Boomerang Beach is a locality and beach in the township of

Pacific Palms, New South Wales Pacific Palms is small coastal locality in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, in the Mid-Coast Council local government area. Geography The locality is bounded by Smiths Lake to the south and Booti Booti National Pa ...

, 282km (175mi) by road north of

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

. The 1.45 km beach is surrounded by the Booti Booti National Park and backed by dune vegetation. Marine mammals such as

whales Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully Aquatic animal, aquatic placental mammal, placental marine mammals. As an informal and Colloquialism, colloquial grouping, they correspond to large members of the infraorder Cetacea ...

and

dolphins A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the cetacean clade Odontoceti (toothed whale). Dolphins belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontopori ...

, as well as

sharks Sharks are a group of elasmobranch cartilaginous fish characterized by a ribless endoskeleton, dermal denticles, five to seven gill slits on each side, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the ...

frequent the water. Recreational activities include swimming, surfing, fishing as well as snorkelling. This beach is only patrolled in summer and has moderately hazardous surf, several drownings have been recorded at Boomerang Beach. Boomerang Beach is the home of the annual World Surf League event, The Great Lakes Pro and Surfing NSW Surf Masters. It was named Australia's second best beach in 2023, by expert Brad Farmer.

References

https://www.9news.com.au/national/best-australian-beaches-for-2023-revealed-photos-south-australia-kangaroo-island-stokes-bay/8735d470-79a1-43ea-bbfa-96bd2e8d1c27

External links

* https://beachsafe.org.au/beach/nsw/great-lakes/blueys-beach/blueys - Basic Information {{Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council Beaches of New South Wales Suburbs of Mid-Coast Council Localities in New South Wales Coastal towns in New South Wales