• Beach and island holidays

Summer is coming: Australia's best beach towns

With summer just around the corner, Ute Junker leaves no grain of sand unturned in her guide to the best beach towns on Australia's east coast.

• Hotel reviews

Bells beach house, Killcare Beach review: Weekend Away

The ultimate seaside pad greets Fiona Carruthers at Bells Beach House, Killcare Beach.

• Fiona Carruthers

• Weekend getaways

Value on the Beachside, Killcare Beach: Weekend Away

An old-style stay with million-dollar views at Killcare Beach impresses Lynne Whiley.

• Hotel reviews

The Killcare Yurt review: Roundhouse romp

Nina Karnikowski gets a whale of a welcome at a rustic beachside yurt.

• Ski holidays

Bells at Killcare

Could Bells at Killcare be the Central Coast's best-kept secret?

• Hotel reviews

Bells at Killcare, review: Unwind. Relax. Enjoy. Now

Helen Anderson checks into one of the finest boutique hotels in the state.

• Hotel reviews

Bells at Killcare, Killcare Heights review: The last days of romance

At a sumptuous boutique hotel, Elicia Murray savours the final throes of footloose and baby-free married life.

• Weekend getaways

John Singleton Beach House, Killcare Beach review: Commercial break

Sheriden Rhodes checks into John Singleton's new beach house.

• Hotel reviews

The John Singleton Beach House, Killcare review: Singo's stylish lair

At Killcare Beach, Kate Cox discovers the omnipresent adman's shack is a sure-fire winner.