Red Cliff is accessed by turning off Brooms Head road onto an unsealed, but good quality, looping track. The campground (known as “Lake Arragan and Red Cliff Campground”) has (non-flush) toilets, wood barbecues, no power, and a drinking water tap on the north-western side of the access loop.

The Red Cliff beaches are best described in three sections: firstly, there’s the straight northern stretch up to Plumbago; then there’s the reefy bays and rockpools that lie beneath the cliffs that give the place its name; these rocky sections open back up to a long sandy curve that stretches south to Brooms Head (and its fancy flushing toilets and electricity).

These beaches are not patrolled – except by dolphins who are hopeless at CPR – and there’s rips aplenty, so be very mindful and cautious. There’s a great rock pool for swimming in the corner where the headland joins the beach (on the north side of the headland)