A little bit of inconsequential knowledge
(post number 3442)
I heard on TV recently that Australia has 11,761 beaches!
I'd caught the tail end of a show called "South Aussie with Cosi" in which he takes hos team of cameramen to various touristy places and tells us all how wonderful it is. I rarely watch the whole show, only turning on the TV near the end so as not to miss the beginning of the news program.
I heard that the other day too. Quite amazing. We do have some of the best beaches in the world.
ReplyDeletediane b; welcome to drifting. I only know the ones here in South Australia, though I have seen a couple in Sydney and the Surfer's Paradise one, it was raining the day we went there!
ReplyDeleteWhen I got married and we could choose where we wanted to live, St Kilda beach was the absolute choice. The beach itself was lovely, and all the necessary facilities were next door or over the road - coffee shops, the pier, Luna Park etc etc.
ReplyDeletehels; I would love to live near a beach again. I briefly lived at Semaphore, 5 minutes from the water, in 2002 and I really miss it.
DeleteThat's a lot of beaches.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea and wonder if Tasmaia was included. I hope so and Kangaroo Island as well.
DeleteWell R, often they leave Tasmania out of such things but of course they might have added the Island's beaches as there are many. Yes, hopefully Kangaroo Island's are added too.
DeleteWhat a lot of beaches. I wonder how do you know where one beach stops and the next begins? I never thought over this before, but here in Denmark we must have quite a number of beaches as well with all that coastline ;)
ReplyDeleteCharlotte; I have no idea how they figure the boundaries. Does Denmark have sandy beaches?
DeleteYes many (most) beaches are sandy, some with pebles and larger stones. Only very few places we have cliffs and bluffs. As we have Heaven knows how many tiny islands and metres of coastal line (nowhere in Denmark is further than 50 km or so from water) and the storms every autunm and spring moves loads of sand around, the beaches are quite variable. The one closest to us (5 km away) is normally sandy with patches of fistsized stones and a few boulders, but some years the beach is broad, some years narrow, and one year all the sand had left, leaving only slippery clay interspersed with old shells from mussels sticking up under the water - we did not go swimming that year. I have yet to see how it looks this year.
DeleteThat is a heap of beaches. How I wish that I lived near one.
ReplyDeleteElephant's Child; I wish you could live near one too. Is there one close enough to visit for a day at least?
DeleteThere must be plenty of room for everyone with so many beaches. Some of our beaches look like sardine cans on a summer's day!
ReplyDeletejabblog; our most popular beaches look like that too on hot days, but many of our beaches are more remote and far away from major cities.
DeleteAmazing many beaches for everyone!!
ReplyDeleteKaterina's Blog; I didn't know there were so many, and of course many are not easily accessible.
DeleteWe do have nice beaches and beautiful deserted beaches along remote coastlines.
ReplyDeleteAndrew; we have the best beaches in my opinion, I just didn't know we had so many!
DeleteThat's a lot of beaches. Start making the trek to each and every one and photographing it to show us!!
ReplyDeleteBob; if I could, I would.
DeleteWhen I lived in Melbourne for a short while I went to Dromana frequently. Close enough to the city but seemed far away. I should have stayed in Australia longer! Should have gone on a beach quest!
ReplyDeleteMy dream vacation would include time in both Australia and New Zealand, and now I'm wondering if I'd ever make it off the beaches in the former!
ReplyDeletemessymimi; I'm sure you would eventually.
DeleteLinda Sue; come down now and start that beach quest!
ReplyDeleteThat is quite a statistic. I always wonder how people decide when one beach ends and another begins.
ReplyDeleteSteve Reed; the beaches in the cities are easier the suburb boundaries mark the beach boundaries, but in remote areas I have no idea how they would know.
DeleteHow long will it take you to visit all of them? Bring back some sand from each as proof!
ReplyDeleteI´d like to visit them all. But then... you need to have no work (or? can you combine it these days with remote work?). And ... you need to be rich? 1995 you could sleep in the car wherever you were. 1999 it was not allowed in NT anymore. You get caught... they inform you next rime it´s AUS$200, then 2000! Or was it 1000?
ReplyDeleteWe were not willing to pay big money for a camping site to sleep in the car and went to the abandoned air-strip, like many travelers, we found out.
Today?
Also. I am too old to sleep in the car, but awww.... so many beaches is wonderful!
We only have freshwater beaches in my land-locked state and definitely nowhere near what you guys have in Australia.
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