Where to find the best 2025 Santa Photos in Australia (+ win them!)
Looking for the best spots in Australia to snap your 2025 Santa photos? Forget the long shopping centre lines and North Pole scenes - an outdoor beach Santa photo session is what you’re after! Since 2018, Santa on the Beach Pics has offered fun, fast and friendly Christmas photos on the beach, with many dog-friendly locations too.
This year, we are excited to expand to brand new beach locations across Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the Central Coast, Melbourne and Perth.
Here’s your guide to where you can find Santa photos in Australia this 2025 Christmas season:
plus - keep reading to see how you can WIN your 2025 Santa photo session!
📍 Sydney – Northern Beaches
Sydney families are spoilt for choice with multiple Northern Beaches Santa photo locations. This is where Santa on the Beach Pics all began back in 2018, and will continue to grow!
🐾 Bayview Reserve: Dog-friendly Santa photos with a relaxed, sandy waterfront and scenic background of water, trees and boats. With The Newport in view, it’s the perfect spot for a bite to eat afterwards, as dogs are also allowed there!
🐾 North Curl Curl Beach: Wide open sands and a protected north corner makes this beach a favourite for families with small kids. It’s one of the few Sydney surf beaches where theres a dog-friendly section, so bring you four legged mate along!
South Curl Curl Beach: Another stunning Sydney beach, with plenty of room for the kids to run and play while waiting to meet Santa. Just 300m south, you’ll find the flags, surf club, cafe and ocean pool for the kids to paddle around in. Humans only allowed here - no dogs unfortunately.
Narrabeen Beach: Head a little further north to find a locals favourite beach, Narrabeen. Wide open spaces and surf in the background provides the perfect backdrop for your Santa photos. You might even get a visit from a pod of dolphins like we have in the past! Again, humans only as it’s a Sydney surf beach.
📍 Central Coast – Avoca
🐾 Avoca Beach: We’re BACK! Families on the Central Coast can enjoy a coastal Christmas with Santa at Avoca Beach. To make sure ALL family members can join in the fun, you’ll find us in the dog-friendly section of the beach with easy access and a stunning surf beach background.
📍 Melbourne – Sandown St, Brighton
🐾 Sandown Street, Brighton: There’s no more iconic beach scene in Melbourne than Brighton Beach, with it’s colourful beach boxes and recognisable shoreline. Just a 10 minute walk away is Sandown St, a stunning dog-friendly section of the beach! We’re excited that Melbourne families can now join in the tradition with Santa by the sea with a unique local twist.
📍 Perth – Rockingham Beach
🐾 Rockingham Beach: Why should the East coast have all the fun? West Coast families, Santa is coming to you too! Enjoy a fun, natural photo experience on the sand with Perth’s stunning coastline as your backdrop. Both morning and afternoon sessions are available, to make the most of the stunning Perth sunsets.
📍 Where else???
You tell us! We’re always on the lookout for beautiful dog-friendly beach locations to run our Aussie Christmas photos. If you know of a great beach, or are keen to join our Christmas loving team of photographers, Santas and elf helpers, please contact us. We’d love to hear from you!
How to WIN Your 2025 Santa Photos!
To celebrate the launch of new locations around Australia (and a fresh new website!), we’re giving FOUR lucky families the chance to win their Santa photo session - one in each of location (Northern Beaches, Central Coast, Melbourne and Perth).
👉 How to Enter: Simply complete the form below! Winners will be announced on 3 November 2025 (lets get through Halloween first).
NOTE: If you win and have already booked + paid for your 2025 Santa photos, we’ll refund you! So don’t hold off on booking as sessions fill up quickly. 2025 Bookings open end of September/early October.