Retreats, nature & experiences in City Beach

Over 15km of bush trails and ten lookouts on the highest natural ground along this stretch of coast. The climb from the car park to the Reabold Hill platform is about 200 metres, unpaved in places, and turns to face the ocean at the top — which is the reason to time it for the last hour of light.

Groynes either side make a sheltered pocket of water, which is why it reads calmer than its neighbours on a breezy morning. Wide lawns, a surf club and a row of places to eat directly behind the sand.

Outdoor group fitness, running clubs and personal training held at beaches and parks across the western suburbs — Leighton, City Beach, Swanbourne, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove and Dalkeith — plus lunchtime sessions in the CBD and Fremantle. Equipment is brought to the session, so there is no gym to join.

Holly Dutton teaches yoga at City Beach and runs residential retreats in WA's south-west — most recently a four-day Margaret River weekend combining daily yoga, sauna and ice bath sessions, breathwork, meditation, bush walks and a cacao ceremony, fully catered. Shared and single rooms from $1,495. Private retreats for groups of six or more can be arranged at Rottnest, Yallingup, Ferguson Valley and the Swan Valley.