Good lord, what a find. Stumbling upon Athol Bay is like uncovering secret treasure, only with more sand and less gold. I’ve lived i this area all my life and yet I’ve only just discovered this gorgeous secret beach, which gives you some indication as to its preference for anonymity. Wedding planners are a canny and secretive lot. If they weren’t, we’d have known about this ages ago. As it is I only discovered Athol Bay when at a wedding at Athol Hall. I saw a path into the bush. Followed it. Emerged at a glorious small stretch of sand with the ocean behind it and the widest, cleanest, clearest view of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge I’ve seen since that time I hijacked that police helicopter and went joyriding. Spectacular.