Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia: White sand, awesome sunsets and wine of course

Eighty Mile Beach, Western Australia is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Each year travel advisers, such as Tripadvisor, USNews, CNN, Condé Nast, Travel + Leisure, Rough Guide and National Geographic list the world's most beautiful beaches. There appears to be no shortage of lists of the world's most beautiful beaches. Usually included on such lists are the top beaches frequented by tourists. Spaswinefood would put Eighty Mile Beach (80 Mile Beach), Western Australia at the top of the list of beautiful beaches not frequented by tourists. Where in the world can you find 80 miles of pristine, white sandy beach. Eighty Mile Beach is perfect place to just kick back, far away from the crowds, and relax with a glass of wine.

80 Mile Beach, Western Australia © Spaswinefood

80 Miles of Beach © Spaswinefood

80 Mile Beach: The Perfect Place to Walk © Spaswinefood

If you just want to escape to one of the most beautiful and relaxing beaches in the world 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia is the place. It is also great for fishing and shell collecting. When you walk the beach at low tide you get a different but, equally stunning view. 

80 Mile Beach at Low Tide © Spaswinefood

During our #oz15 travels along Australia’s coastline we discovered a number of beautiful beaches. At the top of Spaswinefood’s list of the most beautiful beaches in the world is 80 Mile Beach. It is located in the Shire of Broome in the Kimberly Region of Western Australia. The beach is part of 220 kilometers (140 miles) of beach.

80 Mile Beach Sunsets

During our travels through Western Australia we saw the most spectacular sunsets. Still, it is hard to beat the sunsets at 80 Mile Beach. 

Sunset at 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia © Spaswinefood

Sunset, 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia © Spaswinefood

80 Mile Beach at Sunset © Spaswinefood

Next evening there was another beautiful sunset.

Sunset at 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia © Spaswinefood

Yes, the sunsets at 80 Mile Beach are absolutely amazing!

Wine Time

By the time we reached 80 Mile Beach it was indeed time for wine. Travels in the Australian outback often means driving for days without many services, except for a roadhouse along the route.

Wine Time, 80 Mile Beach © Spaswinefood

Just to set and watch the sunset over 80 Mile Beach with a glass of wine is so special.

80 Mile Beach Wine Time © Spaswinefood

Special Treats at 80 Mile Beach

During our stay at 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park there were a number of food events. One such event was scones and tea. In fact while checking in we noticed they were offering scones and tea.

Scones and Tea, 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park © Spaswinefood

We could not resist, so we quickly returned to have scones and tea. Australia is known for its scones and tea.

Tea Time, 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park © Spaswinefood

Time for Scones and Tea © Spaswinefood

There was also Burger Night during our stay.

Burger Time, 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park © Spaswinefood

Veggie Burger Time, 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park © Spaswinefood

There with the sun setting in the background, chatting with the locals over hamburgers/veggie burgers, all was well in the outback.

Dusk, 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park © Spaswinefood

Getting to/from Eighty Mile Beach

We spent two nights at 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park. Travelers along Highway 1 from Port Hedland to Broome will see signs for 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park at about 375km south of Broome. 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park is located between Port Hedland and Broome. This makes it the perfect place for a stopover on a long drive through the outback.

Eighty Mile Beach on the Left © Spaswinefood

After we reached the turnoff we drove another 10km over dirt road to reach the caravan park at the beach.

Driving to 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia © Spaswinefood

Soon we arrived at the caravan park, which not only offers powered campsites but cabins are also available.

Arriving at 80 Mile Beach, Western Australia © Spaswinefood

Eighty Mile Beach Caravan Park  © Spaswinefood

Arriving at 80 Mile Beach Caravan Park © Spaswinefood

While this distance is easily doable in a day we took two days to drive from Port Hedley to 80 Mile Beach. Along the way we stopped overnight at a bush camp at a roadside rest, just 60 km south of Pardoo Roadhouse. That morning after coffee we drove onto Pardoo Roadhouse for breakfast.

Pardoo Roadhouse © Spaswinefood

Pardoo Roadhouse & Tavern © Spaswinefood

Dining at Pardoo Roadhouse © Spaswinefood

We ordered two breakfasts from the options offered.

Breakfast, Pardoo Roadhouse © Spaswinefood

Breakfast at Pardoo Roadhouse © Spaswinefood

We so enjoyed stopping at the roadhouses during our #oz15 travels. 

Let's not Forget the Wine

Even though it was breakfast I could not help but notice the wines available at the roadhouse. The wines included reds from Denmark (Yilgarnia wines) and Barossa Valley (Two Churches Shiraz); Barossa Valley white wines, Jacobs Creek and Yalumba, were also amongst the group. This is a good backup just in case you did not bring your own. We did pick up wines earlier during our travels in the Margaret River and the Barossa Valley wine regions.

Wine, Pardo Roadhouse © Spaswinefood

Pardoo Roadhouse Wine Display © Spaswinefood

After leaving beautiful 80 Mile Beach we continued our travels onto Broome. I invite you to join me in my travels in Western Australia and elsewhere at Spaswinefood. 

Sharon

May 2014

80 Mile Beach, Western Australia

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Low Tide, 80 Mile Beach © Spaswinefood

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