Brighton-Le-Sands Beach — Attraction in Sydney

Wonderful place for day trip,family picnic But the beach area is very small and little bit dirty otherwise fantastic place

Shot beach :Brighton Le Sands (formerly Brighton-le-Sands and also known simply as Brighton or Brighton Beach), is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Brighton Le Sands is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, on the western shore of Botany Bay. Brighton Le Sands is in the local government area of the Bayside Council and is part of the St George area. Some history : The area between the Cooks River and Georges River was originally known as Seven Mile Beach. It was changed to Lady Robinsons Beach in 1874 to honour Governor Sir Hercules Robinson's wife. Cook Park, established in about 1882, is a strip of reserve land 30 metres inland from the high water mark of the sea.[citation needed] The park is named after Samuel Cook who advocated it as a public pleasure area. The name Seven Mile Beach was last used in the Sydney Morning Herald on 28 February 1879, whilst the first use of the name Lady Robinson's Beach by the same newspaper was on 1 June 1877.[citation needed]

New Brighton was the name given to his new housing estate by tramway pioneer Thomas Saywell, who had plans to emulate the famous seaside resort Brighton in England.[2] Land acquisitions began in the 1840s but no significant development of Brighton Le Sands occurred until the railway opened to Hurstville, via Rockdale in 1884. In 1885 Thomas Saywell constructed a tramway from Rockdale to Lady Robinsons Beach, along Bay Street. He was given a 30-year lease on the line. Thomas Saywell also financed and built the public swimming baths, a substantial picnic area called the Shady Nook Recreational Park (1898-1918), a race course and the Brighton Hotel, on the current Novotel site. The developments were a huge success. To avoid confusion with the English Brighton, the district became known as Brighton-le-Sands. From 1900, the tramway was electrified. The tramway passed into government ownership in 1914. The line was closed in September 1949, as the Sydney tramway system was slowly wound down.[citation needed] A bus route replaced the tram route.

Brighton Baths attracted a large number of Sydney's weekend holidaymakers. The racecourse operated from about 1897 to 1911. The baths were also popular with punters who could cool off after a stressful day...

Perfect! Really multicultural place. Overall impression is that it's really excellent for a beach in the middle of the city. I would call it "bustling" rather than serene, but convenience of food, parking etc is all the relaxation you need. However, the council should invest more into cleaning toilets, picking up rubbish and installing water fountain. ( minus 1 star) .

Closest beach when you're driving from Canberra. Water: Calm, good for swimming Reasonably clean by Sydney standards Was not too hot or cold No rocks, blue bottles or other nasties underfoot. Beach: Cleanliness 4/5. Few bits of garbage near walkway. *Shady spots to sit next to the road or walkway so you don't get sunburnt. Large expanse of white sand, perfect distance to shoreline. ( not too far away either.) *Safety 4.5/5: well lit, reasonably safe. Parking: 4/5: we parked on the road running parallel to beach, very easy access. Shops and restaurants: plenty nearby. All the conveniences of a city area. Noise levels: high. Lots of ppl, planes and road traffic. Bathrooms and showers: 3/5. Usable, but ick. Would benefit from installing more water fountains and more frequent cleaning of toilets. Should also get locals involved in cleaning and maintenance. View: 4/5.

Don't come here looking for boujie instagram pic quiet getaway to reconnect with nature private getaway with lover. If you're crazy busy, short on time, young kids in tow, don't have time to plan or pack, then Brighton is the...

It was after 6 pm when we reached there. Maybe because it was summer, it wasn’t that dark. The sky was blue and the white clouds looked like wool. The air had salty taste of ocean. The sand was vast. We couldn’t hold our excitement. Especially my friend as it was her first time. Love the tall trees on the side of the road acting as border between the two lands separating the civilisation from the nature. Being the water girl, it was hard to hold myself from going to the water. There wasn’t many people as it was a weekday. The water was cold but we definitely enjoyed walking near the wave. There was something about the beach that made us forget about our adult body and brought the inner child out of us; collecting the sea shells, racing with each other, splashing water, dancing and singing loud like nobody matter in that moment, like we didn’t care about going to job tomorrow. The sun set slowly turning the sky into the canvas full of different beautiful colours; pink, purple, blue, red, yellow, orange. My heart was filled with joy; seeing the beauty of nature that I can’t explain in words but just feel it at that moment. It was getting dark and we could see the stars and constellations. The seven stars constellation still looks like a pot to me where my mom used to boil milk. As I lay down on the beach watching the stars, it reminded of my hometown where I was born and grew up, where I used to look...