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People gather by a coffee truck on the southern headland at Avalon Beach to watch the sunrise.

There’s no other place I’d rather be than the ‘insular peninsula’

The area gets inundated by visitors at holiday time. I don’t mind. We get this wonderful place to ourselves for most of the year.

  • Vivien Robotham

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510 Barrenjoey Road, Avalon Beach NSW 2107

‘Spectacular position’: Local family pays $8.95m on northern beaches

The four-bedroom home with ocean views and a level lawn attracted four registered bidders at auction.

  • Carmen Forward
Aerial footage shows the roof and floor of the home collapsed.

Grave fears for person missing after fire destroys northern beaches home

Flames have destroyed the house and made it impossible for firefighters to enter the property.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Kayla Olaya
Northern Beaches councillor Ethan Hrnjak.

The Northern Beaches councillor who’s racked up $31,866 in expenses

Councillors spent more than $200,000 on expenses and $150,000 sending staff to conferences even as ratepayers faced big hikes in rates.

  • Cindy Yin and Max Maddison
A documentary directed and produced by award-winning local filmmaker Bruce Walters about a campaign to save two trees in Ruskin Rowe, Avalon.

The smashed Mercedes and a community fight over two trees

Residents have put “a stake in the ground” to save two towering 60-year-old gums in a majestic tree-lined street on Sydney’s northern beaches.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
9 Carson Place, Minnamurra

Our 13 favourite properties for sale in NSW right now

Looking for your next home within NSW? From a serene, minimalist beach house to a Spanish mission penthouse, we’ve got you covered.

  • Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
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Michele Petrie is a Sculpture artist, widower and grandmother of four, 74 year old Michele renovated a Tuscan-inspired house into a modern day masterpiece that blends in with the spotted gums by the water in Avalon.

How an artist turned an ‘ugly’ $4.4m home into a $14.5m waterfront gem

It became her permanent abode after travelling the world and living in 37 other homes. But it has gone through several changes.

  • Carmen Forward
’70s Brooklyn vibes flow at Pocket Pizza in Avalon.
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Pocket Pizza

Retro-chic red-and-white chequered Italian.

The Boathouse Group has opened its first surf club operation in North Wollongong.

Why surf clubs are hotting up as hospo destinations

The Boathouse Group has opened its first surf club operation in North Wollongong, serving upmarket bistro food.

  • Scott Bolles
Properties for sale right now in Sydney.

Seven of the best properties for sale in Sydney

Properties for sale in Sydney from the inner city to the inner west and northern beaches.

  • Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney