| Type: | town |
| Balnarring Beach | |
| State: | vic |
| Lga: | Shire of Mornington Peninsula |
| Postcode: | 3926 |
| Alternative Location Map: | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
| Coordinates: | -38.359°N 145.136°W |
| Pop: | 471 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Est: | 1910s |
| Stategov: | Nepean |
| Fedgov: | Flinders |
| Dist1: | 65 |
| Location1: | Melbourne |
| Dist2: | 14 |
| Location2: | Hastings |
| Near-Nw: | Balnarring |
| Near-N: | Balnarring |
| Near-Ne: | Balnarring |
| Near-W: | Balnarring |
| Near-E: | Somers |
| Near-Sw: | Merricks Beach |
| Near-S: | Western Port |
| Near-Se: | Western Port |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 13 |
Balnarring Beach is a town on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2km (01miles) south of Balnarring and approximately 65km (40miles) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Balnarring Beach recorded a population of 471 at the 2021 census.[1]
In 2006 it was rated by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council as 'Australia's Cleanest Beach', out of 317 beaches in five states.[2]
It was previously known as Tulum Beach.
The township was first gazetted in 1886, in a street configuration quite different to what exists today.
The beach first began to attract holidaymakers in the 1910s, and beach stores and kiosks commenced operations, serving both day-trippers and campers. The Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Club set up base here after their formation in 1924. During World War II, businesses were sustained by servicemen training at Somers.
In 1944, a mobile library operated from a private home for the Flinders Shire by Wally Turner. Balnarring Beach Post Office opened on 1 July 1947 and closed in 1978.[3] In 1960 the yacht club was given permission to erect a winch and slipway and build a clubhouse.[4]
Balnarring Beach (colloquially known as 'The Naz Beach') today consists primarily of holiday homes and camping grounds,[5] and contains a general store, picnic facilities and several caravan parks.[6] Most other services are provided by nearby Balnarring township.