The Sydney Morning Herald logo

Bronte

Advertisement
Zan Rowe at Bronte ocean pool.

The first place Zan Rowe goes the morning after her New Year’s Eve hosting gig

The ABC host jumps into the Bronte ocean pool, bright and early, to start the year right. The way she hopes it will continue, with grace and gratitude.

  • Zan Rowe

Latest

The crowd was large but mostly well-behaved, according to Randwick Council.

No arrests after 15,000 backpackers, expats leave ‘pigsty’ at Christmas Day bash

A clean-up operation lasted until the early hours of Boxing Day after the annual festive bash moved from Bronte.

  • Kayla Olaya, Daniel Lo Surdo and Jack Gramenz
Chinamans Beach

The luxury holiday rental that costs $210,000 a week

Wealthy visitors from Australia and abroad are splashing the cash to stay in palatial digs boasting some of Sydney’s most spectacular views.

  • Dan F Stapleton
Prawns for sale during the Christmas rush at the Sydney Fish Market in Pyrmont.

Last prawns for Christmas shoppers at the old Sydney Fish Market

Your guide to what is and is not open when sorting out Christmas lunch.

  • Kayla Olaya
<p>

Elvis has left the clubhouse

Viva Royal Melbourne.

The event has grown in popularity since the pandemic encouraged outdoor celebrations. Visitors left the park strewn with garbage in 2022.

Sydney council cracks down on notorious Christmas Day beach bash

Backpackers have been “strongly discouraged” from attending the bacchanalia this year. Those who attend can expect heightened police and security patrols.

  • Megan Gorrey
Advertisement
41 Palmerston Avenue, Bronte

Derelict eastern suburbs home sells for $835,000 over reserve at auction

The well-worn freestanding home sat empty for at least 20 years. It sold for $3,835,000 at auction on Saturday, as eager builders battled for the keys.

  • Emily Power
Sculptures by the Sea gif

Inside Sculpture by the Sea’s four-day scramble to save its exhibition

Safety concerns about a lookout and a late shipment from Japan caused a major reshuffle days before Sculpture by the Sea was slated to open.

  • Kayla Olaya
Bronte local Shekhina Maher swims in the ocean every day and says she would not be scared without nets.

Shark nets to be removed from three Sydney beaches in controversial trial

Two hundred sea creatures, including dolphins, turtles and critically endangered grey nurse sharks were killed by the controversial nets over the 2024-25 summer.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Christine Lee
Sharks and rays are taken for their meat, fins, gill plates and liver oil. They are also frequently caught incidentally by fishermen using nets or long lines.

Politicians entangled by shark net debate face deadline

This summer could see the first winding back of the controversial shark net program since 1937. A Sydney beach has been named as a potential net-free location.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons