AT A GLANCE
Why go?
Billy's Beach is a small, secluded cove tucked into the south side of Corunna Point on the NSW South Coast, about ten minutes' drive south of Narooma. Reached by an easy one-kilometre bush walk from Mystery Bay Campground, it rewards visitors with sheltered rock pools, views across to Montague Island, and an ever-changing coastline that keeps locals coming back.↗↗
This is one of the most unusual beaches on the South Coast—a rocky embayment backed by a striking cobble dune that appears and disappears with the seasons, an important Aboriginal site, and a family-friendly spot for exploring tide pools teeming with marine life.↗↗↗
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A Beach That Keeps You Guessing
Billy's Beach (formally known as NSW 610) occupies a small 200-metre deep rocky embayment on the south side of Corunna Point. Rock platforms run out from either side, a low sand beach fills the back of the bay, and behind that sits a dramatic three-metre cobble beach—a shingle dune unlike anything else on the sandy South Coast. The pebbles were deposited during a King Tide and massive storm in 1974, which scoured the sand away and revealed gravel eroded over thousands of years from the surrounding cliffs. Since then, the beach alternates between sandy and stony as storms strip the sand and calm currents slowly replace it. As one local cottages owner puts it: "When you go down there you never know what to expect – one day it might be sandy, the next covered in gravel."
