LIVING IN Beautiful Burraneer

BURRANEER

The vibrant boating lifestyle is the main drawcard for residents of this suburb just a few minutes from Cronulla. By KATE FARRELLY

Marley Cutbush is happy to go to work. As a boat broker with the Burraneer Bay Marina Yacht Sales team, he has the good fortune to be based on the waterfront overlooking Burraneer Bay.

“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 clear, mirror-glass night,” he says. “I can look across the bay and see all the lights on or see the storms roll in. It’s quite a unique view.”

Boaties’ paradise

Only a few minutes’ drive from the hustle and bustle of Cronulla, the bay is a magnet for boaties. Cutbush spent 15 years boating around the world, including several years aboard superyachts and skippering private vessels around Asia but is now more than happy to be home on Burraneer Bay.

“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 visits around every month or so. I’ve seen turtles, dolphins, wobbegongs, rays and kingfish.”

Cutbush’s family has a long association with the area: his great-grandfather owned a two-hectare block on the Burraneer Point, and Cutbush grew up messing about in boats.

He says boating is key to bringing the local community together. From the cruisers to the Port Hacking 100 game fishing competition to the putt-putt regatta, which attracts up to 60 small timber vessels, there are events and activities for boaties of all descriptions.

One of Cutbush’s favourite spots is South West Arm, a few nautical miles south of Burraneer Bay.

“It’s super protected and an extremely deep anchorage with some courtesy moorings,” he says. “You’re fully surrounded by the Royal National Park, so you can’t see a single house, and it feels like you could be anywhere.”

Highland Property Group agent Mitchell Wynn says the boating lifestyle is definitely the main drawcard for Burraneer Bay residents.

Premium prices

The suburb of Burraneer is dominated by waterfront and water-view properties, and prices regularly tip over $6 million. The record price for the suburb was secured a year ago when a Woolooware Road waterfront sold for $9.1 million.

There’s no high-rise development and only one road into the peninsula, keeping traffic to a minimum.

“Burraneer has great water facilities with the Royal Motor Yacht Club just down the road,” says Wynn. “There are some boutique shops, a grocer and a bakery as well as two cafes. You’ve got the proximity back to Cronulla without being in the hustle and bustle.” There is just one road leading into Burraneer, which has clear waters and an abundance of marine life.

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