Avalon Beach

Description

Avalon is a well known surf beach, beloved by locals and visited by surfers from far and wide. The surf lifesaving club is in a lovely old building on the beach. The swim-between-the-flags flags are generally set out in front of the SLSC.

At the southern end of the beach is the best spot for younger children. There are lots of rocks to explore and play amongst and there’s heaps of space on the sand to play. The rockpools are here too, there is a large rockpool and a smaller, shallow children’s rockpool. Both are showing the years of wear and tear but they do the job very nicely indeed.

Don’t be put off by the high wire fencing, it doesn’t look pretty but it is stopping rocks and stones from tumbling from the cliffs into the pools.

My children love splashing in the pools and even doing laps in the big pools. But their favourite place to play is amongst the nooks and crannies of the rocks. There are crabs to chase and stones to shift from one place to another. Often they have made friends with other kids and all worked together to build some magnificent structure. With added seaweed!

Cafe: Not at beach, but many lovely cafes just a stroll away in Avalon village.
Toilets: Yes, change rooms at SLSC
Shade: On reserve there is shade from trees, but little by rockpool or on sand until the afternoon.
Rockpool: Yes
Playground: Yes, small play structure on the reserve
Mum’s Report: The combination of playing amongst the rocks and the rockpools and swimming and splashing in the rockpool swimming pool itself make a visit here just lovely. We rarely used to go to the beach itself to swim in the waves when the kids were little. Now they are older they do go to the flags to boogie board. It won’t be long before they are joining their dad out in the surf.
Parking: Car park in front of SLSC.
Bus Stop: Yes

For more thorough reviews on Sydney’s Best Beaches for Kids, check out the guide written by Seana Smith (web link below). Seana blogs at Sydney Kids Food + Travel: http://www.seanasmith.com/