Maroubra Beach

Maroubra Beach is popular with visitors given its easy access and large kilometre-long expanse of sand. It has been long recognised as a remote, wind-swept, stretch of beach and coastline. This allure predates colonisation. Today, Maroubra Beach is still surrounded by open space. To the north of the beach are Jack Vanny Memorial Park, Mahon Pool and the rocky headland. Arthur Byrne Reserve and headland are to the south, and Broadarrow Reserve is to the west. This parkland has connections to the water aquifer and the wool washing business that used to operate to the west of the beach, in the late nineteenth century.  The beach area is enhanced by the Maroubra Beach town centre. The history of the Maroubra Beach and town centre has been recently published in Summer 2023 Scene Magazine. 

By 1907 the Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club was founded with over a century of service to the Maroubra community. They have saved the lives of countless beachgoers.

By mid-twentieth century, Maroubra Beach Surf Sheds became famous as the 'Stompin' Ground' of Australian rock legend Little Pattie. Her 60s hit 'Stompin at Maroubra' has made her as famous as some of the local Maroubra surfing legends like Mark Scott. Youth from all over Sydney flocked to Maroubra to join this dance craze. The 60s good times raised the ire of both parents and the local Councils along the east coast of Sydney, some of whom banned the ‘Stompin’ dance moves for fear of damage to floorboards and heritage buildings. 

The original 'Maroubra Marauders', the first larrikins of this majestic beachside suburb, were eclipsed in notoriety by the Maroubra 'Bra Boys' of the 1990s who surf the southern end of Maroubra Beach.