Gold Coast’s Burleigh Heads beach named in top 10 in Australia

A QUIET spot on the Tweed Coast and one of the Gold Coast’s most popular places have been named among Australia’s best beaches.

Dreamtime Beach, NSW. Photo: Ryan Fowler Photography

A QUIET spot on the Tweed Coast and one of the Gold Coast’s most popular places have been named among Australia’s best beaches.

Dreamtime Beach, at Fingal Head, placed third in Brad Farmer’s annual 101 best Australian beaches list.

Dreamtime Beach, NSW. Photo: Trevor Worden

Burleigh Heads again took out fifth spot — the only Gold Coast beach in the top 10.

Farmer called Dreamtime Beach “one of the nation’s best sun-blessed stretches of undeveloped coast”.

Beachgoers at Burleigh Heads on a glorious Gold Coast day. Picture: Adam Head

He also heaped praise on Burleigh.

“With its coastal-cosmo village atmosphere, a World Surfing Reserve and glorious national park (Burleigh Heads) is a genuine aquatic theme park requiring no commercial entry tickets,” he said.

Nudey Beach on Fitzroy Island in Tropical North Queensland took out top spot.

The Gold Coast skyline visible from Burleigh Heads, Queensland.

TOP 10 BEACHES

1. Nudey Beach, Fitzroy Is, QLD

2. Horrocks Beach, WA

3. Dreamtime Beach, NSW

4. Cossies Beach, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

5. Burleigh Heads, QLD

6. Seal Rocks, NSW

7. Bay of Fires, TAS

8. Quobba — Red Bluff, WA

9. Dolly Beach, Christmas Is

10. Second Valley, SA

Beachgoers at Burleigh Heads on a glorious Gold Coast day. Pics Adam Head