Buses do run through both sections, but the service is infrequent. Newport is a place best visited by car unless you just want to spend an afternoon at the pub. The main street of Newport parallels the surf beach and has several cafes and restaurants. Palm Beach is the northernmost of Sydney's beach suburbs, about 28 kilometres from Manly. It has a surf beach, which is a popular one to be seen on and generally crowded on weekends in spring and summer.
Parking can be difficult.
It has a few restaurants and cafes. Palm Beach also marks the northern extremity of Pittwater at the entrance to Broken Bay from the sea. It ends in a long spit with the ocean on one side and Pittwater on the other, leading to a knob called Barrenjoey. Built of sandstone in 1881 and painted white, its light can be seen 19 nautical miles out to sea. Unfortunately it is open for inspection only on the fourth Sunday each month.