Naked Liberation at No 42 Lady Bay Beach – 22 February 2015
Elizabeth Until recently I was dreading Lady Bay. It is the second of, I think, three ‘clothing optional’ beaches in Sydney (this one granted that status in 1976). The first in…
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You May Have Your Mansion But the Beach is There for All – No 41, Kutti (1 February 2015)
Kutti Beach is in Vaucluse, long the most affluent of Sydney suburbs and still in the top five. Prior to European colonisation the area was home to the Birrabirragal clan…
Finding Inspiration at the Art Gallery of NSW
I spent part of New Years Day at the Art Gallery of NSW having a wander through the exhibits. The text accompanying Tony Albert’s Hey Ya! (Shake it Like a…
Is this heaven? No, it’s Bundeena – No 38 Horderns (21 December 2014)
This summer’s beaches have created challenges. I should have begun with No 35 Gunyah (Brooklyn) – up on the Hawkesbury – but it can only be reached from the water…
I Think You Must Leave Australia to Become Fully Australian – No 36 Gunyah (Bundeena) 23 November
It’s late November and this is only the first beach of the summer. I’ve been delayed by the hopes of sticking to my rule of visiting the beaches in strictly…
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.…