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Sydney’s best beach and how much it costs to live there

Sydneysiders are spoilt for choice when it comes to beaches, but visitors to the harbour city keep coming back to one.

  • Alice Uribe

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Manly Beach.

Life became the beach for this proud ‘Westie’

A daybreak red rattler ride, then a ferry to Manly: Justin Scarr’s rite of passage was like so many of his generation as a teen from western Sydney.

  • Justin Scarr
ndre de Ruyter, 27, was attacked by what is believed to be a bull shark at North Steyne Beach at Manly.

Manly shark attack victim identified as South Coast musician

Andre de Ruyter, 27, was surfing at North Steyne Beach when what is believed to have been a bull shark mauled his right leg.

  • Riley Walter
First responders performed CPR on the man while beachgoers watched from the foreshore.

Man critical after Manly shark attack; third Sydney attack in two days

The man was rushed to hospital after hero surfers pulled him to shore and applied makeshift tourniquets to his calf. It was the third shark attack in two days on Sydney beaches.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and James Brickwood
Dozens of young e-bike riders seen at Long Reef Golf Club, Collaroy on Friday, January 16, 2026.

‘E-bike cowboys’ swarm Sydney northern beaches golf club

Mass rideouts of young riders on e-bikes have taken over public roads and golf courses as the government grapples with how to respond.

  • Jack Gramenz
Hectic pace of Manly Beach.

Invisible in the mass of humanity at the beach

Here you encounter society: walkers, surfers, the Lululemon army, homicidal e-riders. You just have to surrender to the “beachopolis”.

  • Malcolm Knox
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The redevelopment has become a hot button issue in Manly

This Sydney council wanted to rebuild a surf club. Its own planners had other ideas

A council plan to splash millions rebuilding one of Sydney’s most well-known surf clubs is in trouble after an internal assessment called for the project to be stopped.

  • David Barwell
Ashley Paul Griffith was sentenced to life in prison for hundreds of charges of child abuse dating back to 2003, including 28 counts of rape against young girls.

Top cop’s plea for alleged Sydney victims of notorious daycare paedophile

Ashley Paul Griffith allegedly abused two dozen children in NSW, the eldest aged only four. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Yeomans wants him brought to justice.

  • Perry Duffin
Over one thousand pedestrians for the lights to change at the Manly intersection.

Why this set of Sydney traffic lights could change how we cross the road

Thermal cameras and AI form part of the “smarter” technology that have made a busy tourist crossing dramatically safer this year.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
One of Guy Dunstan’s water temperature murals at Manly Beach.

Manly’s beloved ‘temperature guy’ farewells daily ritual

“Last week, I just came to the realisation that it was the right time to stop,” the 71-year-old said.

  • Kayla Olaya