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Randwick Council is proposing to charge visitors to park at beaches.

The Sydney beaches where free parking will soon be scrapped

Parking meters will be installed at many of the few remaining eastern suburbs beaches with free parking in a council proposal, but locals will not have to pay.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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9 Surfside Avenue, Clovelly NSW 2031

‘One of the best spots in Clovelly’: Six families fight for $10.4m home

The proceeds of the deceased estate will be donated to charity after six local families competed for the beachside residence.

  • Carmen Forward
Swimmers at Clovelly getting an early start on what was forecast to be a record hot October day.

Cautious king of the most dangerous sport in the world

The ocean and the beach can be calming and soothing, but also perilous.

  • Ben Coady
Gloria Barton and her son, Cale, would like to see more than one operator allowed to run surfing lessons at Bondi Beach.

The ‘David and Goliath situation’ causing waves on Bondi Beach

It’s arguably Australia’s most famous beach – but only one surf school for the past 30 years has been allowed to teach students at Bondi.

  • Cindy Yin
Joanna Penty , from the south-west, says sharing a larger home with a garden has saved her money, but also cost her time.

‘Race for affordability’: The Sydney suburbs where rents jumped most

Sydney is ground zero for the country’s housing crisis, an expert warns, as one suburb rose as much as 41 per cent in a year.

  • Alice Uribe
The pastry cabinet at Tuga.

Tuga Pastries

This bakery is a finalist for best bread and pastries in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

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Copperstone has now sold.

How an Oroton heir turned a $3m farm into a lavish $30m retreat

Tom and Emma Lane have found a buyer for their luxury equine estate in Bangalow, one of the top sales ever in the Byron region.

  • Tawar Razaghi
Lousia Wright (L) and Zoe Wilesmith (R) and the save Quail Street fig.

The stately tree that was saved because people gave a fig

The stately old fig tree in Clovelly looked set to be razed. But a community campaign reversed a decision to send in the chainsaws.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
A residents’ group is protesting against the planned removal of a Hills weeping fig tree in Quail Street, Clovelly.

Neighbours unite to block suburban chainsaw massacre

Under the canopy of stately old fig trees in Sydney’s well-heeled east rumbles a row playing out in many suburbs across the city.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
The tightly held Point Piper home of the Warats on the market for the first time in decades.

Mattress spring king’s waterfront home hits market with expectations over $80m

Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes owns Fairwater next door, so whoever buys the property will be in good company.

  • Tawar Razaghi