Secret Harbour brings together a range of reasons to stay: the beach, surfing, golf and getting active along the coast. When planning, useful points of reference include seasonal supervision at Secret Harbour Beach, the golf course’s 18-hole format and the cycle connection to the Rockingham Foreshore.
Beach, surfing and seasonal supervision
Secret Harbour Beach is supervised on weekends and public holidays from October to the end of March. From early December to the end of January, professional lifeguards patrol on weekdays. If you’re planning a beach visit, you can take these seasonal periods into account and check the supervision details before your visit.
Secret Harbour Surf Beach has showers and waves all year round. Visitors can learn to surf at Secret Harbour’s surf beach. This means there is both year-round information about the waves and a specific opportunity to learn to surf, alongside the beach facilities mentioned above.
Golf and getting active along the coast
Secret Harbour Golf Course is an 18-hole links course designed by Graham Marsh. The number of holes and course format give the course a clear profile, while the designer’s name adds to this description. This makes golf a distinct focus when choosing where to travel.
Secret Harbour is connected to the Rockingham Foreshore by a cycle path. The path allows you to cycle or run along the coast. When choosing an activity, you can therefore decide between cycling and running on the same route.
Regional context: City of Rockingham
The wider destination of City of Rockingham has 37 kilometres of coastline. The redevelopment of Rockingham Beach Foreshore added an accessible lookout and a Beach Bowl. A boardwalk connects the foreshore to the beach.
The Anne Mueller Environmental Walk is an easy 3-kilometre loop around Lake Richmond. It is rich in birdlife, including Australian pelicans, black swans, Australian shovelers, black ducks, white-faced herons and common greenshanks. A boardwalk at Lake Richmond offers views of a threatened thrombolite community.
The protected Shoalwater Islands Marine Park is home to dolphins, seals, penguins and pelicans. The Shoalwater Islands Marine Park Paddle is an 8-kilometre kayak trail along the Rockingham coast. Point Peron is noted for kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding; coastal diving and snorkelling among limestone caves and swim-through caves are also possible there.
Culture in the City of Rockingham
The Rockingham Museum is housed in an Art Deco building, the former Rockingham Road Board Building, dating from 1946/47. Its many exhibitions on Rockingham’s history are intended to inform and educate visitors and children. The Rockingham Arts Centre offers professionally curated exhibitions, workshops and development programs.
Discover more destinations: Caversham, Scarborough, Sorrento, Fremantle, The Vines, Ardross, Canning Vale, Joondalup
For the wider travel overview: Perth.
