Lucky Bay is a bay located at
In May 2023, Lucky Bay was voted as the best beach in the world in a study based on the votes of over 750 travel professionals.[ The 50 Best Beaches In The World, 2023]
History
Matthew Flinders had sailed into the hazardous Archipelago of the Recherche, and he found his ship surrounded by islands and rocks with nightfall coming on. He named this area "Lucky Bay" when his vessel HMS Investigator took refuge after a summer storm.
Recounting the adventure, he wrote the following:
Geography
In 2017 it was scientifically tested as having the whitest sand in Australia, possibly the world, knocking
Hyams Beach in
NSW off its perch. Lucky Bay was ahead of Hellfire Bay and Tallebudgera Creek Beach in Queensland, with Hyams Beach coming at fifth place. The test was conducted by
soil science consultant Noel Schoknecht. Samples were amassed from the top 10cm in the "active zone" between the water and the sand dunes. Schoknecht said the whitest sands are usually made up of fine grains of milky or frosted
quartz and a lack of adulteration.
[ Lucky Bay crowned Australia’s whitest beach]
Tourism
The beach is known for its pure white sand and clear tranquil waters bay. It is ideal for swimming,
snorkelling,
fishing, surfing, launching small boats and also for
camping and
whale watching. Nearby there are
showers and
public toilets. Kangaroos may be present in the beach area.
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