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With around 70 surf beaches and dozens of harbour coves, Sydney is almost unrivalled in the world for the number and quality of beaches available. [1] The water and sand among the city beaches, despite their popularity, are remarkably clean. [2] The beach watch program was established in 1989 in response to community concern about the impact of ...
Windy day at Brighton Beach, 1904. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney falls in the temperate climate zone with warm to hot summers [a] and no dry season. [13] [14] Under the Holdridge Life Zones classification, coastal Sydney falls in the Subtropical Moist Forest zone and the inland, western suburbs in the Subtropical Dry Forest zone. [15]
With around 70 surf beaches and dozens of harbour coves, Sydney is almost unrivalled in the world for the number and quality of beaches available. [73] The water and sand among the city beaches, despite their popularity, are remarkably clean. [74] The beach watch program was established in 1989 in response to community concern about the impact ...
Bronte Beach is a small but popular recreational beach in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It is a division of the LGA of Waverley Council. Bronte Beach is 2 kilometres south of Bondi Beach and north of the much larger Coogee Beach. A long distance ocean swimming event is held every December between Bondi Beach and Bronte.
Avalon Beach is a surfing beach and has a 25-metre salt water rock pool at the south end. It is renowned for its rich orange-coloured sand (that indicate the presence of iron oxide), which contrasts to the typical yellow coloured beaches in the eastern suburbs. [17] Avalon Beach SLSC members patrol Avalon Beach. [18]
Lady Robinsons Beach is the stretch of beach between the mouth of the Cooks River and the mouth of Georges River on the western shore of Botany Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Originally known as Seven Mile Beach , it was renamed after the wife of the then Governor, Sir Hercules Robinson .
A Manly Beach sunset. Travelling to Manly from Sydney's main ferry terminal, Circular Quay, takes 22 to 30 minutes by public ferry, depending on the ferry, as the formerly private "fast ferry" is now part of the Opal network. [3]
Most of the time, it is a rocky inlet but, at times, depending on prevailing conditions, a sandy beach—known informally as Mackenzies Bay Beach [1] or Mackenzies [2] —comes into existence. Mackenzies Bay is also a well-known surf break. [3] In recent years, the beach existed at times during 2007, [4] 2016, [1] 2019, [5] and 2023. [6]