Every Anzac and Remembrance Day, thousands of veterans are celebrated for their service and devotion to this country. For the last 50 years, Belrose local John Balfour has been the man behind the scenes moving all the parts to make...

The State Government recently called for community consultation on its Berrys Bay Masterplan in anticipation of using waterfront land there during the construction of the Western Harbour Tunnel. That there are three significant sites within a relatively small area – the...

Ignoring the debacle that began about 40 years ago when our local councils mistakenly (or willfully) planted hundreds of Cook Pines, Norfolk Island Pines have become synonymous with our coastal landscape. It is a moot point as to where the...

Imagine an endless night sky, blanketed in a million stars. No ambient light and no sound… apart from the padding of feet on sand and the in and out of your own breath. Now, imagine you’re part of a pack...

Northern Beaches local, wildlife photographer and prolific children’s author, Jan Latta, has published Doing it My Way, about her life-changing adventures travelling the world alone and reinventing herself in the face of adversity. Wildlife photographer and children’s author, Jan Latta, was...

After growing up on the Northern Beaches, falling in love, raising a family, and then working locally, Mel and Nathan Wellings decided to give back to their community in the form of a 24-hour row! The Wellings are a family of...

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more Northern Beaches story then that of Tom Jordan and Mitch Thompson. The pair met at The Seaforth Kindergarten at age three, played for Seaforth Football Club for years and attended schools in the area,...

North Sydney Council’s archive holds an unusual piece of local history – three locks of hair taken from renowned children’s author and illustrator May Gibbs (1877-1969), one as a baby and two as an adult. The very fact that human hair...

After being diagnosed with an adenoid cystic carcinoma in her voice box, Lily Gubbay now spends her days representing the support and community that she first needed herself in 2015. Having stepped down from full-time work to reduce the stress she...

Christian Barwell’s organisation Up&Over offers hundreds of teenagers and adults with disabilities on the Northern Beaches the opportunity to build confidence and create meaningful relationships. One take away from the pandemic is that we are now all aware of how socialisation...