Comedian Al Murray once said that Australia is great around the edge – but a bit more work is needed in the middle.
But perhaps Australians simply can’t tear themselves away from the edge. After all, it’s home to some of the very best beaches in the world.
And here we present the photographs that prove it. Twenty-one images of beaches, from Perth to Sydney via Tasmania, that have it all – powder-soft white sand, other-worldly turquoise water, epic surf