Yanchep Beach Road is an east-west road in outer northern

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

; it provides access to the outermost northern coastal suburbs of

Yanchep Yanchep is an outer coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, north of the Perth CBD. It is a part of the City of Wanneroo local government area. Originally a small crayfishing settlement, it was developed by entrepreneur Alan Bond in the 1 ...

and

Two Rocks Two Rocks is an outer suburb at the northern edge of Perth, the state capital of Western Australia, located northwest of the city's central business district. It is part of the City of Wanneroo local authority and represents the furthest nor ...

from

Wanneroo Road Wanneroo Road is a arterial highway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia linking Joondanna and Yokine in the south with Wanneroo and Yanchep in the north. As part of State Route 60, it begins from Charles Street in the inner ...

as it leaves the Perth metropolitan area. The road is mostly a single carriageway with one lane in each direction, and commences in the

Yanchep National Park Yanchep is a national park in Western Australia, north of Perth adjacent to the locality of the same name Yanchep. The park is noted for its caves, native bush and koala colonies. It also offers cultural educational programmes offered in partne ...

near Lake Yonderup. It was built in the early 1970s to service land owned by the

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Corporation and became a vital route during the operation of

Atlantis Marine Park Atlantis Marine Park is an abandoned theme park built in 1981 in Two Rocks, a small fishing community north of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. The park was a major feature of Alan Bond's Yanchep Sun City plan. It closed in August 1990 ...

between 1981 and 1990. It has decreased in importance following the opening of the

Marmion Avenue Marmion Avenue is a arterial road in the northern coastal suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking Trigg in the south with Yanchep in the north. It forms part of State Route 71 along with West Coast Highway, which it joins onto at its s ...

extension to Yanchep in 2008.

Intersections

The first 2 km are located within the Yanchep National Park, which contains sites of Aboriginal significance, caves, picnic facilities and a small museum, and the first turnoff provides access to

Loch McNess Loch McNess (Nyoongar:''Wagardu Lark''), also known as Yanchep Lake, is a freshwater lake located near Yanchep in the northern part of the coastal plain of Perth, Western Australia. Loch McNess is part of the Wanneroo wetlands, a chain of lak ...

in the park. After crossing the proposed alignment of

Mitchell Freeway The Mitchell Freeway is a freeway in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, linking central Perth with the city of Joondalup. It is the northern section of State Route 2, which continues south as Kwinana Freeway and Forrest ...

and passing an old general store, it skirts an 18-hole golf course, Sun City Country Club, before intersecting with St Andrews Drive, which provides access to the residential area adjoining the golf course. A small industrial estate is located just outside Yanchep. Yanchep Beach Road enters Yanchep at a large roundabout with

, which until 2008 was simply a 300-metre-long suburban road. The road then forms the northern boundary of the settlement for 1 km, terminating at Two Rocks Road, which continues on to Club Capricorn and

. The eastern end of the road does not quite join with the

Old Yanchep Road Old or OLD may refer to: Places * Old, Baranya, Hungary * Old, Northamptonshire, England *Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, M ...

which is aligned with the original entrance to the park slightly further north.

History

People have travelled to the coast along the route since at least the 1920s. The Wanneroo Road Board in the 1930s endeavoured to improve what was basically a sand track. The historic Vaz's Store, located midway along Yanchep Beach Road, has serviced the needs of travellers along the road since that time. It has been in continual use, and currently has a petrol station in front of the heritage listed shop building.

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Roads in Perth, Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-road-stub

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History

See also

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