South Australia – Goldsmith Beach, Yorke Peninsula

Welcome to Goldsmith — the Yorke’s windswept hideaway where red dirt tracks lead to blue horizons and the only noise is the wind and your own stoke. Tucked down past Edithburgh, this beach is all wild edges and wide open water, with dunes whispering secrets and reef breaks that pulse just offshore.

Works best on a clean SE breeze with a mid-tide window — the kind of day where you’ve got the whole coast to yourself and the wind just won’t quit. The launch is sandy, the gradient mellow, and the energy? Pure solitude. No crowds, no surf schools, no jet skis — just raw coast and proper wind.

There’s a bush camp tucked behind the dunes if you want to stay, and you should. Waking up here, stepping out barefoot, and watching the sun spill gold across the sea — that’s the good life.