Sydney · Beaches
SALTWATER CITY
A hundred beaches inside one city — and an ocean pool carved into half the headlands.
Bondi
The icon: surfers, swimmers, and the green-and-gold lifeguards of TV fame.
Manly
Ferry there, surf or SUP, fish and chips on the Corso home.
Bronte's bogey hole
A natural rock pool for calm swims beside a proper surf beach.
Shelly Beach snorkel
Protected marine reserve — groupers and rays meters from the sand.
Palm Beach
The northern peninsula's golden tip — climb Barrenjoey lighthouse for the view.