Palm Beach

You go to the beach to unwind, be it by sitting on the sand or swimming in the ocean. This is why I don’t know why people swarm Bondi given it’s far from calm there. Palm Beach on the other hand epitomises calmness — not many people visit it because it isn’t easy to get to, meaning the locals are whom you’ll be amongst when you go. They’re very amiable. Another bonus is that the waves aren’t aggressive, which can’t be said of many Sydney beaches — they’re often either extremely violent or too placid.
It’s a shame it isn’t too close from where I live, but that hasn’t stopped me from driving there weekly — if you can I’d definitely encourage you to as well.

Wer in Sydney ist, sollte unbedingt zum Palm Beach gehen! Hier gibt es viel weniger Touristen als in Bondi oder Manly — super angenehm. Man trifft echte Aussis und erlebt die richtig guten Surfer und Life Safer. Der Strand ist sehr schön, man kann hier wunderbar surfen lernen, in den Wellen planschen oder im Rock Pool schwimmen. Der Surf Club von Palm Beach hat drei große Häuser und ist sehr exklusiv. Wenn man das Glück hat, hier jemanden zu kennen, der Mitglied ist, sollte unbedingt mal reinschauen! Habe hier die besten Partys erlebt und die Surfgemeinde von Palm Beach lieben gelernt!
Extra Tipp: Zum Barrenjoey Lighthouse hoch spazieren! Wahnsinnsblick und ein super Spaziergang!

Awesome day with our kids and family. Recommend this beach lovely quiet location. Only negative my son was vomiting that night and I was not well. We bought calamari and chips from the local take away and my son and I were the only two who ate the calamari and felt sick/​vomited.

Beautiful crescent-​shaped beach with an ocean pool. Towering Norfolk pine trees for shade-​spot parking. One of the so-​many great Sydney beaches, but this one is more laid-​back than most. The prominent and majestic Barrenjoey Peninsula looms to the north. Five stars.
Locally known as «Palmie», Palm Beach is the backdrop for exterior filming of soap opera Home and Away, as the fictional town of Summer Bay.
On a good day the waves here are nice and clean at this open beach. A bad day here is still better than a good day at work.
Excellent clubhouse with change room and restroom facilities. 40 K north of Sydney. The bus ends here if you don’t have a car. Go and enjoy.

Great beaches all along Sydney’s north suburbs. What’s special about this one?
It’s scenic, like all the rest. But something is missing. COMMERCIALISM! I first saw Palm Beach 25 years ago, and what stood out was that there was no commercial streetfront. This is an awesome setting, but how can the world not have filled the fronting street with shops and restaurants.
Now, 25 years later, it’s still the same. From the beach you look inland and see beautiful homes and giant firs. Nothing commercial can be seen from the beach. Walk up to the street and there is a minuscule set of shops — one a surf shop, one a coffee shop and café, and one more of a small variety store. That’s it. This is a place people live, not visit. If you’re here to just do the beach, as we were, better be sure to bring everything you need. Because beyond a coffee, a bottle of soda, or an ice cream bar, you’re out of luck.
The ocean pool is nothing special, the surf is big enough for serious surfers, and the sand is fabulous. But what makes this beach outstanding is the residential setting.

Palm Beach is known as a playground for Sydney’s rich and famous set, and it’s not hard to see why. Sydney’s northernmost beach is also the set for the quintessentially Australian Home and Away, rendering it equally popular with overseas (mainly Northern European) visitors. «Palmie», as it’s affectionately known has a great deal going for it — a beach with pretty nice surf, heaps of walks, a beautiful park, a ferry and a lighthouse. There’s definitely enough amusement for a few days in this northernmost corner of Sydney.
It’s distance from, uh, everything, has its disadvantages — who wants to drive past at least four others to get to a beach? By the same token, the drive (and lack of quick public transport) puts off all but the most determined interlopers — there is no way you’ll fall foul of the tourists that crowd Manly here. Come in your poshest designer gear, and enjoy living the lifestyles of the rich and the famous for a little while.

Palm Beach is the stunning tip of the Northern Beaches peninsula. It’s about an hour and half north of central Sydney if you go by car and a similar amount of time on the L90 express bus from Central Station in the city. You can also get there by Seaplane but as this mode of transport manages to combine both flying and water, you’re unlikely to read a review of a Seaplane business from this fearsome little blogger.
The drive up to Palm Beach isn’t exactly scenic but it does go through many beachside towns along the way and gives a flavour of another side to Sydney and its surrounds. Parking at Palm Beach is pay & display at $ 4.00 for the first hour and $ 2.40 for every hour there after.
Housing the affluent weekenders from Sydney this place is like a step into another World. The views from the drive over from Whale Beach are gaspingly beautiful, as are the houses, if you like to sticky-​beak and feel hard done by!
The ocean side of the beach is used for filming location shots of Home and Away, though despite many years hanging around looking (in)conspicuous I am yet to be cast.
The beach is long with fat, orange sand that sticks to everything. The beach is manned by Surf Life Savers during summer months. Given the steep incline and the power of the ocean the designated ‘swimming’ area can be pretty tiny and tends to be at the sheltered southern end of the beach near the ocean pool. On the upside though this is a great surf beach though not really for the inexperienced.
There’s a Lifesaving Kiosk with café about halfway along the beach though the bulk of the decent restaurants are located in town or on the Pittwater side of the spit. It’s over here that you can charter boats and catch ferries to Ettalong and Patonga.
There are some good climbing rocks to be had at the North end of the Spit near the beginning of the climb to the Lighthouse.
A wonderful place to explore and one you won’t want to leave.

habe ganz in der Nähe gelebt… und waren deshalb auch sehr oft dort, ob zu einem Strandspaziergang, oder die Klippen entlang, bis es nicht mehr geht… ein wunderschöner Strand!!! ganz in der Nähe, vor dem Golfclub kann man auch zu einem Aussichtspunkt gelanden, der wirklich atemberaubend ist.
Neben Ozean und Sandstrand gibt es auch ein kleineres Café und ein Restaurant, die beide den Blick aufs Wasser bieten und wirklich lecker sind, wobei das Restaurant besonders für das leckere Frühstück bekannt ist!!!

Palm beach is just beautiful. For Brits it holds a special fascination as the location where Home and Away is filmed but it has much, much more than that to offer. Wonderful soft sand and the wide open bay mean one of the prettiest beaches in the area. Cut across to the inlet and you have a stunning view across the bay. One problem I found with it was the lack of cheap places to eat so if you are planning day there and you are on a budget plan on taking a picnic. Remember to take a camera and recreate your favorite Home and Away scenes.

Absolument magnifique !!
Un panorama de toute beauté et également étonnant par la vue sur ces richissimes villas.
Avec de la chance, à la pointe, vous pourrez voir une baleine.
Si le coeur vous en dit, soit ou jouez au golf face à la mer ou soit vous pourrez faire le tour à pied pour admirer la vue: absolument incroyable !!
Passez un jour ou prendre un ferry pour le piqué nique: des croisières y sont organisées