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Coogee has 4 monuments to the 2002 “Bali bombing” while other local deaths go unacknowledged
Dunningham Reserve at Coogee holds four monuments to the 2002 Bali bombing within a few square…
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Discovering Indigenous Coogee: What’s here, what’s missing and what’s nearby
From the Koojay Corroboree on Coogee Beach to La Perouse, galleries, and cultural tours across Sydney,…
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Why you must visit La Perouse, Sydney
About 20 minutes from Coogee, La Perouse is my favourite place to walk, swim and think.…
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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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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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Energising the rosary beads on pilgrimage
Since 2011, Paul McCarthy has carried Brasilian quartz crystal rosaries on pilgrimage to sacred sites across…
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35,000 words… not
A picture is worth a thousand words — and these are worth thirty-five thousand. A photo…
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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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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.…
