Coogee
These posts are about Paul’s experience of living in Coogee, as well as local history and going out for breakfast. Paul’s food posts are on his “Breakfast Oracle” Instagram
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Unexpected cultural depths: Art history at Sydney’s eastern beaches
From the impressionist painters who made Coogee worth picturing, to Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s monumental Wrapped Coast…
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The case for renaming “Wedding Cake” Island
From royal icing and colonial nostalgia to a stranded pig and ocean swims, this essay traces…
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Where the Coogee coastline is coming back to life
South of Coogee Beach, on the famous coastal track, lies one of Sydney’s last remaining coastal…
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Coogee’s origin story and the naming of Yanggaa Forest
From stormwater runoff and “fatberg” debris to the quiet resurgence of underwater kelp, this piece traces…
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Why should you pay to have breakfast with Paul?
That’s a fair question — and here’s my honest answer. I’ve lived in Coogee since 2008…
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My life in Coogee
A personal portrait of life in Coogee — the morning swims, the art deco streets, the…
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How would you describe Australia to a foreigner?
Three Tourism Australia films that brilliantly capture what it feels like to be in Australia —…
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The Path That Led to iluminar
Paul McCarthy’s life changed direction when he visited Brasil to acquire a crystal light healing apparatus…
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Coogee visitor essentials
Everything a first-time visitor to Coogee Beach needs to know before they arrive — visas, currency,…
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Coogee reading list
From the shark murder mystery to the ladies-only ocean pool, Coogee has inspired some remarkable books.…
