Manly lies on the northern side of the entrance to Sydney Harbour. It sits on an isthmus of sand separating the calm waters of the harbour to the south and the open ocean to the north.

Manly's Ocean Beach

The Ocean Beach of Manly is the first of the eighteen or so Northern Beaches of Sydney. Thirty kilometres (18 miles) away lies Palm Beach and Pittwater.

Palm Beach

To the west are vast areas of National Park and bushland. To the east the South Pacific Ocean fringed with fine sandy beaches punctuated by bold sandstone headlands. The sand is yellow/white in the south, becoming progressively more golden as you travel north.

You can click on any name on the map to the right to see information about that place.

If you like you could start at Manly and then follow the links on each page that will eventually take you all the way to Palm Beach and Pittwater.

We have also put together a number of "pre packaged" virtual tours that you can use to explore the beautiful Northern Beaches of Sydney in a slightly different way.

Google Earth