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Photo: Daniel Tran/Destination NSW With trails also leading to Balmoral Beach, clothing-optional Cobblers Beach and the family-friendly park and swimming area at Chowder Bay, you could take the day to explore. It's extraordinary that these splendidly located historic sites are so little visited except by local residents. Walk past the current HMAS Penguin naval base and restored 19th-century officers' cottages on Middle Head and, beyond, you'll find yourself almost alone amid batteries and forts. You will now receive updates from Traveller Newsl...

Photo: Tom Park/Destination NSW On Spit Bridge's south side, make your way to Chinamans Beach, which gets full sun but also has a shady adjacent park (Rosherville Reserve) with playground and BBQ facilities. A 20-minute walk onwards through posh suburbia brings you to Balmoral Beach, which has lovely sands, 1920s promenade and several restaurants. These are the only well-known parts of Middle Harbour, but explore further by boat, kayak, car or on foot and you'll find a series of watery indentations, leafy suburbs and national park. You will now receive updates from ...

‘F**kin break his arm’: Mr Big’s hit on Jim Beam boss Crime by Jim Taousanis Premium Content Subscriber only Taousanis, once described as the toughest gangster on Sydney's 'Golden Mile' of Kings Cross, has written a detailed no-holds-barred book outlining the colourful characters, good and bad, of Sydney during the 1980s and '90s. This is an edited extract from "Underworld Commando - You were meant to be killed at the Hilton". In Chapter 6, he reveals a first-hand account of a whiskey war that threatened national imports of Jim Beam and...

The boating barista who brings coffee to Sydney Harbour's rich and powerful We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss The boating barista who brings coffee to Sydney Harbour's rich and powerful Normal text size Advertisement For two decades, barista Garry White has cruised Middle Harbour on his boat making coffee for sailors, swimmers, kayakers, beachgoers and nudists. He's often told he has Sydney's best job. "A lot of people say that to me," Mr White says. "My usual reply is you would make far more money in your day job - because they're sitting o...