Taroona Beach, Beach in Taroona, Tasmania

Taroona Beach is approximately 500 meters of shoreline facing south toward Storm Bay and the Tasman Sea. The coast offers views across the Derwent estuary toward the northern tip of Bruny Island.

In 1810, sailor Joseph Batchelor was buried at the site, marking the location of the oldest known European grave in Tasmania. This burial demonstrates the region's early contact with European seafarers.

The name Taroona comes from the Mouheneener word for chiton, a marine mollusc found on rocks in the intertidal zones of the beach. Mouheneener shell middens are scattered along Taroona's foreshores, and the poet Gwen Harwood, while living in Taroona, wrote beachside poems such as At the Water's Edge and Estuary.

The beach has a boat ramp, toilets, and a skate park, with a tennis club and bowls club located in the adjacent park. Visitors will find all the facilities needed for a full day visit.

In 2010 a southern right whale gave birth to a calf in the Derwent River just off Taroona Beach, the first recorded birth in the estuary in about 190 years. The river mouth had been a calving ground until 19th-century whaling, when more than 25,000 whales were killed in Australia and New Zealand.