This is our second local guide, and like the first, the idea is simple: here's how someone who actually lives here would spend 24 hours. Not the curated version. The real one.

5:30AM: Morning Walk
Our tip: Start at Tallebudgera Creek Park and walk south down the coast.

The alarm is early and it's worth it every single time. Starting at Tallebudgera Creek Park and walking south down the coast, you get the stretch of beach before the world catches up. The light at this hour is different. The sand is untracked. The only people you'll pass are dog walkers, the odd surfer heading out, and a handful of others who figured out the same thing you did.

The walk south is unhurried by design. There's no destination, just the coast and the early morning quiet that Palm Beach does better than most places. If you live here and you haven't done this in a while, consider this your reminder.

6:15AM — First Coffee

Stop in at Cafe Twelve 91. By 6:15 you've earned it. Cafe Twelve 91 is the stop, and it holds up to the early hour. There's something about the first coffee of the day hitting properly before the morning really opens up.

8:00AM: Breakfast Barefoot Barista.
Our favs: crispy potato hash or acai bowl w/ PB

Two hours between the first coffee and breakfast is the correct amount of time to build an appetite. Barefoot Barista is the move. Our favs are the crispy potato hash or the acai bowl with PB, and genuinely, either direction is a good one. The hash is the kind of thing you think about later in the week. The acai bowl is the kind of thing that makes you feel like you have your life together.

Take your time here. The morning is still yours.

10:00AM: Swim at Tallebudgera Creek
Our tip: Walk across the bridge towards Burleigh and grab a spot on the beach

If you've been to Tallebudgera Creek, you already know. If you haven't, there's almost no way to prepare you adequately. Our tip: walk across the bridge towards Burleigh and grab a spot on the beach side rather than the park side. The water is shallow, calm, and that particular shade of blue-green that photographs like you staged it. You didn't. It's just like that.

This is the part of the day where the schedule softens. Stay as long as you want. The lunch spot isn't going anywhere.

1:00PM: Lunch Custard Canteen.
Our favs: fish and chips or the burgers

By 1pm you're ready to eat properly. Custard Canteen is the answer. Our favs: the fish and chips or the burgers. Both are the kind of lunch that fits the day you're having. Order, find a spot, slow down. This isn't a eat-and-go situation.

5:00PM: Sunset Drinks
Location: Palm Beach Surf Club

The afternoon has a way of slipping through your hands in the best possible way, and by 5pm you want to be somewhere with a drink and a view. Palm Beach Surf Club is exactly that. The sunset here is one of those things that feels almost unfair to people who don't live on this stretch of coast. Show up, order something cold, and watch it happen.

7:30PM: Dinner The Deli by Pepe Italia.
Our favs: try their new deep dish pizza

After a day this full, dinner should match the occasion. The Deli by Pepe Italia earns its place at the end of a day like this. Our favs: try the new deep dish pizza. It's the kind of dish that makes you glad you saved room.

9:00PM: Dessert Tango Gelato.
Our pick: their award winning Dubai chocolate bar gelato

There is only one correct way to end a day in Palmy and it involves Tango Gelato. Our pick: the award winning Dubai chocolate bar gelato. It's the full stop at the end of a very good sentence.

Walk home slowly.