Milk Beach

Milk Beach is a small, secluded harbour beach in Vaucluse, within the Woollahra local government area of Sydney, New South Wales. Located on Sydney Harbour inside Sydney Harbour National Park and accessed via the Hermitage Foreshore Walk, it is known for its clear water, white sand and uninterrupted views of Shark Island, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and city skyline. The beach is unpatrolled and valued for swimming, photography and quiet harbour-side recreation.

Visitors can expect a small, sheltered sandy cove on Sydney Harbour surrounded by bushland and accessed via a steep walking track and stairs from the Hermitage Foreshore Walk. The beach offers calm harbour water, views across to Shark Island, the city skyline and harbour landmarks, with no shops or commercial development. It is a quiet spot for swimming, sunbathing, photography and picnicking on the sand, with Strickland House grounds above the beach.

Milk Beach lies within Sydney Harbour National Park on the traditional lands of the Birrabirragal people. The foreshore is associated with the historic Strickland House estate (1850s) above the beach, formerly a residence and later a convalescent home, and forms part of the protected Sydney Harbour foreshore conserved as national park since the 1970s.

The beach and surrounding harbour foreshore hold Aboriginal cultural significance as part of Sydney Harbour and are valued for their natural harbour landscape, scenic views and recreational use within a protected national park setting.