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Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria

Beach in Victoria, Australia

Field	Value
name	Ninety Mile
photo	90mile beach 147.41000E 38.24102S.jpg
photo_caption	False colour NASA landsat image of Ninety Mile Beach and the Gippsland Lakes
map	Australia Victoria
map_caption	Location of the Ninety Mile Beach in Victoria
location	East Gippsland, Australia
coordinates
type	Beach
free_label_1	Patrolled by
free_label_2	Hazard rating
free_label_3	Access

The Ninety Mile Beach is a sandy stretch of beach on the south-eastern coastline of the East Gippsland region of Victoria in Australia. The beach faces Bass Strait and backs the Gippsland Lakes. The beach is just over 151 km in length, running north-eastward from a spit near Port Albert to the man-made channel at Lakes Entrance.

Behind the beach are long sandy dunes that separate the Gippsland Lakes from Bass Strait. The beach is an uninterrupted stretch of untamed coastline; it does not have any rocky headlands or platforms, and offshore there are only a few ribbons of reef which are periodically covered by sand.

In the northern section, the beach runs along a sandbar on what amounts to a series of tidal islands. Behind this are several large lakes and numerous shallow littoral lagoons. The three main lakes are Lake King, Lake Victoria and Lake Wellington, partially contained within The Lakes National Park.

Location

The Ninety Mile Beach is located about 260 km from Melbourne and can be reached from the South Gippsland Highway passing the coastal towns of McLoughlins Beach, Woodside, Seaspray, Golden Beach, and Loch Sport. The beach is located within the Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park, with the Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park located off-shore.

Tourism

Ninety Mile Beach attracts a large number of visitors each year and offers a wide variety of activities such as camping, picnicking, whale watching, and beach and water-based activities. The beach has golden sand, with crashing waves and a natural bush environment.

It is part of the Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park, which covers 2,750 hectares and 5 km of coastline, 30 km south of Sale. There are basic camping facilities within the park at Emu Bight, as well as accommodation at Seaspray and Lakes Entrance.

Rotamah Island, which is part of the Lakes National Park, has a large bird observatory, and can be visited by boat from Paynesville, about 6 km away.

Coastal towns of Woodside, Loch Sport, Seaspray, Golden Beach and Lakes Entrance are popular tourist towns, attracting large numbers of visitors during the warmer months. Woodside, Seaspray and Lakes Entrance have life saving beach patrols during the summer season.

Surf fishing is a key drawcard for the area, with main varieties of fish including snapper, flathead and gummy sharks. Port Albert, McLoughlins Beach, Lochsport and Lakes Entrance have jetties and temporary berthing facilities.

Ecology

The beach's length ensures that the waves break too close to the beach for good surfing, and there are strong rip currents and cross-currents that make conditions rather hazardous. The local authorities recommend that anyone who wishes to swim should do so at Woodside, Seaspray and Lakes Entrance, which have life saving beach patrols during the summer season.

The beach is believed to be the fourth longest uninterrupted beach in the world, behind Praia do Cassino on the Brazilian southern coast, Padre Island on the US Gulf Coast and Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia, which is actually 140 mi long.

Gallery

File:Ninety Mile Beach Victoria Western end.jpg|Western edge of Ninety Mile Beach Image:90 mile beach02.jpg|Ninety Mile Beach at Lakes Entrance Image:90 mile beach.jpg|Ninety Mile Beach at Lakes Entrance File:South-west along 90 Mile Beach, Seaspray, Vic, jjron, 31.03.2016.jpg|Ninety Mile Beach/ McLoughlins Beach at Seaspray

References

"Ninety Mile Beach, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia".
"Parks Victoria - Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park".
. (2012). ["Ninety Mile 😢Beach, Victoria"](http://www.australia.com/explore/icons/gippsland/vic-90-mile-beach.aspx). *Tourism Australia*.
"Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park".
"The Lakes National Park and Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park Plan". Parks Victoria.
. ["Gippsland Ninety Mile Beach"](http://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/Gippsland/Activities-and-attractions/Nature-and-wildlife/National-parks-and-reserves/Ninety-Mile-Beach.aspx). *Melbourne & Victoria*.
. (2012). ["Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park"](http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/ninety-mile-beach-marine-national-park). *Parks, Victoria*.
"Ninety Mile Beach, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia".
"Corner Inlet, Anderson Inlet, Slipways, Boatyards, Port Authority".
"Ports and Harbours, Snowy River, Boatyards, Corner Inlet, Gippsland Ports".

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