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Did you know we have over 100 beaches in Sydney to choose from? We are just spolit for choice. Let’s move away from the Bondi, Manly, Cronulla and Coogee to the more remote beaches in Sydney to enjoy some peace and quiet, along with your sun and sand.

Disclaimer: because these are remote beaches, they’re not manned. You will not find any red and yellow flags, no lifeguards, and sometimes no people at all on the beach. Be cautious when you get in the water, watch out for rips and let other people know before you go.

Resolute Beach, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase

One of my favourite beaches. It’s awesome because you need to do a little hike to get here, which is probably the reason why it’s so remote. The Resolute Loop Walk is a 6km moderate loop walk with steep sections and a bunch of stairs. It should take you 3 hours to do in total, but completely worth it because you’re rewarded with a beautiful, calm and secluded beach.

The Resolute Loop Walk starts and ends at the Resolute Picnic Area in the Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park, or you can walk along a trail starting from Great Mackerel Beach just south of Resolute Beach. Great Mackerel Beach is another seriously pretty beach that looks like you’ve arrived at a tropical island.

You can access Great Mackerel Beach two ways, the harder way is via a hike from the national park which takes you through several private properties. Once to get to Great Mackerel Beach there’s a trail head from the beach which leads you to the Resolute trail. The easier way to get to Great Mackerel Beach is via public ferry which stops at a wharf at the beach.

While you’re on the Resolute Loop Walk you can take a side trail to the West Head Lookout. A sandstone viewing area giving you views across Pittwater, the Hawkesbury River, Broken Bay, Lion Island and the Barrenjoey Headland. The lookout itself is a WW2 site.

Along the trail you can also side track to the 800m Red Hands Track which leads you to the Red Hands Cave – a famous Aboriginal heritage site

How to get there: Public transport via ferry. Alight at Great Mackerel Beach. Or drive to Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park

Shipwrights Beach, Blakehurst

Located in Shipwrights Bay Reserve – which is a combination of Crown and Council owned land. During the European settlement times the area was used for shipbuilding. 

You can do a 1.9km loop walk that starts and ends at Gold St which talks you along a nice coastal walk, but if you’re just there for the beach, you can park on the eastern side of Gold St and so a short walk to the beach

Nice and small calm beach. Perfect for chilling and lazing around on your own. You also get a nice view of Tom Ugly’s Bridge and houses along the coast.

How to get there: Drive and park at Gold St

The Basin campground, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park

This is a beach campground, perfect to go during summer school holidays, however during this time you’ll find the beach to be less remote.

Going there out of school holidays you can have the beach and inland lagoon all to yourself – so remember to pack your floaties and inflatable SUP.

If you want your beach day to last longer, you can camp. The area accommodates 350 campers with a campsite that is heavily facilitated (picnic area, amenities, flush toilets, showers, barbecue facilities, drinking water & public phones). 

You can get there by ferry, private boat or on foot. If you don’t want to walk, take the ferry because the ferry drops you off at the wharf at the beach. The public ferry service Fantasea takes 20 minutes from Palm Beach to The Basin.

If you like to rough it out, you can drive to the national park and park at the West Head Road trail head. It’s a steep 2.8km walk to the beach so bring the right footwear.

Milk Beach, Sydney Harbour National Park

This small isolated beach is tucked away in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs giving you fantastic views of Sydney’s CBD. Located at the base of Hermit Bay in Sydney Harbour National Park, the beach is surrounded by the heritage listed Strickland House.

It’s named Milk Beach because back in the day milk was delivered by boat onto the beach as a drop off point to supply Strickland House.

How ro get there: You can get there by private boat, bus or by car. Via bus from Kings Cross train station on Bayswater Rd at Stand C. Take the bus to Vaucluse Rd before Tingara Ave. It drops you off across the road at Milk Beach. If you choose to drive prepare to do loops to find off-street parking