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Too far from the beach? This cafe delivers surfy vibes 20km from the ocean

Sandy’s cafe at an inland surf park feels like the real seaside deal.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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The plan to squeeze 30,000 residents into Sydney Olympic Park

This is the plan to squeeze 30,000 residents into Sydney Olympic Park. Could it work?

It already has a train station and will soon be home to a metro stop and light rail. Is this the perfect place for hundreds of new apartments?

  • Anthony Segaert
Nedd Brockmann moments after finishing his 1600km run at Sydney Olympic Park on Wednesday morning.

‘The price I have to pay’: Nedd Brockmann recounts injuries after 1600km run

The ultra marathon runner finally crossed the finish line on Wednesday morning after more than 12 days of running laps for charity.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Cindy Yin
Nedd Brockmann starts his challenge, a 1610km run around Sydney Athletics Centre over 10 consecutive nights.

Man who ran across Australia aims to run four marathons a day for 10 days

Nedd Brockmann aims to run for 16 hours a day on a 1000-mile journey that, he hopes, will earn him a place in the record books.

  • Cindy Yin
Craig Homan is known as the goatman, and his goats are the lawn mowers weed killers used as a last resort of hills like the one at Urbnsurf at Olympic Park.

How a kid called John Howard is helping fix Sydney’s weed infestation

When it comes to weed removal, they’re literally the GOAT. Now scientists hope they may spread native vegetation too.

  • Julie Power
AFP arrested American national Guang Shi at URBNSURF wave pool at Sydney Olympic Park on Monday.

Dramatic sting at Sydney’s new urban surf pool catches alleged drug importer

The Californian man allegedly thought he was importing millions of dollars worth of drugs into Sydney, before police pounced in front of afternoon wave riders.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
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The view across the Urbnsurf lagoon.

Hospo heavyweights make waves with flash new surf park fine diner

Applejack Hospitality, behind hatted North Sydney restaurant Rafi, reveals the details of its biggest project to date – inside a Western Sydney urban surf park.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Disgraced senior international weightlifting official Nicu Vlad

He was banned for life. The Olympic gold medallist is now handing out awards

Nicu Vlad’s appearance at multiple weightlifting events has highlighted concerns about dysfunction in the running of the core Olympic sport in Australia.

  • Chris Barrett
Sydney Metro

These suburbs may get a metro station. Trouble is, the tunnels are already built

Premier Chris Minns is refusing to rule out an extra station for Metro West at Silverwater or Newington despite giant machines closing in on Olympic Park.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Veteran pro surfer Tom Carroll rides a wave at the new Homebush Bay facility.

Riding a wave of popularity, surfing comes to Sydney’s west

There was a surge of new surfers during the pandemic and a man-made facility at Sydney Olympic Park could draw even more people to the sport.

  • Chris Barrett

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