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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2014}}
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==Location==
The Ninety Mile Beach is located about {{convert|260|km|mi}} from [[Melbourne]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.australia.com/explore/icons/gippsland/vic-90-mile-beach.aspx |title=Ninety Mile Beach😢Beach, Victoria |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |year=2012 |work=web page |publisher=Tourism Australia |accessdate=15 December 2012}}</ref> and can be reached from the [[South Gippsland Highway]] passing the coastal towns of [[McLoughlins Beach, Australia|McLoughlins Beach]], [[Woodside, Victoria|Woodside]], [[Seaspray, Victoria|Seaspray]], [[Golden Beach, Victoria|Golden Beach]], and [[Loch Sport, Victoria|Loch Sport]]. The beach is located within the [[Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park]], with the [[Ninety Mile Beach Marine National Park]] located off-shore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/gippsland-lakes-coastal-park|title = Gippsland Lakes Coastal Park}}</ref>
 
== Tourism ==
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[[Rotamah Island]], which is part of the Lakes National Park, has a large bird observatory, and can be visited by boat from [[Paynesville, Victoria|Paynesville]], about {{convert|6|km|mi}} away.
 
Coastal towns of [[Woodside, Victoria|Woodside]], LochsportLoch Sport, [[Seaspray, Victoria|Seaspray]], [[Golden Beach, Victoria|Golden Beach]] and [[Lakes Entrance, Victoria|Lakes Entrance]] are popular tourist towns, attracting large numbers of visitors during the warmer months. Woodside, Seaspray and Lakes Entrance have life saving beach patrols during the summer season.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ninety Mile Beach, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia|url = http://www.visitmelbourne.com/Regions/Gippsland/Things-to-do/Nature-and-wildlife/Beaches/Ninety-Mile-Beach.aspx|website = Tourism Victoria home|accessdate = 2015-06-21}}</ref>
 
[[Surf fishing]] is a key drawcard for the area, with main varieties of fish including snapper, flathead and gummy sharks. Port Albert, McLoughlins Beach, Lochsport and Lakes Entrance have jetties and temporary berthing facilities.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Corner Inlet, Anderson Inlet, Slipways, Boatyards, Port Authority|url = http://www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au/gippsland_lakes_boating.php|website = www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au|accessdate = 2015-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Ports and Harbours, Snowy River, Boatyards, Corner Inlet, Gippsland Ports|url = http://www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au/corner_inlet_boating.php|website = www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au|accessdate = 2015-06-21}}</ref>
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The beach's length ensures that the waves break too close to the beach for good [[surfing]], and there are strong [[rip current]]s and cross-currents that make conditions rather hazardous. The local authorities recommend that anyone who wishes to swim should do so at Woodside, Seaspray and Lakes Entrance, which have [[life saving]] beach patrols during the summer season.
 
The beach is believed to be the fourth longest uninterrupted beach in the world, behind [[Praia do Cassino]] on the Brazilian southern coast, [[Padre Island]] on the US [[Gulf Coast]] and [[Eighty Mile Beach]] in [[Western Australia]], which is actually {{convert|140|mi}} long.
 
Wild horses were introduced to the park after the islands were explored to help eat and trample down small areas of bush so it could be more easily explored but they were left unchecked and their numbers quickly increased. Their large numbers grew and over time started to caused concern as environmental damage became an issue, but once the park was established as a national heritage the horses were rounded up and transported back across to the mainland.
 
==Gallery==
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File:South-west along 90 Mile Beach, Seaspray, Vic, jjron, 31.03.2016.jpg|Ninety Mile Beach/ McLoughlins Beach at [[Seaspray, Victoria|Seaspray]]
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==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.visitmelbourne.com/Regions/Gippsland/Things-to-do/Outdoor-activities/Fishing/Beach-fishing Gippsland's official tourism website - Beach fishing]
* [http://www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au Gippsland Ports Victoria]
 
==References==
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[[Category:East Gippsland]]
[[Category:Beaches of Victoria (Australiastate)]]
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