The white sands have proved their popularity and the beach is backed by a plethora of hotels and accommodation to vouch for it. If you find something small, black and about the size of a lime, you might just be holding a bit of history. Ancient petrified coconuts (Cocos zeylancia) have been found here which have been preserved since the early Miocene Age. Next stop along the road is Cable Bay where you'll find the crushed shells lend the sand a pinkish hue and rock pools with a few seals on a lucky day. Cable Bay was so called when it was home to the longest cable in the world. For 10 years until 1912 a cable extended 3500 nautical miles to Queensland until another was laid which stretched from Sydney to Auckland.