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The secret to the sanctity of Australian beaches is their location in or near national parks, protecting them from the over-commercialization of the tourism industry.
It may go down as one of the most pleasurable day jobs in history – travelling around Australia to find the country's best 100 beaches – provided you don't mind the odd encounter with crocodiles, sharks and surf of life-threatening proportions.
The labour of love of the world's foremost authority on beaches, marine biologist Professor Andy Short, together with surfing writer Brad Farmer, 101 Best Australian Beaches, is their list of the most accessible, visually attractive and well managed pieces of the coastline.
"There are beaches that we felt epitomised the best of the Australian coast from developed to underdeveloped," said Short. "Some were pristine with calm waters, others had raging wild surf like on the coast of Tasmania where I wouldn't recommend people go in the water but ju
