A great beach run along Sir Richard Peninsula. Watch the tide though!It can be generaly accessed 24/7 but may be closed at any time because of conditions. The mouth access is currently open (as at 20/12/2008) but can also be closed at any stage. There is a sign at the beach access track that shows the mouth access status.
The access track from Beach Rd. onto the beach is a of moderate difficulty because of soft churned up sand, so caution and low tyre pressure is recomended. The beach drive itself is easy but becomes moderate to hard down near the Murray Mouth end due to very soft and churned up sand.
I do sugest you have your own recovery gear and compressor with you. Get stuck here and not only will you be chastised, it will cost you if you need to use a recovery service if no one else is arround or willing to help. Overall I have rated this as an easy drive.
Hell, today (20/12/2008) there was a tiny Mazda 121 2WD driving happily along the beach, granted he did have a friend with a Land Cruiser. :D :D :DI have done this in a friends small Daihatsu Terios at night in the past and our Kia Sportage handled it superbly.A great way to put your sand driving skills to the test.
Update by demomax 10/4/2012: the sand is pretty hard at the moment and there is no difficulties at all getting to the mouth. Great for just having some fun.
User ID | Log | Vehicle | Date |
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14845 | Awesome to be able to run down to the Murray mouth, very picturesque. | Isuzu D Max | Feb 18, 2015 |
54402 | Very easy run, aired down to about 18 psi all round, not many others seemed to worry about letting down and were running highway pressures. I had no issues with traction but noticed they were struggling a bit. Great introduction to beach driving! | Mitsubishi Pajero | Dec 7, 2014 |
51674 | Great beach run :) like to get down here as much as possible gotta watch the tide tho! always go all the way to the mouth when I'm there, don't drive in the dunes! | Toyota Hilux | Aug 31, 2014 |
13661 | Great Beach drive, did it easy in the Cruiser as always, good bunch of 4x4 earth people as well. | Toyota Landcruiser | Nov 18, 2013 |
40082 | Jeep Wrangler | May 27, 2013 | |
40101 | Some times can get Relly boggy bit good to go down the mouth and relax why doing some fishing/camping | Toyota Hilux Surf | May 18, 2013 |
13915 | Great family day out no hassles at all | Mitsubishi Pajero | Jan 3, 2013 |
30585 | Met up 80glx brian | Toyota Landcruiser | Dec 2, 2012 |
17811 | Good Run, gets very busy with over 150 4x4's on the beach last weekend & 1 peanut in 2wd ute stuck blocking the entry/exit point....... Choppy sand towards the end but worth the trip - Mouth is open and flowing well. | Mitsubishi Pajero | Nov 11, 2012 |
25634 | Long long ago I did this in a Landy Series 2A. Found it easier in the Xtrail! Have to go back with the Navara one day | Nissan Navara | Oct 20, 2012 |
5887 | Very soft before and after the deviation over the washout. Took 2 GU Patrols & KJ Cherokee on 20psi pressures. Awesome drive and first beach experience. ***Nobody else was airing down and plenty of 4bys at the mouth regardless of sign restrictions*** | Nissan Patrol | Apr 7, 2012 |
5887 | Very soft before and after the deviation over the washout. Took 2 GU Patrols & KJ Cherokee on 20psi pressures. Awesome drive and first beach experience. ***Nobody else was airing down and plenty of 4bys at the mouth regardless of sign restrictions*** | Nissan Patrol | Apr 7, 2012 |
26651 | I go down that way all the time. sometimes can get choppy almost the whole way along after the first KM. The entrance is always rutted and chopped up with loads of loose sand. A lot of fun though. Just to make it easier you may want to drop the pressures to 20. | Toyota Landcruiser | Mar 26, 2012 |
25260 | Great beach. | Subaru Forester | Jan 28, 2012 |
25120 | Toyota Hilux | Jan 15, 2012 | |
24624 | Nice easy 10km drive along hard sandy beach. Entry/Exit to beach is soft rutted sand as is near the end of drive just before Murray Mouth where you need to deviate a little off to the left over a rocky plateau that has sand-hill like up to and down from the track. Murray Mouth area too is softish sand. Used Auto 4wd mode plus "Lock" for soft sand with ESP off. Tires only down to 30psi front and 27psi rear. | Nissan Xtrail | Dec 27, 2011 |
