Beach No 54: Newport (13 January 2019)
Elizabeth I wake to another grey Sunday but when I leave for Newport Beach, the sky has mostly cleared. The #423 bus takes me from King Street (Newtown) to Martin Place.…
Surf Life Saving
Beach No 50: Maroubra (7 January 2018)
Since 2010 I’ve been visiting Sydney’s beaches in alphabetical order. I’ve reached number 50: Maroubra. We’re set for record-breaking heat today. It’s supposed to be in the high 40s in…
Aeroplanes and Surfing Nippers – Number 25: Eloura Beach (23 March 2013)
Another beach from under the shadows of last year … The best beach day all year, maybe, and here we are nearly to April. It’s already biting hot at 10:30,…
No 21: Dee Why Beach — 5 February 2012
A more-or-less perfect beach day was predicted for Sunday: mostly sunny and 28 degrees. Although I was spending Thursday and Friday in Canberra at a bicycle tourism conference I put…
No 18: Cronulla Beach – 18 December 2011
We began our visit to Cronulla at Ham Harry & Mario where we had their breakfast plate: kind of a European deli take on the Australian big breakfast: prosciutto, avocado,…
No 17: Coogee Beach – 20 November 2011
We have visited the 17th beach, Coogee, to officially get the 2011/12 beach going season under way. We’re in the midst of the chaos of moving houses but I thought…