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 |










