Agnes Water/1770 claims to have the best beach in Australia – I’ve not been to all of them so can’t say whether that’s true or not, and I reckon Port Douglas’ four-mile beach is a contender, but at sunrise this morning I wasn’t arguing!

As I walked along the beach with the waves thundering and frothing, it wasn’t hard to imagine why James Cook chose this as his first landing place in Queensland (hence the name). If you get the chance to come here, climb over the sand-dunes at about 6.30; it’ll be worth it!