Ocean Beach (Western Australia) Explained

Ocean Beach is a tourist attraction located about 5km (03miles) South of the town of Denmark in Western Australia.[1]

The beach is part of Ratcliffe Bay and is surrounded to the east by the Nullaki Peninsula and a smaller granite headland, Wilson Head, to the east. Wilson Inlet is contained by a semi-permanent sandbar that forms part of Ocean Beach although a bar channel often exists which moves seasonally along the beach.[2]

The beach is patrolled during the summer months from December to April and a lifeguard is on duty for the summer holidays (mid-December to early February). Swimming between the flags at the base of the Surf Life Saving Club is recommended.[3]

In 1993, four Gray's beaked whales (also called Scamperdown whales or Mesoplodon grayi) were stranded on the beach, three were eventually returned to sea but the last one died.[4]

In 2024, a malnourished emperor penguin was found on the beach, having traveled over 3,400 kilometers from the Antarctic coast.[5] It marked the first recorded instance of an emperor penguin reaching Australia and the furthest north the species has been observed.[6] [7]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: SMH Travel - Denmark. 2008-08-14 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2004-02-08.
  2. Web site: The Wilson Inlet Catchment Committee Inc (WICC) - Managing the bar and the Inlet. 2007. 2008-08-14.
  3. Web site: Denmark Tourist Bureau - Beaches. 2008. 2008-08-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20080719114058/http://www.denmarkwa.asn.au/beaches.htm. 19 July 2008. dead.
  4. Web site: Gray's Beaked Whale, Scamperdown Whale stranding, Ocean Beach, Denmark. 1993 . 2008-08-14.
  5. Web site: Samantha Goerling . John Dobson . Emperor penguin recovering in care after epic journey from Antarctica to Western Australia . . . 15 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241109010840/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-08/emperor-penguin-found-in-southern-wa-in-good-health/104572694 . 9 November 2024 . 8 November 2024 . live.
  6. Web site: Guo . Peter . Emperor penguin found 2,000 miles from home on Australian tourist beach . . . 15 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241112150705/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/emperor-penguin-found-australia-tourist-beach-malnourished-denmark-rcna179726 . 12 November 2024 . 12 November 2024 . live . It was the first time that an emperor, the largest penguin species, was known to have reached Australia..
  7. Web site: Samantha Goerling . Jamie Thannoo . Peter Barr . Emperor penguin arrives on WA beach thousands of kilometres from home . . . 15 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241106031345/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-05/emperor-penguin-rare-sighting-ocean-beach-wa-denmark/104559588 . 6 November 2024 . 5 November 2024 . live.

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