Seven Mile Beach, Beach in Shoalhaven, Australia

Seven Mile Beach stretches roughly 12 kilometers along the New South Wales coast with a wide sandy shore backed by coastal woodland and dunes. The water remains relatively clear, and the expansive sand provides ample space for swimming, walking, and water activities.

In 1933 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith used Seven Mile Beach as the runway for the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. The firm, flat sand served as the departure strip for that crossing.

The name comes from the beach's length, roughly seven miles of sand running south from Gerringong. Its birdlife draws observers looking for honeyeaters, currawongs, crimson rosellas, kookaburras, grey fantails, eastern whipbirds and white-throated treecreepers, with white-breasted sea eagles recorded over the shore.

The beach is reached from Gerringong to the north and Gerroa to the south, with the sand running north–south between the two. The surf breaks along the whole ocean edge, so swimming is best in the patrolled summer season. The sand is firm near the waterline, making the northern end a straightforward walk toward the wide southern sweep.

The surrounding coastal forest contains plant species found at their southernmost distribution limits, creating a distinct ecological pocket. This woodland zone blends subtropical plant types with temperate conditions in an unusual way.