Where did you grow up and spend your formative years? I’m a westie. I grew up in Panania, which is in the Bankstown municipality. I moved there when I was about three or four and lived there until I was 25. It was ...

Where are you originally from? I am from St Ives on the North Shore. I was born in Mona Vale Hospital and moved to the Eastern Suburbs when I was 18. I moved to Paddington. My parents followed suit at the same time and t...

Where are you originally from? I’m a Sydney boy. I grew up on the Northern Beaches in my early childhood, and then moved towards The Spit. I was a creature of the north growing up, but these days I reside in Paddin...

Name | Kate McCoy Suburb | Bondi How long have you lived here? 8 years. What’s your favourite beach? Bondi. The variety year round is amazing, whether it’s 5:30am mid-week Bondi, 5:30pm Sunday Bondi, winter Bondi...

Name | Tony Connett (a.k.a. Tony Maloney) Suburb | Coogee How long have you lived here? I’ve been here ten years on December 26, 2015. What’s your favourite beach? Coogee, of course, with Clovelly being a close s...

You’re known as a Bondi local; where were you actually born? I was born in Clovelly, moved to Randwick, and then moved to Bondi. I was about ten when I started surfing at Bondi full-time. I first started surfing in...

Where are you originally from? I’m from Townsville in Far North Queensland and I moved to Sydney in 2007 when I had just turned 18. Where are you living these days? I’m living on Clovelly Road in Randwick. What do yo...

Coogee resident Tony ‘Lemo’ Lemarseny is the owner of Nakula Organic Coconut Products, works on a rescue lifesaver helicopter and loves to fish, surf and paddle on his weekends. Tony shares his local favourit...

Where are you originally from? I grew up in Noosa in Queensland and lived there until I was 17, and then I moved down to the Eastern Suburbs. Did the Roosters bring you down here? Yeah, I signed with them when I was 15 o...

Where are you originally from? I’m originally from Rosebery, but the beach I call home is Maroubra Beach. How long have you been a member of the surf club there? I started surf lifesaving when I was 12. I did a cou...