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| Sydney Beaches: Chinaman's Beach - Parriwi
Road, The Spit, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), 2088, Australia AU
Chinaman's
Beach, in Sydney Harbour's Lower North Shore region, is a gorgeous, peaceful beach,
close to busy Balmoral. Popular with families and children of all ages, Sydney's
Chinaman's Beach has excellent facilities for water sports.
Sydney beach open:
daily - 24 hours
Sydney's sunshine, parks and can-do attitude combine
to offer many ways to up your heart-rate. Boasting more than just one type of
beach (you can choose from harbour and ocean), Sydney sands are heavily populated
on warm weekends and Sydneysiders also swim before, after and instead of going
to work.
Sailing, surfing, sunbaking, diving and coastal bushwalking
are other popular ways to commune with surf 'n' sun. Sydneysiders will drop everything
to strip to a bathing suit!
A sheltered harbourside retreat, Chinamans
Beach is patronised by families with young children. The downside is that there
are no inspectors or lifesavers on duty and the beach can get very dirty after
rain. Swimmers should also be wary of the numerous windsurfers and other craft.
The shady, adjoining reserve has a children's playground and is heavily utilised
at weekends. Limited parking.
Activities
swimming
Given Sydneysiders'
love of watersports, it should come as no surprise that there are more than 100
public swimming pools in Sydney. The Andrew 'Boy' Charlton is especially good
for a splashy romp. The harbour beaches at Camp Cove, Nielsen Park, Balmoral and
Chinaman's Beach offer picturesque swimming, but no waves. If you want to go bodysurfing,
head for Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte on the south shore, and just about any of
the beaches lining the 30km (19mi) stretch of coast from Manly to Palm Beach on
the north shore.
boating
The best way to see Sydney Harbour is by
getting out on the water. Take your pick of sailing, canoeing, and windsurfing
opportunities. Spit Bridge and Balmoral are the best places to hire equipment.
surfing
Depending on your abilities, you should find a beach that suits
you. Good surf beaches include Bondi and Tamarama on the south shore and Narrabeen,
North Avalon and Palm Beach on the north shore.
diving
The best
shore dives in Sydney are the Gordons Bay Underwater Nature Trail, north of Coogee;
Shark Point, Clovelly; and Ship Rock, Cronulla. Popular boat dive sites are Wedding
Cake Island, off Coogee; around the Sydney Heads; and off the Royal National Park.
In Manly, you can make beach dives from Shelly Beach.
walking
There
are plenty of coastal bushwalks in the Royal National, Ku-ring-gai Chase and Sydney
Harbour national parks. The 8km (5mi) Manly Scenic Walkway follows the harbour
from the north shore beachside suburb to Spit Bridge on Middle Harbour. Another
spectacular but much shorter walk is along the cliffs from Bronte to Bondi Beach.
horse riding
You can hire horses to ride in Centennial Park, the large
park between Paddington and Bondi. The park vies with Bondi and Manly promenades
as the favourite jogging and inline skating spot.
golf
Despite the
astronomical real estate costs in this city, golf enthusiasts still lay down the
green for over 80 local golf courses.
Harbour Beaches - North
Manly Cove A good suburban beach, with netting.
Reef Beach On the
Scenic Walkway, this beach is not nudist, despite what you may have heard.
Clontarf Another popular and pretty beach for families.
Chinaman's
Beach Gorgeous, peaceful and serene.
Balmoral Lovely, but the crowds
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Information Bondi Beach | Bondi
Beach Australia is located along the shores of Sydney, Australia. One of the more
famous and popular beaches in Australia, Bondi offers an array of fun activities,
suitable for every budget and every age. From the ancient days of Aboriginal fishing,
people have been flocking to Bondi Beach Australia for its warm waters and clean,
sandy beaches. Transportation the beach is convenient and frequent, and tourists
will find this to be an excellent beach in Australia
When dining, Bondi
Beach offers plenty of café and restaurant options throughout the day. Campbell
Parade is a main strip of shops and restaurants in the town, and visitors will
find everything from a quick bite, to sit down dining options. When in Bondi Beach,
and generally throughout most of Australia, tourists will often see "BYO" on the
side of a restaurant, or on the restaurant's menu. This means Bring Your Own Alcohol,
and generally most patrons do. Some restaurants charge a very moderate corkage
fee, but this is not the norm.
Traveling to Bondi Beach is generally
very convenient from any central location in Sydney. Buses travel from Bondi Junction
in Sydney right to Bondi Beach Australia just about every ten minutes, until around
midnight. Since parking at the beach itself is quite crowded and difficult, the
bus is actually the main mode of transport for tourists and locals alike. You
will experience much less hassle if you leave your car behind. There are also
trains running from Bondi Junction to the beach about every ten minutes, so you'll
be sure to have a convenient lift to Bondi.
As an extremely popular
beach in Australia, Bondi Beach is a great place to visit if you plan to spend
any amount of time in Sydney. Be sure to bring plenty of sun block along as the
sun can be quite intense in all temperatures. Bondi Beach Australia offers a fun,
warm way to kick back and enjoy a day at the beach.
Sydney’s most
famous beach, Bondi, is easily reached by taking the city bus from the foot of
Oxford Street. If you’re planning a day at Bondi, I suggest an early start.
