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Cottesloe Beach

White sand, Norfolk Island pines, grassy terraces and the Indian Ocean - this is the Cott scene people come looking for. Swim inside the seasonal protected enclosure, spread out on the lawn, find some summer shade or wander the promenade. The offshore Pylon and landmark Indiana building make getting your bearings easy, especially as sunset starts drawing everyone towards the water.

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Cottesloe Main Beach, with the Pylon and Indiana
Indiana overlooking the sand at Main Beach
Terraced lawns and seating beside Main Beach
Indiana and the beachfront walkway
People relaxing on the lawn above Main Beach
Timber seating under trees above Cottesloe Main Beach
Main Beach and the groyne framed by Norfolk pines

Use the main foreshore access beside Indiana on Marine Parade. The promenade runs above the sand, beside the central grass terraces.

Sand or grass? Cottesloe gives you both. The terraced lawns above the beach are part of what makes it work so well even when you don't feel like swimming, while the promenade follows the water between the main beach, Mudurup and the coast beyond.

For a swim, check the conditions, patrol flags and any current beach warnings. The protected swimming enclosure off the main beach is seasonal, generally installed from late October until the end of April. It stretches about 170 metres north from the groyne and 140 metres offshore, giving swimmers a substantial protected area during the warmer months. Public toilets, showers and changing facilities are beneath Indiana.

At the southern end of the main beach is Mudurup, the limestone headland and rocks around the Cove. Mudurup means “place of the whiting” and is a significant Whadjuk Noongar ceremonial and spiritual place, with a history stretching back long before Cottesloe became a beach suburb. Enjoy the rocky headland from the designated paths and lookouts - there is no public access onto the limestone outcrops, which can be unstable.

The beachfront once looked very different. Cottesloe's timber jetty was completed in 1906 and became a social destination in its own right, with a rotunda for band concerts, evening lighting and pleasure boats calling on their way towards Rottnest. Storms, marine borers and decades of damage gradually shortened it before the remaining structure was demolished with gelignite in 1952.

Another change is coming. Cottesloe's long-planned foreshore renewal is moving ahead, with Stage One funded to create more public open space, wider footpaths, new landscaping and safer walking and cycling along Marine Parade. So while the pines, lawns and ocean remain unmistakably Cott, the way people use the beachfront is about to evolve again.

Town of Cottesloe - Beaches

Town of Cottesloe - Protected Swimming Enclosure

Town of Cottesloe - Mudurup Rocks

Cottesloe Foreshore Redevelopment

Cottesloe History - A Tale of Two Jetties

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