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BURRANEER
The vibrant boating lifestyle is the main drawcard for residents of this suburb just a few minutes from Cronulla. B y K ATE FARRE LLY
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Burraneer
Marley Cutbush is happy to go to work. As a
Port Hacking 100 game fishing competition to the
boat broker with the Burraneer Bay Marina Yacht
putt-putt regatta, which attracts up to 60 small
Sydney 20 Rutherford Avenue
Sales team, he has the good fortune to be based
timber vessels, there are events and activities for
$6.8 million-$7 million
on the waterfront overlooking Burraneer Bay.
boaties of all descriptions.
“Every time I pull in, I look out over the bay, and every single time I look, it’s different ... whether there’s a southerly blowing, or it’s grey, or it’s a
anchorage with some courtesy moorings,” he
across the bay and see all the lights on or see the
says. “You’re fully surrounded by the Royal
storms roll in. It’s quite a unique view.”
National Park, so you can’t see a single house,
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and it feels like you could be anywhere.” Highland Property Group agent Mitchell Wynn
Only a few minutes’ drive from the hustle and
says the boating lifestyle is definitely the main
bustle of Cronulla, the bay is a magnet for
drawcard for Burraneer Bay residents.
boaties. Cutbush spent 15 years boating around
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“It’s super protected and an extremely deep
clear, mirror-glass night,” he says. “I can look
Boaties’ paradise
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One of Cutbush’s favourite spots is South West Arm, a few nautical miles south of Burraneer Bay.
the world, including several years aboard
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superyachts and skippering private vessels
The suburb of Burraneer is dominated by
around Asia but is now more than happy to be
waterfront and water-view properties, and prices
For sale
home on Burraneer Bay.
regularly tip over $6 million. The record price for
Agent: Highland Property Group Sutherland
the suburb was secured a year ago when a
Shire, Mitchell Wynn 0401 059 310
Woolooware Road waterfront sold for $9.1 million.
Beautifully landscaped grounds cascade to the
“It really is a stunning waterway in so many respects,” he says. “The water’s so clear. Today there was a seal swimming around the marina; he
There’s no high-rise development and only
water’s edge at this deep waterfront gem, which
visits around every month or so. I’ve seen turtles,
one road into the peninsula, keeping traffic to
comes with a pool, a gym, a private pontoon and
dolphins, wobbegongs, rays and kingfish.”
a minimum.
balconies to take in the views.
Cutbush’s family has a long association with the
“Burraneer has great water facilities with the
area: his great-grandfather owned a two-hectare
Royal Motor Yacht Club just down the road,” says
There is just one road
block on the Burraneer Point, and Cutbush grew
Wynn. “There are some boutique shops, a grocer
leading into Burraneer,
up messing about in boats.
and a bakery as well as two cafes. You’ve got the
which has clear waters
Hover your camera over the
proximity back to Cronulla without being in the
and an abundance of
code to see Domain listings
hustle and bustle.”
marine life.
in Burraneer
He says boating is key to bringing the local community together. From the cruisers to the
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