You can enjoy breakfast at any of the cafes that line the street across from the
beach. (There all seemed fairly comparable in price, quality and menu offerings,
so just pick one that has open tables outdoors and admire the scenery going by.)
These cafes are a good choice for lunch, too. On Bondi’s long, crescent
of white sand, certain areas are cordoned off for surfers, other for swimmers.
Families, youths and gays seemed to each have their own areas, as well. Wherever
your spot is, you’ll get to see the famous Aussie lifesavers at work. If
you get tired of Bondi, take a walk over the hill at the south end to the prettier,
more cloistered (and gayer) Tamarama Beach. The walkway, which takes you over
cliffs and past some stunning rock formations, continues beyond Tamarama to Bronte
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can be reached from the centre of Sydney on bus numbers 380, 382 and 389 (you
must change buses at Bondi Junction). You can also get the train to Bondi Junction,
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Life Savers at Bondi Beach | Surf
lifesavers are what made Bondi famous and there's a bronze sculpture of one outside
the Bondi Pavilion. The surf lifesaving movement began in 1906 with the founding
of the Bondi Surf Life Bathers' Lifesaving Club in response to the drownings that
accompanied the increasing popularity of swimming. From the beginning of the colony,
swimming was harshly discouraged as an unsuitable bare-fleshed activity. However,
by the 1890s swimming in the ocean had become the latest fad, and a Pacific Islander
introduced the concept of catching waves or bodysurfing that was to become an
enduring national craze. Although "wowsers" (teetotal puritanical types)
attempted to put a stop to it, by 1903 all-day swimming was every Sydneysider's
natural right.
The bronzed and muscled surf lifesavers - of both sexes
- in their distinctive red and yellow caps are a highly photographed, world-famous
Australian image. Surf lifesavers (members of what are now called Surf Life Saving
Clubs, abbreviated to SLSC) are volunteers working the beach at weekends, so come
then to watch their exploits such as whizzing out in the rescue boats for some
practise manoeuvres - or look out for a surf carnival; lifeguards, on the other
hand, are employed by the council and work all week during swimming season (year-round
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Bondi Beach | Surfing
is part of the Bondi legend, the big waves ensuring that there's always a pack
of damp young things hanging around, bristling with surfboards. However, the beach
is carefully delineated, with surfers using the southern end. There are two sets
of flags for swimmers and boogie-boarders, with families congregating at the northern
end near the sheltered saltwater pool (free), and everybody else using the middle
flags. The beach is netted and there hasn't been a shark attack for over forty
years. If the sea is too rough, or if you want to swim laps, a seawater swimming
pool at the southern end of the beach under the Bondi Icebergs Club building on
Notts Avenue costs $1.
Topless bathing is allowed at Bondi - a long
way from conditions right up to the late 1960s when stern beach inspectors were
constantly on the lookout for indecent exposure. In fact, so blasé are
the attitudes now that every January an irreverent sunset nude surfing competition
is held, watched by TV cameras and a huge crowd offering a wry commentary. |
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| Lady Elliot Island |
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Lady Elliot Island is the most southerly island within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Bird watchers also flock here to observe 57 species of birds. A fully equipped dive centre on the island caters for all interests and abilities - offering resort dives for the beginner through to advanced dives for the qualified. Dive courses are also offered. |
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| Holloways Beach |
Holloways Beach is growing in stature with the establishment of a resort on the waterfront. A very nice restaurant and café make Holloways a pleasant beach in all circumstances.
To access Holloways Beach, follow the Captain Cook Highway north until you reach the roundabout with the sign HOLLOWAYS BEACH. |
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| Tamarama Beach |
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Take extreme caution when swimming at Tamarama Beach. While only 80m long, Tamarama has a great wave climate. Tamarama is considered the most dangerous patrolled beach in New South Wales, with more rescues per thousand bathers than any other of Sydney's beaches. |
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| Whitehaven beach |
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Whitehaven beach is a pristine stretch of pure white sand, situated on the eastern side of the uninhabited Whitsunday Island. Fringed by crystal clear water and lush tropical rainforests, the 99% pure silica (quartz) beach extends for over 7 kms. A sawmill to process this timber once operated on Sawmill Beach in Cid Harbour. |
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| Chinaman's Beach |
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Chinaman's Beach, in Sydney Harbour's Lower North Shore region, is a gorgeous, peaceful beach, close to busy Balmoral. Popular with families and children of all ages, Sydney's Chinaman's Beach has excellent facilities for water sports. |
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| Dunk Island |
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Mission Beach Dunk Island Connections is an owner operated coach transfer service for the North Queensland region. Taking scenic routes between Port Douglas, Cairns, Mission Beach, Dunk Island and Bedarra Island, our air conditioned coaches operate 7 days per week, 364 days per year. |
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| Bronte Beach |
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Bronte Beach: This Beach is just walk away distance from the Famous Bondi Beach. Bronte Beach has Considerable Less Traffic than its native beach. Bronte Beach is Bit Smaller in size considering other Beaches here. The Sydney shoreline encompasses over 200 miles of white sandy beaches, exhibiting a variety of atmospheres from cosmopolitan Bondi Beach to majestic Cronulla. |
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| Coogee Beach |
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Coogee Beach is one of the smaller, more intimate beaches in Sydney, yet in the summer it can get as crowded as any. Maybe not as famous as Bondi Beach, but a large number of eastern suburbs beach lovers prefer it to the more popular, high-profile Bondi. |
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