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New South Wales

Vaucluse, NSW

Shark Beach Nielsen Park, harbour sea glass

Tidal foreshore Source-confirmed findsRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea glassSea glass
Sea potterySea pottery
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: brown, green.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Sydney Harbour picnic beach since the 1800s; a century of beer and soft-drink bottles tumbled on the steep sandy shore.

Beachcombing Magazine (Hugh Tranter, 'Sea glass down under'): mostly brown with green, white and pale aqua; glass rolls in the waves on the steep beach so you must grab it quicklyView source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Shark net, crowds, slippery rocks

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