Park, Beach Sights

1. A Map

   Nielsen Park & Shark Beach

   • Sydney, Australia
   • Sights › Park, beach

   If in need of a swim, Will Wentworth would no doubt have strolled down to Shark Beach in Nielsen Park, once part of the then 206-hectare Vaucluse House estate. Despite the beach's ominous name, there's really nothing to worry about – there's a shark net to put paranoid swimmers at ease.

   Today the park and Greycliffe House, a beautiful 1851 Gothic sandstone pile (not open to visitors), are surrounded by a section of Sydney Harbour National Park. Visit on a weekday when it’s not too busy: just mums, kids, oldies and people taking sickies from work.

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2. Gulf Islands National Seashore

   • Pensacola, USA
   • Sights › Park, beach

   Stretching 150 miles between West Ship Island, Mississippi, and Santa Rosa Island, Florida's section of this national seashore covers Perdido Key, two sections of Santa Rosa Island (extending to the NAS across the Fort Pickens State Park Aquatic Preserve) and a clip of coastline around Destin and Fort Walton Beach.

   In the Pensacola region, there are visitors centers at Fort Barrancas, Naval Live Oaks (a few miles east of Gulf Breeze) and Fort Pickens (about 10 miles west of Pensacola Beach). Head to the Naval Live Oaks area for more than 7.5 miles of hiking trails and a calm, family-friendly beach. The Fort Pickens area has miles of bone-white beaches – driving the road…

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