24624 | Nice easy 10km drive along hard sandy beach. Entry/Exit to beach is soft rutted sand as is near the end of drive just before Murray Mouth where you need to deviate a little off to the left over a rocky plateau that has sand-hill like up to and down from the track. Murray Mouth area too is softish sand. Used Auto 4wd mode plus "Lock" for soft sand with ESP off. Tires only down to 30psi front and 27psi rear. | Nissan Xtrail | Dec 27, 2011 |
14454 | Nice and relaxing drive. | Nissan Patrol | Sep 18, 2011 |
18264 | No real difficulties, a bit rutted. Thats all. Nice to be able to drive down there to find a good spot to surf. | Toyota Landcruiser | Apr 29, 2011 |
18334 | went to mouth on street pressures.was soft deep sand,but made it ok.also towed camper trailer down about 5km's two weeks prior with no problems.love goolwa beach.40kph speed limit. | Toyota Landcruiser | Apr 25, 2011 |
16169 | Nissan Navara | Mar 12, 2011 | |
7017 | I drive this beach a number of times a year and it can be different each time - especially the mouth. street pressures are ok unless it's during the holiday season, then the beach can get fairly chopped up, still 25psi is fine. can be some washed gully's that can surprise if not careful, 40 - 50kph is a good speed to keep to. have seen a Subaru outback at the mouth with the beach chopped so anything is possible. | Nissan Navara | Dec 27, 2010 |
16281 | Nice trip along the beach from Goolwa to the mouth, a nice day cockling. Had to watch the sea ruts though, some were surprisingly sharp and deep. | Holden Rodeo | Nov 23, 2010 |
12619 | Went just after high tide, churned up near the top. had to rescue a Pajero who didn't have 4WD. Nice drive. | Nissan Patrol | Oct 17, 2010 |
13296 | soft churned sand along high tide mark, firm on beach between high and low tide. very soft churned sand at murray mouth. was a good run for my first. great around sunrise.. | Nissan Pathfinder | Oct 9, 2010 |
12671 | Toyota Landcruiser | Sep 1, 2010 | |
10331 | easy drive, hard sand most the way apart from the mouth... did it in high way pressure 40psi, would let tyres down if i go again. pulled out a awd ford territory stuck at mouth | Mitsubishi Pajero | May 4, 2010 |
10613 | Have been down to the mouth many times. Just before the mouth there is a soft sand section which requires going over the top rather than the beach - particularly at high tide. Usually drop rgw PSI down to 20 though we have done it at standard pressure without any issues. Warning on travelling through the sandhills - the rangers patrol for vehicles travelling through the back sandhills - there are no signs but there is a fine for travelling there in a vehicle - but it is OK by foot go figure? | Mitsubishi Delica | Mar 27, 2010 |
1429 | In Summer, the Goolwa entrance gets a fair hammering and can be tough for 'softroaders' and fourbies with trailers. In big surf conditions watch out for 'sweeper' waves that come much further up the beach. | Mitsubishi Challenger | Feb 4, 2010 |
354 | Toyota Hilux | Dec 31, 2009 | |
6837 | Toyota Hilux Surf | Jul 10, 2009 | |
3844 | good drive live in goolwa so always on the beach | Mitsubishi Pajero | Apr 10, 2009 |
2732 | Great beach to drive on wide flat hard sand once past the entrance, witch was very chopped up and rutted. Many vehicles parked on the beach as people collecting Goolwa cockles. At about the eight Klm mark you can leave the beach and head two Klms across some very soft sand and park right at the mouth of the Murray River. Tyres can be reinflated at the servo. about two - three Klms from the entrance to the beach at Goolwa. | Toyota Prado | Jan 18, 2009 |
2271 | Mitsubishi Pajero | Jan 2, 2009 | |
6202 | Holden Rodeo | Dec 20, 2007 | |
29251 | Went all the way out to the mouth - all good, few stuck vehicles but letting some air out did the trick for them | Nissan Patrol | |
11262 | Bit of easy fun | Toyota Hilux Surf | |
3294 | Toyota Landcruiser | Mar 5, 2006 |