Garanhan (Macassan Beach)

37km from township

A long, wide beach of white sand contrasts with the rough-textured shelves of laterite that run parallel to the general line of the coast.

A narrow, dense strip of monsoon coastal vine forest overlies the rockshelf and a short walk behind the sand hills leads to a paperbark swamp. There are good shady picnic and camping spots under the casuarinas behind the rockshelf.

South of the sandy beach behind the rocky shelf is Wurrwurrwuy, where a Yolngu record of the annual visits of the Macassan traders is recorded as stone pictures.

Visitors can walk among the stone pictures and learn a little about the history of Yolngu contact with Macassans over hundreds of years.

✅ Walking trail

✅ Compostable toilet

❌  Stick to designated walking path  

Campsite
Max Occupancy
Max Vehicle
Site 1
15
3
Site 2
15
3
Site 3
10
2
Site 4
10
2
Site 5
2
1