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South Australia
Robe, SA
Glass Beach Factory Bay, old town dump sea glass
Tidal foreshore Documented siteLegal to collect
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Sea glass
Sea potteryAlso reported: brown, rare red and purple.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Robe's former rubbish dump on the shore of Factory Bay near the lighthouse; bottles broke and tumbled into a beach that is more glass than sand.
SmarterTravel world list: more glass than sand, city dumping site, occasional rare reds and purples; Sandee entry confirms former dump, access from Adam Lindsay Gordon Drive near the lighthouseView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
RockyExposed to big swell, no lifeguards
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