Welcome to our business guide of Palm Beach. You can click on any of the links below to look for restaurants, cafe's, gift shops etc. All the photos enlarge if you click on them. The distant photos are of Barrenjoey Lighthouse from Patonga headlands.
History
Palm Beach was named after the Cabbage Tree palms that were abundant in the area in the 1800's. James Napper was granted about 400 acres in 1816 and this included most of Whale Beach as well as Barrenjoey ( Aboriginal for young kangaroo ). Snapperman Beach was used by a Chinese firm, in the 1860's, as a fish drying business. Certain maps refer to it as Chinamans Beach up to 1885. In the year 1900 Palm Beach was divided into 18 large blocks and put up for sale and NONE sold ( where is a time machine when you need it? ). Livistona australis is the Latin name for Cabbage Tree Palms.
Palm Beach, NSW Australia is the location of the mythical town of "Summer Bay" where the hit TV program " Home And Away " is set. This podcast is an extensive audio guide to Palm Beach, NSW Australia. How to get to the filming location for " Home And Away ", restaurants, activities including cruises on the Hawkesbury River and visits to historic Barrenjoey Lighthouse and visiting Ettalong Beach, NSW and Patonga, NSW by FantaSea Palm Beach Ferry.
We operate a Ferry service everyday, including Christmas Day, between: Palm Beach-Wagstaffe-Ettalong Beach-Palm Beach and between: Palm Beach-The Basin-Mackeral Beach-Palm Beach. We can also charter our ferries out.
