Golden dunes
To the horizon.
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Stockton Beach runs north of the Hunter River in New South Wales for 32 km from the town of Stockton to Anna Bay, and the heart of the dune area lies about 13 km in a straight line north-east of the city of Newcastle. In places it is about 1 km wide, with dunes more than 30 m high, narrowing at the Stockton end, where there are none. These are the largest continuous mobile coastal dunes in the Southern Hemisphere, moving north by about 4 m each year. Much of the beach lies within the Worimi Conservation Lands, made up of Worimi National Park, a state conservation area and a regional park, with day-to-day management by the state national parks service. Vast golden sandhills rippled by the wind stretch to the horizon, looking like a true desert beside the ocean, edged on one side by the long beach and breaking surf and on the other by coastal scrub. People come here to sandboard, ride camels and fish, and the dunes glow in warm colours at sunset. Walking is free, and driving on the beach needs a four-wheel drive and a permit. The sand is very hot in summer and the wind can drive it hard, so carry water and glasses, and do not wander far into the dunes alone.
To the horizon.
On the sand.
Down the slopes.
Worimi Conservation Lands, Anna Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Only with a 4WD and a permit.
Yes.