Palm Beach

Palm Beach (coll. 'Palmy') is, with Bondi, perhaps Sydney's most famous beach. The reason for this – along with its outstanding beauty – the fact that it provides the external set for one of Australia's most successful exports (especially to the UK), the soap opera Home and Away. The area is ridiculously pretty for an urban beach – try the Barrenjoy Lighthouse walk on for size, for instance. The area is characterized by steep hillsides covered in dense foliage hiding mansions, all tumbling down towards the crescent shaped beach. The beach around the corner, Whale Beach (coll. 'Whaley') is perhaps prettier still, with the headland between the two site of some of Sydney's loveliest rock pools. An afternoon clambering around here is something that cannot be recommended highly enough.

The reality of modern Palm Beach is far indeed from the fictional universe of Home and Away's Summer Bay. Although the Palm Beach area is indeed laid back and casual, it is also very rich – residents include a number of sporting and film stars, alongside a more anonymous, but equally wealthy brigade of besuited city-workers. Nonetheless, if you scratch the surface of the area, you can find evidence easily enough of the area's history as a holiday village, with shacks and weekenders still standing, some on pieces of real estate worth millions.

While Whale Beach and Palm Beach are the two jewels in the crown of the Northern Beaches, other areas of note North of the Harbour worth checking out are the famous and easily accessed Manly, nestled in near the Sydney Heads, along with the local's favourite Freshwater, and the surfing mecca Dee Why.

Nightlife

Hoyts Cinema - Warringah Mall

Belgian Waffle Shop (The)

Alhambra Café and Tapas Bar

Manly Cinemas

Newport Arms Hotel

United Cinema - Avalon

United Cinemas - Collaroy

Out of Africa


Attractions

Queenscliff

Mona Vale Beach

Quarantine Station Ghost Tour

Barrenjoey Lighthouse to Palm Beach Walk

Harbord Beach

Queenscliff

Manly to Shelly Beach Walk

Whale Beach

Allsail Yachting School

Barrenjoey Lighthouse to Palm Beach Walk

Newport Beach

McKillop Park

Manly to North Head Walk

Bilgola Beach

Manly to Shelly Beach Walk

Manly to North Head Walk

Manly Golf Course

South Steyne Beach

McKillop Park

Oceanworld Manly

Manly Beach

Shark Diving at Oceanworld

National Artillery Museum

Manly Art Gallery & Museum

Palm Beach


Restaurants

Jonah's Restaurant and Accomodation

Kiosk (Le)

Belgian Waffle Shop (The)

Newport Arms Hotel

Alhambra Cafe and Tapas Bar

Out of Africa


Hotels

Blue Waters B&B

Hotel Manly Pacific

Courtyard by Marriott North Ryde Sydney

Palm Beach Chateau Sur Mer Exclusive Bed and Breakfast

Manly Beach Resort

Manly Paradise Motel & Apartments

Manly Seaside Holiday Apartments

Manly Seaview Motel

Pittwater Youth Hostel

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