Lady Robinsons Beach

Located on the eastern boundary of the St George District and the Municipality of Rockdale in the southern suburbs of Sydney, Lady Robinsons Beach is a popular five-kilometer-long and wide white sand beach that is acknowledged as the longest beach in Sydney.  The beach is home to many beautiful and well-known Rockdale beaches, including Kyeemagh Beach And Baths, Brighton-Le-Sands Beach, KBL Kite Beach, Monterey, Monterey Beach, Ramsgate Beach, and Dolls Point Beach.  The beach is tucked between the mouth of the Cooks River and the mouth of the Georges River on the western shore of Botany Bay.  Lady Robinsons Beach has a beautiful backdrop of a large park and a paved promenade, which together offer incredible views of the Sydney International Airport.

Lady Robinsons Beach does not have lifeguards but offers many other amenities, including restrooms, showers, changing rooms, a large netted swimming enclosure, a large playground with swing sets, outdoor gyms, shaded areas, picnic areas, barbecue grill facilities, four tidal pools, a paved walkway, a jetty, a bus stop, and nearby restaurants.

Lady Robinsons Beach is a family-friendly beach that offers many fun activities, including swimming, sunbathing, kayaking, canoeing, snorkeling, kitesurfing, paddleboarding, watching wildlife, tidepooling, diving, picnicking, and fishing.  If you are planning to go into the water, the waves are usually calm, but we recommend being careful as water is known to have unpredictable rip currents, as several incidents of drowning have been reported in the past.   The water near the beach is shallow, which is ideal for canoes, kayaks, and small boats.  If you enjoy snorkeling, the beach offers amazing opportunities to explore the underwater world.  Anglers may catch a variety of fish, including goatfish, cuttlefish, yellowtail kingfish, salmon, and luderick.  In addition, visitors can also enjoy spotting planes at Lady Robinsons Beach due to its close proximity to Sydney International Airport.  The beach attracts a large influx of visitors due to its convenient location.  Lady Robinsons Beach is a dog-friendly beach, and it is open from sunrise until sunset.

Lady Robinsons Beach offers an access path for people with disabilities.

Getting to Lady Robinsons Beach is easy - the beach has a large paid parking lot located near 148 The Grand Parade.  Another Lady Robinsons Beach parking lot is positioned at 50-52 Solander Street, which also provides easy access to the beach.

Lady Robinsons Beach was formerly known as Seven Mile Beach.  The beach was renamed after the wife of the Governor at the time, Sir Hercules Robinson.

There are many attractions near Lady Robinsons Beach.  Captain Cook's Landing Place is a famous historical site where Captain James Cook first landed in Botany Bay in 1770.  Visitors can explore the monument and informative displays that provide interesting insight into the historical past of Australia.  The Sydney Tramway Museum is a small outdoor museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the history of Sydney's tramway system.  Visitors can explore various tram models from various parts of Australia, and a few of these vintage trams, which are operational, offer rides on the museum grounds.  Kamay Botany Bay National Park is spread over 471 hectares and features coastal scrub, woodlands, rainforests, beaches, rocky formations, Aboriginal sites, and foreshores along the bay.  It is home to a wide array of native wildlife and vegetation, including the spotted gum forest, kangaroos, gray-headed flying foxes, white-bellied sea eagles, and the protected green and golden bell frog.  Visitors can enjoy hiking trails, swimming, bird watching, and picnicking.   Bonna Point Reserve is positioned on the southern end of the Kurnell peninsula, overlooking Botany Bay.  This beachfront dog-friendly park offers many amenities, including a large playground with swing sets, restrooms, changing rooms, benches, a skate park, a biking path, picnic areas, picnic tables, shady areas, a barbecue grill facility, and walking trails.  If you are looking for another nearby attraction, Cape Baily Lighthouse is positioned on the southern headland of Botany Bay, on rugged cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  This white concrete octagonal lighthouse guides the ships safely past the northern coast of Botany Bay.

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants on Lady Robinsons Beach.  Criniti's Brighton-Le-Sands is an Italian restaurant positioned right on the beach that serves incredible salads, pizzas, pastas, steak, ribs, burgers, meat, and poultry dishes.  Indian Biryani Restaurant Rockdale serves incredible Indian food, including salads, curries, pork, meat, and poultry dishes.  Chez Pascal French Restaurant serves amazing soups, salads, seafood, meat, pork, and poultry dishes.  Abode Thai Cuisine serves amazing Thai-inspired dishes, including soups, salads, fried rice, noodles, Thai curries, seafood, meat, and seafood.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby restaurant, RuiJunGe Chinese Restaurant serves amazing fried rice, soup, curries, meat, pork, seafood, and poultry dishes.

If you are looking for a hotel near Lady Robinsons Beach, there are many great options nearby.  If you are looking for an upscale hotel, the 5-Star Pullman Quay Grand Sydney Harbour is 17 minutes away by car and offers many amenities including an indoor pool, a hot tub, a fitness center, and two restaurants.  A more affordable hotel is the 4-Star Rydges Cronulla Beachside, which has many amenities, including an outdoor pool, a hot tub, a sauna, a fitness center, and a restaurant.  Another moderately priced option is the 4-Star Quest Cronulla Beach, which has many amenities including an outdoor pool, a fitness room, a hot tub, a sauna, and a restaurant.  A more reasonably priced option is the 3-Star Cronulla Motor Inn, which offers several amenities including an outdoor pool, whirlpool tubs, and restaurants.  If you are looking for another good and affordable nearby hotel, the 3-Star Engadine Motor Inn offers a few amenities including an indoor pool, a hot tub, and a sauna.