Addressing mental health on the Peninsula, Narrabeen mechanic Ben Murdock is getting the conversation started with his support group, Northern Beaches Men. Mental health is a huge issue for men on the Peninsula and a significant issue in Australia, with as...

A Northern Beaches woman celebrating her 100th birthday looks at an amazing life lived to the full. Mrs Merle Hurcomb (nee Barber), the second eldest of three brothers was born on 12 December 1922 and grew up in Petersham. In Merle’s career...

For over 20 years Australia has woken up to the warm grin of Sunrise sports presenter, Mark Beretta. The long-time Mosman local opens up to North Shore Living about his career triumphs, raising kids on breakfast TV, and what he’s...

A group of sailors from the third fleet experienced a special moment during an expedition to Broken Bay, as Richard Michell reveals. The third fleet sent to Port Jackson included a supply ship, HMS Gorgon under Captain John Parker.   Second-in-command was...

For over ten years, Kieran Kelleher has been a key member of Bushlink, a not-for-profit community organization dedicated to providing real and valued employment for people with disability Recently celebrating his ten-year anniversary in the program, Kieran is one of the...

Ocean rock pools are an integral part of the character and experience of living on the Northern Beaches.   Their existence is a testimony to the resourcefulness of earlier residents and visitors. In most cases, it was agitation and physical hard work...

Have you ever wondered how your favourite park came into being? In the decades after the saving of Kelly’s Bush at Hunters Hill in 1977, with the now famous alliance of local women and Jack Mundey’s Builders Labourers Federation, one might...

This much-loved Aussie fridge was a symbol of ‘suburban wellbeing’ in the post-war years. For much of the 20th century, the inner suburbs of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide were home to factories of varying sizes making all manner of goods...

The site of a block of units at 15 Stuart Street, Manly, has an interesting and contrasting history in the education of boys. In 1885, Mr James Smith built a large two-storey mansion on the corner of Stuart Street and Addison...

Pittwater local Michael Dean-Jones will be traveling Australia’s east coast in a beat-up car to raise thousands of dollars for cancer research. What could be better than two mates hitting the open road, wind in their hair as they make the...