No 14: Collaroy Beach – 27 February 2011
Elizabeth Frankly I can’t wait for a southern beach! The last one was Bronte (No 8) which we visited in May 2010. But it was good to get back to a…
No 13: Cobblers Beach – 20 February 2011
Cobblers Beach is the, ahem, first nude beach on the list. It’s a harbour beach located within the Sydney Harbour National Park. It’s right next to the naval base, HMAS…
No 12: Clontarf Beach – 5 February 2011
Per Wikipedia the suburb of Clontarf is named after a district in Dublin, Ireland. But far more interestingly this beach, in 1868, was site of Australia’s first attempted political assassination.…
No 11: Clareville Beach – 30 January 2011
And with No 11: Clareville Beach, enter Mitch with ten more digits. Per Wikipedia the area’s non-indigenous history began with a land grant to Father John Joseph Therry in the…
No 10: Chinaman’s Beach – 1 January 2011
Yes, that’s right: Chinaman’s Beach. It’s on the Middle Harbour in Mosman. The name comes from the Chinese market gardens which operated in the area beginning 120 years ago —…
No 9: Bungan Beach – 21 November 2010
First beach of the “summer” — sunny and pretty warm but with a bite in the wind that sometimes whipped up sand. I decided this season that our visits should…
No 8: Bronte Beach – 2 May 2010
I’ve always liked Bronte Beach. It’s among the well-known and easily accessed beaches of Sydney’s eastern suburbs but always feels a little less trodden than Coogee and Bondi. Bronte Beach…
No 7: Bradleys Beach – 26 April 2010
From one of Sydney’s most iconic and well-known destinations at No 6: Bondi Beach to one of it’s more obscure and remote destinations at No 7: Bradleys Beach at Dangar…
No 6: Bondi Beach – 18 April 2010
Bondi, baby, Bondi — THE Sydney beach. The one everyone has heard of. When you look at it from the esplanade you think — jeez it’s crowded that doesn’t look…
No 5: Blackwoods Beach – 28 March 2010
Blackwoods Beach was our first southern beach on this tour. We visited just after sunrise on the morning I flew back into Sydney from the United States; Mitch collected me…