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Manly Beach

Coordinates: 33°47′57″S 151°16′58″E / 33.79917°S 151.28278°E / -33.79917; 151.28278
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Manly Beach

Manly Beach is a beach situated in Sydney's Northern Beaches, New South Wales, Australia. From north to south, the three main sections are Queenscliff, North Steyne, and South Steyne.

Manly Beach circa 1900

Within walking distance of Manly Beach along the oceanway is Fairy Bower and Shelley Beach. There are shops, restaurants, night clubs, and dive bars in town.

The beach was named by Capt. Arthur Phillip for the indigenous people living there. He wrote about them, "Their confidence and manly behaviour made me give the name of Manly Cove to this place".[1]

Manly Council Lifeguards operate a year-round service at South Steyne, and operate from October to April at North Steyne and Queenscliff.[2] Volunteer Life Savers also patrol on weekends and public holiday between October and May.

A Manly Beach sunset

Travelling to Manly from Sydney's main ferry terminal, Circular Quay, takes 30 minutes by ferry. The Corso, a pedestrian plaza and one of Manly's main streets for shopping and dining, runs from the ferry wharf and harbour beach, across the peninsula to Manly Beach, where it marks the boundary between North Steyne and South Steyne.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Governor Phillip to Lord Sydney, 15 May 1788, in the Historical Records of New South Wales ii:129, quoted by Robert Hughes in The Fatal Shore, 1987, paperback ISBN 1-86046-150-6 page 15
  2. ^ "Manly Council". Manly.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2013-04-12.

33°47′57″S 151°16′58″E / 33.79917°S 151.28278°E / -33.79917; 151.28278