LAKE Macquarie locals have known for years that Caves Beach is special, and Sydney daytrippers are wising up to the fact in increasingly large numbers.

"There is the more famous example north of Port Macquarie in Woolgoolga ... timber barquentine – became stranded on Woolgoolga's main beach, north of Coffs Harbour, in 1893, and often draws ...

Port Macquarie Hastings Lifeguards have posted on social media that beach closures have now been lifted after Tuesday's incident. Dave Pearson, the founder of shark attack support group Bite Club ...