Elora Jolliffe – Bodyfirst Pilates Local Elora Jolliffe has taken out the Youth Award at the recent North Shore Local Business Awards. The 19-year-old has been working at Bodyfirst Pilates for almost two years as the social media and marketing manager. “I get...

Marshall. Chan. Yahl. Real Estate Marshall. Chan. Yahl. Real Estate was triumphantly surprised to hear their name called as winners of the Business of the Year Award at the 2022 North Shore Business Awards. Although the business is still young, at just...

A well-known Cammeray personality pioneered long-distance cycling on the North Shore. Cycling in Sydney is very different from peddling around in Amsterdam, Berlin or Canberra. The traffic is less forgiving, the dedicated bike lanes are still few and far between and...

Richard Van Pijlen is definitely not your ordinary grandfather, spontaneously deciding to walk all the way to Perth from his home on the Northern Beaches to raise money for one million trees. Setting off on foot for the trip of a...

Northern Beaches local Fiona Goode is back again to facilitate the third series of the ABC’s groundbreaking social experiment, ‘Old People’s Home For…”, as the onscreen teacher. One of Australia’s favourite shows is back, but this year it comes with a...

The Manly Waterworks – famous for its role in the movie BMX Bandits, where a young Nicole Kidman, rode down a slide to escape her pursuers – is apparently up for sale. In choosing Manly for the scene, the director may...

Peninsula Living caught up with Friends of Narrabeen Lagoon Catchment founder and volunteer, Judith Bennett, to hear how the group continues to fight for permanent protection of our lagoon. Judith receiving Northern Beaches Council’s 2021 Eco Award for ‘Caring for our...

The 1950s was a tumultuous decade for Sydney’s mass transport. In 1958, the city’s tram system, then the largest in the southern hemisphere, was dismantled to make way for cars and buses. And earlier, in 1951, the 50-year-old Sydney Ferries Limited...

This September marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Henry Lawson (1867-1922), one of Australia’s best-known poets and short story writers. Most people associate Lawson with the bush through works such as The Drover’s Wife (1892) and While the...

What started as a run-of-the-mill footy mates’ trip has ended in three Northern Beaches locals raising over $10,000 for mental health. Northern Beaches locals Gavin Clark, Simon Clancy and Jon Kavwenje have football in their veins. So, it was no surprise they...