Bondi Beach
Tsunami warning falls on deaf ears at Bondi Beach
Deborah Smith and Brian Robins ''IT'S going to be a ghost town soon,'' an excited nipper said to her friend after they helped lifesavers clear people from Bondi Beach yesterday morning. How wrong she was.
Schools renting out space to pay for teachers
Cosima Marriner Schools are being forced to fund basic resources such as extra teachers and pay for power bills from the money they raise from renting out their classrooms and playgrounds out of hours.
Residents feel the pull of the east as high-rise living makes up ground
Matt Wade In a modest reserve in the suburb of Ermington, just north of the Parramatta River and not far from Olympic Park, is the point that marks the demographic centre of Sydney.
Packed-in Pyrmont is Australia's most densely populated suburb
Matt Wade It was once known for wharves, shipyards and stores. But the neighbourhood of Pyrmont-Ultimo has a new distinction: it is Australia's most densely populated suburb.
Beach boys club accused of creating bad vibes for women
Rebecca Koerber You have seen them on TV, in their distinctive blue-on-blue shirts, dashing into the breakers to the aid of stricken swimmers at Australia's most famous beach.
Attacking gays was 'a sport', says family seeking answers in 24-year-old case
Megan Levy Hunting down and attacking gay men in Sydney was a "sport" being carried out in epidemic proportions in the late 1980s, according to the family of a man whose body was found at the bottom of a cliff...
Grand vision is a sight to see
Anne Davies Two decades on, a pollie's dream gives the foreshore back to the people.
Mother found safe after week of worry
Eamonn Duff Elaine and Paul Talbert arose at first light on Saturday, hoping the day might finally produce the breakthrough that reunites them with their missing daughter Belinda.
Bondi heats up
Sacha Molitorisz IT MAY be Bondi Beach's best-kept secret. Given the locals' taste for baring it all, it may be the suburb's only secret. And that is: the famous strand is at its best in autumn.
Why this hero is throwing a lifeline to the mentally ill
Rachel Browne AS A professional lifeguard patrolling Bondi Beach, Matt Dee has lost count of the number of people he has rescued over the years.
Panel to inspect sites before deciding on religious boundary
Leesha Mckenny Religious Affairs A PROPOSED spiritual boundary in St Ives is still in limbo after a decision on 11 controversial development applications was deferred yesterday.
Ray Hughes meets Warhol? Absolut-ly
ANDY WARHOL was never afraid to blur the lines between advertising, alcohol and art.
Beach walk for organ donation awareness
Jim O'Rourke TIANNA BULLER-RUSHWORTH is waiting for her phone to ring and she's frightened.
Signs that you're a Sydneysider
From delighting in befuddling visitors to cycling narrow roads in rush-hour traffic, Lenny Ann Low outlines the joys of living in Sydney.
Breathtaking: $350 to pitch a tent for fireworks
Vanda Carson CASHED-UP Sydneysiders are choosing to ring in the new year by pitching a tent on Cockatoo Island or partying hard at Bondi Beach.
You don't know my dad: Keli Lane's secret fear
Eamonn Duff IN MANY ways, Keli Lane was her father's daughter. Fit, charismatic and sociable, she was following in his footsteps as a gifted athlete.
Good Lord, there's a story in our city's namesake
Steve Meacham HE gave his name to our city. Yet there is no official statue or memorial here to commemorate Lord Sydney, the British home secretary who was instrumental in transporting convicts to NSW.
Mad about mob with its flash of inspiration
Rachel Olding IT TOOK a spontaneous dance with 150 strangers and a silly-looking drag queen to change Annemarie Grahl's life.
Police warn of rogue cabbies
Eamonn Duff TEN people in NSW have been fined a total of more than $580,000 for posing as taxi drivers and illegally providing rides at discount rates.
Rally to fight permit rules that snap fees from photographers
Louise Schwartzkoff WITH the Opera House to one side and the Harbour Bridge on the other, hundreds of professional photographers gathered at Campbells Cove to protest against rules restricting photography in public...
