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Haydan Andrews is building a granny flat.

‘People love it’: The feature that Sydneysiders really want in a home

It’s flexible enough to boost a property’s value, be used as extra living space or gather a whole family together.

  • Carmen Forward

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Harbord Hotel in Freshwater.

Harbord Hotel

A destination-worthy ode to retro surf culture.

Principal Nathan Lawler is hopeful the new school’s design will provide students with an environment in which they feel like belong and are safe

The public school with ocean views catching the eye of parents

Students will walk in for the first time on Monday morning, marking the beginning of a new era for secondary education on the northern beaches.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
The snack selection at Pilu at Freshwater.
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Pilu at Freshwater

The enduring pleasures of fine dining by the sea.

The modernist interiors at St Alma in Freshwater.
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St. Alma

Tacos and tequila-based cocktails with a side of coastal languor.

Mayor Sue Heins and state MP James Griffin at the ribbon cutting ceremony at Northern Beaches Council’s Freshwater Beach Playground, before it was abruptly shut.

This northern beaches playground opened in November. So why has it spent three months shut?

The $1.05 million Freshwater Beach Playground was opened with great fanfare last year – but it abruptly closed after a piece of equipment broke, injuring a child.

  • Anthony Segaert
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14 Robert Street, Freshwater

Our seven favourite Sydney homes for sale right now

From a renovated whaler’s cottage to a corner-block designer terrace, we’ve got you covered.

  • Pauline Morrissey
The contents of a black bag containing 39 bricks of cocaine discovered by Newcastle’s Ocean Baths.

Five more cocaine ‘bricks’ washed up on Sydney beaches as drug mystery deepens

More than a quarter of a tonne of cocaine has bobbed up on beaches in the region since December, with the latest packages found at Freshwater and Curl Curl.

  • Ben Cubby
The mother of Ivan Korolev, 18, thanked people for their support after his body was recovered from Freshwater Beach on Sunday morning.

Mother said teen who died was bodysurfing with friends

The mother of Ivan Korolev, 18, thanked people for their support after his body was recovered from Freshwater Beach on Sunday morning.

  • Laura Chung
Police were searching for a missing 18-year-old man off Freshwater Beach on Saturday evening.

Body found in search for teen missing at Sydney’s Freshwater Beach

Police have found a body after an 18-year-old swimmer was reported missing off Freshwater Beach in Sydney’s north on Saturday.

  • Anthony Segaert and Harriet Alexander