leaving early.

Probably my favourite...

A beautiful family beach. There are extensive parks overlooking the ocean, providing shaded areas for picnics, along with a few bbq's and picnic tables. There are a number of play grounds for the little ones, a couple of toliet blocks, lots of parking and across the road from the beach there are several different restaurants and cafes including the classic fish and chip shop and a lolly shop for the kids. There's pathways all along the edge of the park over looking the beach, perfect for taking a stroll with the pram or a run with your dog. The beach itself is gorgeous white sand and the water is fairly shallow for some way, so it's wonderful for young children. I do recommend bringing some sort of sun shade if you intend to sit on the beach for any length of time as there's no shade...

The Community Festival was ok I liked the enormous lulu characters and I liked the Y outh music competition, and the judges were fair. The stage Sound man was terrible. He could have made a difference to the young musicans 3 minutes of fame, and he really needed a second person to assist him. I was a bit annoyed at parents not controlling their kids Numerous times kids aged around 5 to 10 year olds were bad, there were some that were trying to take the money out of the unattended gold coin tub numerous times, throwing frisbees at the stage at the TV monitor , throwing their balls around at the table, hitting us with them, I told them off of course, forcing some oler people shift tables, and their parents were watching.. Wow! Most food trucks were expensive, but...