Locals excited as new beach set to open in Sydney’s west

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27 November 2023 at 11:08 pm

Residents in Sydney's far west are set to get their own beach this summer, three years after the area earned its place in history as the hottest spot on Earth at the time.

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- Residents in Sydney's far west are set to get their own beach this summer, three years after the area earned its place in history as the hottest spot on Earth at the time. Western Sydney's estimated 2.6 million residents will be able to take a dip and cool off at the stretch of water and sand at Penrith Lakes over the hottest months of the year. Locals took to the beach, which is the same length as Bondi Beach's famous one kilometer shore, for a test run on.

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