GREENS BEACH

 

1/ Greens Beach is about 50 kilometres north east of Launceston. It is a favorite beach holiday venue for people from Launceston and has very wide white sand beaches. This image looks down on Greens Beach from Top Road.

2/ This image looks east across the Tamar Estuary towards the Low Head lighthouse.

3/ This is the only shop at Greens Beach. It also serves simple meals on the outside tables. Having only one general purpose shop is typical of holiday settlements.

4/ This view shows the Greens Beach hamlet. Just beyond the hill is the Narawntapu National Park.

5/ Greens Beach is used for a variety of fun activities including land yachts.

6/ Profuse winds and flat sands make Greens Beach an ideal venue for land yachts. The narrow beach shown here is at low tide.

7/ Kayaks are also popular in the gentle waters of Greens Beach.

8/ When the tide returns it creates a vast swathe of shallow beach, where the water is warmed by the sands. The reflections at sunset are very beautiful.

9/ Low tide reveals vast areas of rocks and drifts of sea weed.

10/ The sea weed forms into walls, which are a meter high in places. The point on the top left is the start of the Narawntapu National Park, while in the distant middle is the Greens Beach hamlet.

11/ This photo shows the beautiful colors of the beach at sunset, as you look east towards Low Head.

12/ This photo shows a wall of sea weed over one metre high. Beyond it are fields of rocks.

13/ Rock fields occupy much of the eastern part of the beach, as you approach the Tamar Estuary.

14/ This photo shows a view over the sea westwards towards the hamlet.

15/ As the sun sets the vast swathes of sands give off dazzling reflections.

 

1/ At the eastern edge of Greens Beach you meet the Tamar River and you can see across the Tamar River to the Low Head Lighthouse.

2/ The Tamar Estuary is replete with rocks and drifts of sea weed.

3/ This photo shows a telescopic view of the Low Head Lighthouse at sunset.

4/ Clarence Point is just South of the Tamar River Estuary.

5/ It is a popular place to moor boats, as it presents a safe anchorage.