Perfection is overrated. In fashion, give us the ripped jeans, the tattered vintage tees; in modeling, we want the gap tooth, the bed-head post-coitus hair; in surfing, we want the freakish slabs.

A total of 71 properties were sold via auction last week. Realestate.com.au data division Proptrack has reported 502 local auction and private sale results in the past seven days.

The arrival at this special Jersey beach town is a ritual that continues to feel the same: Somewhere on the drive, the ...