Looking over Richardsons Beach as the sun sets on the pink granite peaks of the Hazards. Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, Australia
The white sand and tranquil waters of Hopeground Beach are found on Maria Island, a remote mountainous island located in the Tasman Sea off the east coast of Tasmania, Australia. Said to have more beaches than any other country, Australia has 10,685 beaches (if defined as a stretch of sand longer than 20 metres (66ft) and remaining dry at high tide) so you could visit a new beach every day for almost 30 years. Maria Island was named in 1642 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after Maria van Diemen (née van Aelst). Tasmania, Australia
The wind blows ripples into sand dunes in the Lake Mungo lunette. Millions of sand grains being blown up the windward surface of a dune form a series of ridges and troughs called wind ripples. The bouncing sand grains tend to land on the windward side of each ripple creading a low ridge. The spacing of the ridges and troughs is related to the average distance grains jump and is determined by by the wind velocity and grain size. The dunes stretch in a continuous arc for approximately 40km. NSW, Australia.
