The story of this place
Lucky Bay in Cape Le Grand National Park is widely regarded as having the whitest sand in Australia — a claim supported by optical measurements. The beach faces south-east towards the Recherche Archipelago, with turquoise water of extraordinary clarity lapping against silica-white sand. The beach's most famous photographic subjects are the wild western grey kangaroos that regularly rest on the sand, particularly in the early morning and late afternoon. The kangaroos at Lucky Bay are remarkably accustomed to human presence, allowing close-approach photography. The granite headlands at each end of the bay provide elevated landscape compositions. Hellfire Bay and Thistle Cove nearby offer alternative coastal compositions with granite boulders and turquoise water.