Victoria’s first permanent anchorage and briefly considered as the site for the city of Melbourne itself, Williamstown’s wide sandy beach is the west’s best (some say Melbourne’s).

The runner-up for Australia’s best beach in 2025 goes to Woolgoolga, a hidden gem on NSW’s Coffs Coast, while third place was ...

But new research from Tourism Australia crowns a beach in Tasmania as the country’s best for 2025. The accolade for Australia’s best beach has been awarded to a 10km stretch of coastline in ...