Avalon Beach is home to the few remaining koalas able to survive in an increasingly urban environment Bondi Beach is much loved for its great sandy beach - as well as its surf. It is increasingly become a modern, trendy and popular coastal resort Bronte Beach is perhaps Sydney's coolest Beach. And it may actually be, as some of us think, Paradise on Earth. Bungan Beach is a good place to start your tour of the secret side to Sydney Coogee Beach Offering an almost holiday type of setting for swimming, sunbathing, picnics in the park, and Surf Life
Saving. Coogee also offers plenty of other things to do at its many restaurants, cafes, bars and shops. Collaroy Beach second longest beach runs for 3.2km south from 20m high Narrabeen Head in a long arc to the rocks and low cliff at Collaroy Baths. The beach has two names, Narrabeen in the north and Collaroy in the south. Cronulla Beach features a long stretch of sand that runs from Boat Harbour to North Cronulla, followed by rock pools and another sandy beach at South Cronulla. Dee Why Beach faces the south east and picks up any east to south east swell making it one of Sydney's higher energy beaches. Gordon's Bayis secluded and quiet, and abundant in native flora. Varieties ofwattle, banksias, lily, coast tea tree, lobelia, sassafras, bracken andbracken fern are just a few of the species surrounding the bay. La Perouse is a famous historical and indigenous heritage area and features several beaches on both Frenchmans Bay and Congwong Bay sides of the Cape. Manly Beach is highly popular with tourists and locals alike; a popularity rivalled only by the famous Bondi Beach south of the harbour. Maroubra Beach is set between the low sandstone headlands of Maroubra and is fronted by Marine Parade, it is the ideal place for a memorable and fun family visit. Mona Vale Beach is a popular family beach, with playground and barbecue facilities; but watch out for the rips. Narrabeen Beach There are four beaches along the Narrabeen stretch of beach, North Narrabeen, Narrabeen, South Narrabeen and Collaroy beach. Newport Beach The fifty-metre ocean pool at the southern end of Newport Beach was immortalized in the 1930s by the famous photographer, Max Dupain. Palm Beach the jewel of the Northern Beaches, is the northernmost suburb of Sydney, less than an hour drive from the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and the CBD Barrenjoey Head was built in 1881 from sandstone quarried on site, the lighthouse, oil room and cottages are unique in that they remain in their original natural stone finish. Turimetta Beach is a small 350m long beach between Turimetta and Narrabeen Head backed by 20 to 30 m high shale
bluffs. Warriewood Beach runs for 500m from the northern cliff face and rocks to the base of Turimetta Head which
protects the beach from the south, causing it to curve around and face the north east. Whale Beach The origin of the name Whale Beach is unknown, although it is presumed to be associated either with the shape of the northern headland, or a beaching of a whale. | 
