Australian beaches quiz

David Whitley,

Australia’s beaches are rightly regarded as among the best in the world. But which Australian beach has the whitest sand? Or camel rides? Or kangaroos? Test your knowledge, and sneak a few extra points with intelligent guesses, in this Australian beaches quiz.

Australian beaches quiz

Australia’s beaches are rightly regarded as among the best in the world. But which Australian beach has the whitest sand? Or camel rides? Or kangaroos? Test your knowledge, and sneak a few extra points with intelligent guesses, in this Australian beaches quiz.

1 / 10

In 2017, a scientific study concluded which beach had the whitest sand in Australia?

2 / 10

Bronte Beach in Sydney is named in honour of the first Duke of Bronte. How is the duke better known?

3 / 10

Holloways Beach, Yorkeys Knob Beach, Trinity Beach and Kewarra Beach are all in which Australian city?

4 / 10

75 Mile Beach is the main highway on which Queensland island?

5 / 10

If you see a red and white quartered flag on an Australian beach, what should you do?

6 / 10

The oldest Australian photograph of which beach activity was taken at Yamba Main Beach, NSW, in 1912?

7 / 10

Pebbly Beach on the New South Wales south coast is famed for having kangaroos on the beach. Which national park is it part of?

8 / 10

Which beach in Broome, Western Australia, is famous for its camel rides?

9 / 10

Yarra Bay Beach, Brighton-le-Sands Beach and Frenchmans Beach are on what body of water in Sydney?

10 / 10

What creature can be famously be spotted around dusk at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne as well as in Tasmania at Godfrey’s Beach in Stanley and Lillico Beach in Devonport?

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