Palm Beach, New South Wales, Sydney

Palm beach is bounded by Broken Bay to the north the Tasman Sea (within the South Pacific Ocean) to the east Whale Beach Avalon and Clareville to the south and Pittwater to the west. Barrenjoey Headland which is in the north of the suburb is part of Kuring gai Chase NationalPark. The headland at the northernmost point rises quite sharply from the beach to over 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level and features an operational lighthouse. The narrow sandy isthmus or tombolo linking the south side of the headland to the rest of Palm Beach had extensive fencing and shrub planting undertaken during the 1980s to combat sand erosion.


Palm Beach Seaplanes operate seaplane services from Palm Beach to Rose Bay in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Cottage Point and Berowra Waters. Palm Beach Water Airport is located at the north and of Governor Phillip Drive and Golf Drive just south of the headland. The Palm Beach Ferry runs a service from a wharf in the town centre to Ettalong Great Mackerel Beach Currawong Beach Coasters Retreat and The Basin. alm Beach and Hawkesbury River Cruises runs a ferry service from Palm Beach wharf to Patonga . Barrenjoey Road provides access by bus or car. Bus routes servicing Palm Beach are operated by State Transit. Routes 190 and L90 go to from city Railway Square.

Facilities in Palm Beach include a milk bar a large RSL hairdresser beautician preschool and a number of cafes restaurants and bed and breakfast establishments. he nearest primary school and high school for people residing in Palm Beach are the Avalon Public School which is a co educational primary school catering for students K 6 and the Barrenjoey high school which is a co educational high school catering for students 7 12. Both are state funded public schools.

Tip of the day : Palm Beach has a number of parks beaches and sporting areas including part of the Kuring gai Chase National Park and the beach which gives the area its name. Careel Bay Ovals Sporting Complex includes facilities for rugby league soccer and tennis. Palm Beach has a golf club sailingclub surf school and two surf lifesaving clubs.

The NorthPalm Beach surf Life Saving Club is a set for television soap opera Home and Away and has Summer Bay Surf Club painted on the beach side. Palm Beach Surf Life Saving Club founded in 1921 is patrolled by paid surf lifesavers on weekdays during summer and by volunteers wekends.

The surf Club is one of the biggest in NSW with members coming from all over Sydney. The beach also attracts rock climbers due to there being two sandstone boulders with highly eatured vertical and overhanging features allowing for bouldering.