Location: Victoria, Australia Squeaky Beach is named literally. The sand at this top-ranked beach is a quartz type that crunches under your foot when you walk. Like Wine Glass Bay in Tasmania ...

Victoria is not the first state that comes to mind when you think of great Aussie beaches, but these six sandy stretches hit the mark.

The seaside suburb on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula keeps a lower profile compared to its neighbours Mount Martha, Frankston and Mornington, whose beaches are packed to the brim in summer.