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Burleigh Heads

Best Beach · QLD

Tourism Australia's Best Beach 2018, No. 5.

A genuine aquatic theme park requiring no commercial entry tickets it also has a World Surfing Reserve and glorious National Park.

Burleigh Heads

Proving that there is immense social and economic value in keeping green space along our country's long ribbon of gold, Burleigh Heads is the central sanctuary that survived the concrete and chrome that became the glitzy glam Gold Coast shoreline. Burleigh with its cool-cosmo village atmosphere is World Surfing Reserve and glorious National Park - all rolled into something to please just about everyone - is a genuine aquatic theme park requiring no commercial entry tickets. This is uvre you'll share some DTE solace away from the touristic throngs. Indigenous aura, within a natural people's park; from the generously grassed foreshore of Burleigh Beach, south through the koala rainforest to the pristine Tallebudgera Creek, where sunbakers and swimmers can experience a sublime immersion at Echo Beach.

Brad Farmer's Best Australian Beaches

⚠️ Ocean conditions can change quickly and rips can form even on calm days. Only swim at patrolled beaches, and supervise children at all times.

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