Preston Beach; 4WD accessible and stunning
Preston beach is a incredible beach just over an hour away from Perth. It is open to 4WD’s, is well known for good fishing and has a range of accommodation options not far from the beach.
It’s one of the closest Perth Beach Driving opportunities.
About Preston Beach
Preston Beach is a very small town with a general store, a number of holiday homes and a gorgeous beach. It is extremely popular, and for good reason!
From Perth, it is a mere 1 hour and 20 minutes away, making it the perfect location for a day, weekend or even a week!
Getting to Preston
With the new Forrest highway, getting to Preston Beach is extremely quick and direct. Head south down the Kwinana Freeway, which eventually joins onto Forrest highway.
Keep going down past this, and just after it meets the old coast road you can turn off to the right, and drive a few km’s into the town.
Preston Beach 4WD
If you have a 4WD, Preston Beach is a great place to visit. You can drive both north and south, and enjoy endless, clean beach. In fact, you can get onto the beach at Tim’s Thicket (when the tide is up) or White Hills, and drive all the way south to Preston, Myalup, Binningup and then exit at Buffalo road.
It is a great place to do a bit of four wheel driving, but the beach can be reasonably soft at times.
Make sure you understand beach driving tyre pressures, what needs to be done if you get stuck and if you are new to the 4WD game, bring a friend!
Preston Beach Camping
Despite what you may have heard, camping on Preston Beach is not permitted, and you will get a fine from the ranger if you get caught camping there.
A lot of people ‘fish all night’ with a tent set up behind them, and will get away with it, but technically its a no go. If you want somewhere to camp, head down to Belvidere, Martins Tank or to a Caravan Park nearby. Tims Thicket Camping is also off limits!
There is a 48 hour RV stop near the beach that you can stay at if you are fully self contained (toilet and grey water collection required). This rules out camper trailers, tents and swags.
There is no Preston Beach Caravan Park; the closest is Myalup Beach Caravan Park, Binningup Beach Caravan Park or Estuary Hideaway Caravan Park.
Alternatively, there’s an amazing camping location on private property called Lake Preston Lime.
Preston Beach Fishing
If you can’t catch fish at Preston, you aren’t trying hard enough. During the day herring and whiting (decent sized ones too) are extremely common.
As the sun sets, tailor, mulloway, big stingrays and even sharks are reasonably common. Being such a long beach you can drive as far as you want until you have plenty of space around you, and look for the gutters or ground you prefer.
Accommodation at Preston Beach
Preston Beach does not have a Caravan Park. However, it does have a number of holiday homes and a resort. There are plenty of nearby places that you can stay at too, including Waroona, Myalup Beach and Binningup.
If you want to head further south, Belvidere is another great place you can camp at not far from the beach.
Hey Lucky Loz,
Good to hear you had a great day. Shame about the fish though!
You’ll have to head elsewhere if you want better fishing in WA.
All the best
Aaron
Just fished Preston Beach on a glorious day. Crystal clear water , run in tide and schools of Toad fish. Hundreds of them . We caught 17 before we gave it a miss. Doble headers as well. Could see some whiting but could not get through the vermin. Had a great swim and was grateful for such a wonderful day and top spot .Fishing sucked. Still hard to beat Moreton Island QLD.
Thanks WA.
Hey Mark,
I’m not sure I follow. Are you talking about the camping, 4WD access or something else?
Aaron
This is basically a list of all the things other states and country’s allow but a no no in Perth.
Hi Terri,
Fully self contained vehicles can stay for 48 hours, between May and October only. You can’t camp there in a tent. It has to be an RV, bus, caravan etc.
All the best
Aaron
You can camp in carpark next to beach track a minute to shop for FREE up to 48hrs. From Shire
Hey Mark,
Sunset and sunrise tend to be the best, although you can get herring and whiting all day too if the conditions are right.
Yep, some people are feral and need a solid fine given to them.
All the best
Aaron
Me and the boy went today and obviously didn’t try hard enough as we never had a bite. To be fair it was mega windy. Other than that had a ball. Wished people would take their rubbish,with them as it’s not hard.
Let our tyres down to 18psi and had no problems in the sand.
Will definitely visit again soon and probably do a litter run too.☺️
Hi Braydos. I don’t believe you are; but you’d be best off phoning the local ranger to confirm. Have a good one mate!
Are you aloud to ride registered quad bikes on the beach