Pilot Station Beach (Flinders)

Pilot Station Beach lies below the old Pilot Station. It is 600 m long; backed by 20 m high, grassy bluffs; composed of sand and basalt cobbles; and fronted by extensive rocks and reefs making it less suitable for safe bathing.

Swimming is best at high tide, otherwise in the inner tidal pools at low tide.

Point Flinders extends for 1.5 km south-east of the town of Flinders. The 30 m high point houses the golf course, a Navy Gunnery Range and, along the southern shore, the start of Mornington Peninsula National Park. The point is composed of ancient weathered basalt, which also lies along the shore and forms the offshore reef. West of Flinders, the rock platforms are composed of distinctive columnar basalt, resembling paving stones. The Golf Links Road runs around the point, but with no public access to the Navy land.

The beach has a General Beach Hazard Rating of 4/10 (Moderately hazardous).

Access is from the south eastern corner of Golf Links Road.

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Location

Golf Links Road, Flinders 3929 Map