Heavily pregnant Elyse Knowles shows off her baby bump in bikini during beach day in Byron Bay - as she prepares to welcome third child

Elyse Knowles will welcome her third child with her fiancé Josh Barker later this year .

The pregnant model was enjoying a day out at the beach in Byron Bay with friends on Saturday.

She was joined by partner Josh Barker along with Mick Fanning's ex wife Karissa Dalton and partner Ryan Bienefelt.

Former Big Brother star Krystal Hipwell and her husband Neil also made an appearance as they all hung at the beach on Saturday morning.

The mother-of-two revealed her growing tummy in an orange bikini paired with a a blue and white cover up tied at her waist.

She added a red cap to protect from the sun as well as a pair of sunglasses as she splashed on the shore.

Elyse appeared to skip the makeup for the outing and wore her blonde locks down under her cap.

Her little boy Sunny played on the sand while toddler Zaii had a splash in the water while on his dad's hip.

Elyse dropped her exciting pregnancy news back in June.

'The boys are excited for another brother or sister,' she captioned her post on social media at the time.

The pregnancy comes one year and just a few days after Elyse gave birth to their second child, son Zaii.

In January 2023, she announced that she was expecting the soon to be middle child, explaining she was 'halfway' through her pregnancy, and that Sunny, three, was excited to become a big brother.

Josh and Elyse, who rose to fame when they were crowned winners of The Block in 2017, welcomed Sunny in February 2021.

They announced the birth of their first child shortly after revealing they had secretly become engaged.

The former reality stars moved from Melbourne to Byron Bay in 2019 seeking a quieter life.

In May 2020 purchased a $2.3million beach house in the New South Wales coastal town, which they renovated.

Elyse revealed to Stellar magazine that she was crippled by anxiety following the birth of her son.

'I got quite anxious leaving home for the first time. My heart was racing. I didn't know if I could do it,' she told the publication.

'Having [Sunny], having our dogs and getting out there... And Sunny was screaming in the car and it made me quite scared.'

'I found it hard to breathe and I had to tell myself, "It's fine, what could go wrong? Everyone has babies... you just have to go for it," Elyse added.

'It took a couple of times to feel confident. But I'm not going to lie, it was hard at the start.'

She also told Body+Soul Magazine that she and Josh avoid using mobile phones around Sunny.

'I don't want him picking it up. I don't want him playing on it at all,' the media personality said.