226:. Greenhills, due to its small notoriety and lack of crowds compared to its southern neighbors, is often cited as a destination for beach-goers in Sydney and for tourists. The beach is also one of few beaches in Sydney to allow dogs to roam the beach, with dogs being allowed off-leash between 4pm and 10am. After community lobbying, the Sutherland Shire Council allowed dogs to roam the beach 24 hours a day following a decision in August 2013. Following two serious
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190:. Recognised as one of Sydney's longest beaches, Greenhills beach is roughly 3 kilometres in length and forms part of a chain of beaches residing on Bate Bay. It is the northernmost section of the Greenhills-North Cronulla beach complex and is the only section of the beach not to be patrolled by a Surf Club or by volunteer lifesavers.
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Greenhills Beach is the northernmost and longest section of a 4-beach complex known as
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265:34.04639°S 151.19278°E
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184:local government area
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641:Shelly Beach (Manly)
270:-34.04639; 151.19278
224:North Cronulla Beach
85:-34.03833; 151.16972
902:Geography of Sydney
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120: • Length
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373:. On Topic Media.
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666:Avalon Beach
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616:Silver Beach
606:Nielsen Park
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847:Hills Beach
804:North Coast
794:Werri Beach
784:Bream Beach
779:Hyams Beach
774:Jones Beach
761:South Coast
631:Whale Beach
611:Bondi Beach
563:Beaches of
268: /
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228:dog attacks
216:Wanda Beach
123:3000 m
110:, Australia
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896:Categories
746:Little Bay
726:Wattamolla
691:Greenhills
626:Palm Beach
522:21 January
483:21 January
447:21 January
414:21 January
381:21 January
353:References
253:34°02′47″S
204:vegetation
115:Dimensions
68:34°02′18″S
832:Byron Bay
817:Bar Beach
706:Curl Curl
182:, in the
176:Australia
883:Category
591:Balmoral
586:Clontarf
513:Archived
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408:Archived
375:Archived
336:See also
238:A small
210:Overview
160:Bate Bay
96:Location
19:For the
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596:Obelisk
305:Gallery
194:History
186:of the
721:Marley
711:Eloura
573:Sydney
168:Sydney
104:Sydney
731:Garie
701:Manly
696:Wanda
516:(PDF)
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