Royal National Park a haven for native species,environmental stocktake shows
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Royal National Park a haven for native species,environmental stocktake shows

The biggest ecological survey to date for Australia’s oldest national park and adjoining areas found previously unseen mammal species.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons

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Heritage shacks of Era Beach:Preserving history in the Royal National Park
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Heritage shacks of Era Beach:Preserving history in the Royal National Park

In Royal National Park,50km south of Sydney,the heritage-protected shacks of Era Beach are accessible only by a 2km trail. Meet owners preserving Australian history.

Ray of hope for beach shack owners in the Royal National Park
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Ray of hope for beach shack owners in the Royal National Park

The beach communities at Little Garie,Era and Burning Palms in Australia’s oldest national park are heritage listed. Their licences expire in March 2027,and the government is yet to decide what happens after that.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
‘You’re an idiot’:Man spends night on cliff ledge after wrong turn on popular coastal walk

‘You’re an idiot’:Man spends night on cliff ledge after wrong turn on popular coastal walk

Despite falling into the ocean,being washed onto rocks and spending the night on a cliff ledge,a bushwalker in Royal National Park was lucky to walk away largely unscathed.

  • byJosefine Ganko
‘Words can’t describe’:Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years

‘Words can’t describe’:Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years

Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park,just south of Sydney,last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Police focus on national park as search for slain couple’s bodies expands
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Police focus on national park as search for slain couple’s bodies expands

The Royal National Park in Sydney’s south is now at the centre of a police operation to locate the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

  • byJessica McSweeney andClare Sibthorpe
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Light plane makes emergency landing on beach south of Sydney

Light plane makes emergency landing on beach south of Sydney

Garie Beach is one of Sydney’s most isolated stretches of sand due to the closure of an access road.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Search to resume for fisherman missing in Royal National Park

Search to resume for fisherman missing in Royal National Park

It is feared the 71-year-old man,who left his home in Dundas on Friday morning to go fishing in the national park,was swept off the rocks.

  • byOlivia Ireland
You don’t need to travel the world in a maritime career

You don’t need to travel the world in a maritime career

There are plenty of maritime jobs that involve going home at the end of the day.

  • bySue White
Sydney hit by severe thunderstorm

Sydney hit by severe thunderstorm

Sydney and Illawarra were battered by a severe thunderstorm that brought intense rainfall and flooding,causing traffic delays across the greater city.

  • byOlivia Ireland,Anthony Segaert andSarah Keoghan
How Barangaroo’s Crown Tower has changed Sydney’s skyline

How Barangaroo’s Crown Tower has changed Sydney’s skyline

Viewing Sydney’s CBD from its north,east,south and west vantage points highlights just how much development at Barangaroo has shaped our city.

  • byAnthony Segaert