In the past few years, the eating strip along Coogee Bay Road has favoured fast food joints and café style eateries, catering for the backpacker population and alienating the locals who prefer a better end of dining. Beach Burrito menu cover And with that in mind, on a hot summer’s day when finding a patch [...]

Coogee Beach put on a spectacular 20 minute fireworks display to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Starting at the family-friendly time of 9 pm, darkness had not yet set before the sky was set ablaze with fireworks that painted the sky with colour and movement. Coogee Beach NYE Fireworks For the first year, [...]

On Australia Day, January 26, the nation commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson in 1788. But for many of us, it’s an occasion to celebrate the birth of our nation by doing something quintessentially Australian. Bondi Beach in the fog We flock en masse to our iconic beaches. We stick our [...]

And they kept coming. Twenty minutes of spectacular fireworks that illuminated the skies over Sydney‘s Coogee Beach. Starting at 9.30 pm, the crowds had already gathered on the beach, along the length of the promenade and took vantage positions over picnic rugs to see the local fireworks display put on by Randwick City Council. Scenes [...]

I have seen them throughout the years. Idyllic. Crowded. Teeming with life. I have come of age along their shores; their song echoing memories of distant summers with stories etched in sand. I have connected with their jagged rocks and pristine blues. A source of inspiration for my writing, Sydney’s eastern beaches, I have claimed [...]

ANZAC Day commemorations around Australia are steeped in solemn traditions to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who have fought at Gallipoli during World War I and those who have died and served their countries. On April 25, Dawn Services are observed around the country, the ANZAC Day Ceremony takes [...]

Sitting at Le Petit Café with my coffee cup and the red and white chequered napkin hanging from the croissant basket, I can pretend that I am in a little café in st-germain watching the ebb and flow of the Parisian crowd. But here in the beachside suburb of Coogee, I have to contend with [...]