East coast low and record heat: It's 2016, a year of weather extremes for Sydney

By Peter Hannam
Updated January 30 2017 - 6:38pm, first published December 31 2016 - 12:15am
Collaroy resident Garry Silk standing on the site where the June east coast low tore away the dunes protecting his beachside home. A swimming pool lies beneath his feet, buried in the sea defence. Photo: James Brickwood
Collaroy resident Garry Silk standing on the site where the June east coast low tore away the dunes protecting his beachside home. A swimming pool lies beneath his feet, buried in the sea defence. Photo: James Brickwood
The Collaroy homes, including Mr Silk's at left, and the smashed pool, in the immediate wake of the storm. Photo: Peter Rae
The Collaroy homes, including Mr Silk's at left, and the smashed pool, in the immediate wake of the storm. Photo: Peter Rae

Garry Silk's idyllic lifestyle on Sydney's northern beaches took a hammering during the ferocious storm that battered and drenched much of Australia's east coast in June.

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