Best LGBT Beaches Near Sydney

Located in the suburb of La Perouse in eastern Sydney, Little Congwong Beach is a small curve-shaped beach with light brown sand and a nearby rocky shoreline.  Little Congwong Beach is a part of a national park named Kamay Botany Bay National Park.  This beach is not to be confused with another nearby beach with a similar name – this other beach is called Congwong Beach and is larger than Little Congwong Beach.

Little Congwong Beach is also considered a nude beach – and is also popular with members of the LGBTQ community.

This nude beach in La Perouse was also featured in an article within RUSSH magazine article named “The best beaches in Sydney according to the ‘RUSSH’ editors.”

Located in the affluent suburb of Mosman, Obelisk Beach – also called Georges Beach – is a small curve-shaped beach with light brown sand and large nearby sandstone rocks. This beach is part of a national park named Sydney Harbor National Park and it is known to be popular with members of the Gay community. This beach is an official nude beach – if you are planning a clothing-optional visit at Obelisk Nude Beach, please note that there is not much sunlight here in the afternoon, making the temperature here cold if you’re going to be naked. 

Located in the suburb of Tamarama, Tamarama Beach – also known as Tamarama Park Beach and also unofficially called Glamarama Beach and Glamourama Beach – is a 100-meters-long beach with light brown sand, a few rocks, and nearby headlands.  This beach is popular with members of the gay community and has been listed by the TimeOut magazine as “The best LGBTQI + and Gay beaches in Sydney.”  This beach was the subject of a painting by artist Julian Rossi Ashton that was titled Tamarama beach, forty years ago, a summer morning.

Located in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Lady Jane Beach - also known as Lady Bay Beach - is a small beige sand beach with many rocky portions.  The beach is positioned at the bottom of a cliff and is tucked between Camp Cove Beach and South Head in Sydney Harbour National Park along the shores of Watsons Bay.  It has a beautiful backdrop of coastal vegetation and forested cliffs, which together provide incredible views of Sydney Harbour, Middle Head, and Hornby Lighthouse.

Located within the community of Clovelly in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Clovelly Beach is a 60-meter-long beige sand beach.  This small, sheltered beach is positioned on the end of a narrow bay and is tucked between two rocky headlands that resemble two arms and almost meet at their seaward end.  Clovelly Beach has a beautiful backdrop of a small grassy park, the famous Clovelly Hotel, many oceanfront homes, a nearby cafe, and concrete platforms and promenades on both sides, which together offer incredible views.  The beach is also home to one of the first surf lifesaving clubs in the world, namely, Clovelly Surf Life Saving Club, founded in 1906.  Clovelly Beach is part of the Bronte-Coogee Aquatic Reserve, which is home to many marine invertebrates, including western blue groper, blacklip abalone, eastern rock lobster, southern rock lobster, anemones, barnacles, chitons, cockles, crabs, mussels, octopus, oysters, pipis, sea urchins, sea stars, snails, and worms.

Coogee beach is one of Sydney's most visited beaches. Located on the spectacular Coastal Walkway, beach-goers can admire its beauty by foot, or merely by sitting back and relaxing on the sand. The area is equipped with barbecues, playgrounds, restaurants, and bars, which makes it a popular family destination. Coogee Beach allows an array of activities, such as sailing, paddle boarding, and scuba diving — guaranteed to keep everyone preoccupied and having fun!

Located in the village of Bondi Beach, just four miles east of the Sydney central business district in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, Bondi Beach is a one-kilometer-long, world-famous, immensely popular crescent-shaped golden sand beach with many rocky portions. The beach is positioned between two rocky headlands and has a beautiful backdrop of renowned Bondi Beach Park, Bondi Skate Park, Bondi Pavilion, Campbell Parade, beachfront bars, cafes, restaurants, hotels, a shopping center, and a nearby supermarket, namely Woolworths Metro Bondi Beach, which together offer incredible views. The beach is home to the world's first lifesaving club, the Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club, and the North Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club, which is a federation club. These clubs were involved in the largest rescue ever on February 6th, 1938, in a single day, known as 'Black Sunday.'of Randall Kaplan, the world’s foremost beach expert who is known as Mr. Beach.