Parsons Beach

Parsons Beach is a sandy coastal beach in the locality of Parsons Beach within the District Council of Yankalilla on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, about 75 km south of Adelaide. Backed by low cliffs and coastal scrub between Carrickalinga and Waitpinga, it is known as a relatively secluded, unpatrolled beach popular for beach walking, fishing and surfing, with natural coastal scenery and limited development.

Visitors can expect a long stretch of light sand backed by low cliffs, dunes and native coastal vegetation with views across Gulf St Vincent. Access is via an unsealed road and walking track to a small car park above the beach. The beach is unpatrolled and natural with no shops or commercial development at the beach itself. Visitors can explore the sandy shoreline, rock areas at the ends of the beach at low tide, and open water for experienced surfers and swimmers when conditions allow.

The beach and locality take their name from early settler families in the Yankalilla district, which was surveyed and settled for farming and grazing from the 1840s-1850s. The coastal area has remained largely undeveloped compared to neighbouring town beaches.

Located on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains and Fleurieu Peninsula, whose cultural connection to the coastal lands and waters continues. The beach is valued locally as a natural coastal recreation area.