Five Rocks Point and Stockyard Point are two prominent headlands, 40 m and 70 m high respectively and both protruding a few hundred metres east. The two points are located 2 km apart, forming a shallow bay within which are two 300 m long, exposed sandy beaches. The Stockyard Point 4WD track leads down to the back of the southern beach, where there is also a shack. Several more shacks are located on freehold land up amongst the trees on the crest of Stockyard Point. The northern beach (1355) is 300 m long, faces east and is wedged in between Five Rocks Point and a small spur and rocks that partially separate it from the southern beach at high tide (Fig. 4.75). At low tide the beaches are linked by a continuous low tide bar and surf. The southern beach (1356) extends from the spur to the inner reaches of Stockyard Point. It is also 300 m long and receives the same level of wave energy. The waves, which average 0.6 m, almost reach the backing steep, rocky slopes on the north beach and the low foredune on the south beach at high tide. At low tide a 200 m wide bar is exposed, usually cut by three rips along each beach, including permanent rips against the end rocks. read more

Beach Length: 0.3km