When you look at a map of Port Stephens, the unspoilt coastal paradise recently named Australia’s town of the year for 2025, you’d be forgiven for thinking that vast stretch of sand just above Newcastle is one enormous long beach.
Just wait until you get there. Sand dunes so vast they could be a desert — that’s what awaits you when you get to the 32km-long expanse of sand along the edge of Worimi Conservation Area in New South Wales.
