Guidebook for Palm Beach
Food Scene
The yeast free San Francisco Sour Dough is our favourite. There are lots of other delicious treats. I often buy the selection of Petit Fours to take to friends places.
74 locals recommend
La Banette Patisserie Boulangerie
26 Avalon ParadeThe yeast free San Francisco Sour Dough is our favourite. There are lots of other delicious treats. I often buy the selection of Petit Fours to take to friends places.
The atmosphere here is great. The staff are always welcoming. When we were building our house we would turn up in our work gear and they always made us feel welcome. A glass of Scarborough Chardonnay and a pot of Earl Grey tea was my go to treat during those hectic days.
107 locals recommend
Barrenjoey House
1108 Barrenjoey RdThe atmosphere here is great. The staff are always welcoming. When we were building our house we would turn up in our work gear and they always made us feel welcome. A glass of Scarborough Chardonnay and a pot of Earl Grey tea was my go to treat during those hectic days.
Everything Else
This massage spa is the best I've been to. The prices are reasonable and the amenities are clean and inviting.
The Palm Thai Massage and Spa
1107 Barrenjoey RdThis massage spa is the best I've been to. The prices are reasonable and the amenities are clean and inviting.
Parks & Nature
This beautiful garden boasts one of the best views of Palm Beach.
The garden was established by Gerald Hercules Robinson in the 1960's. It was designed and planned in a similar fashion to the Welsh Bible garden, with plantings laid out in biblical chronological order, commencing with plants at the top of the slope mentioned in the book of Genesis and ending with a plant at the lowest point of the site representing immortality, Helichyrisum oriental.
Many of the original plants were germinated from seeds which had been imported from overseas by Mr Robinson because these sorts of plants were generally not well represented at local nurseries.
G.H. Robinson envisaged the Bible Garden as encouraging ‘comprehensive reflection of biblical meanings and to serve as a collection of Holy land plants’.
Pittwater council took over management of the garden in 2010. Paul Scrivener, landscape architect, was awarded the contract to design and oversee the restoration works. By that time few, if any, of the original small Biblical plants had survived although some major trees had.
Many of the original items survive such as the Ten Commandments plaque, the wooden cross and the last of the ten lamps. These were carefully protected during the building works which had to address a number of practical problems such as access, parking and safety as well as reconstruction of retaining walls and steps.
The restoration respected Mr Robinson’s original layout of garden beds, steps and pond. Safety fencing was required at the top and bottom of the site and an access stairway. The stone retaining walls and steps were rebuilt in very much their original locations in the traditional Palm Beach style using rock faced sandstone.
In 2012 building work was completed and the task of replanting commenced. The original philosophy of only Biblical plants is being strictly adhered to, the concept of a garden, as opposed to a park, is being persevered as is the 1960s spirit and character which Mr Robinson envisaged for his garden fifty years ago.
21 locals recommend
The Palm Beach Bible Garden
6a Mitchell RdThis beautiful garden boasts one of the best views of Palm Beach.
The garden was established by Gerald Hercules Robinson in the 1960's. It was designed and planned in a similar fashion to the Welsh Bible garden, with plantings laid out in biblical chronological order, commencing with plants at the top of the slope mentioned in the book of Genesis and ending with a plant at the lowest point of the site representing immortality, Helichyrisum oriental.
Many of the original plants were germinated from seeds which had been imported from overseas by Mr Robinson because these sorts of plants were generally not well represented at local nurseries.
G.H. Robinson envisaged the Bible Garden as encouraging ‘comprehensive reflection of biblical meanings and to serve as a collection of Holy land plants’.
Pittwater council took over management of the garden in 2010. Paul Scrivener, landscape architect, was awarded the contract to design and oversee the restoration works. By that time few, if any, of the original small Biblical plants had survived although some major trees had.
Many of the original items survive such as the Ten Commandments plaque, the wooden cross and the last of the ten lamps. These were carefully protected during the building works which had to address a number of practical problems such as access, parking and safety as well as reconstruction of retaining walls and steps.
The restoration respected Mr Robinson’s original layout of garden beds, steps and pond. Safety fencing was required at the top and bottom of the site and an access stairway. The stone retaining walls and steps were rebuilt in very much their original locations in the traditional Palm Beach style using rock faced sandstone.
In 2012 building work was completed and the task of replanting commenced. The original philosophy of only Biblical plants is being strictly adhered to, the concept of a garden, as opposed to a park, is being persevered as is the 1960s spirit and character which Mr Robinson envisaged for his garden fifty years ago.