It's 4:00pm on Friday in Cronulla on Sydney's south.

Tradies are sinking a few well-earned schooners at the local institution, Northies pub, as a few surfers catch the last waves of the day.

The sun is setting on another beautiful day in The Shire, the colloquial term for the Sutherland Shire, a place locals refer to as "God's country".

But for the people of Cronulla — and one resident in particular — things changed forever at 6:00pm on August 24.

Their boy, the Cronulla Sharks' number one ticket holder, officially became the 30th Prime Minister of Australia.

And outside Scott Morrison's electoral office on the corner of the coastal suburb's main shopping mall, the pride was palpable.

"Yeahhhh Scotty," a young tradie yelled out the window of his ute as he drove past the office. "Goooo Sharks!"

Mazz Parker and her daughter Ellie are happy the new PM is a Sharks supporter. ( ABC News: Nick Sas )

As the ABC walked around the main shopping area of the coastal suburb which, for some around Australia, still harbours negative connotations from last decade's race riots, most residents were backing their boy ScoMo to get the job done. And done well.

Most said they had seen him around — when not in Canberra he lives in a nearby suburb — and, generally, they liked him. When he was in town he would come to local businesses and had a genuine interest in the local community, they said.

"He's a straight shooter," was one response. "He seems honest to me, he wasn't involved in all that backstabbing," was another.

"He's a liked guy around here in The Shire," local Peter Hughes told the ABC.

"People liked what he did with the immigration stuff, I mean it's a conservative place you know.

"But I reckon he's got a chance to do something different."

Barber Matty Youssef and his clientele were mostly indifferent about yesterday's events in Canberra. ( ABC News: Nadia Daly )

It was the same in the local barber shop, a place where the new PM had come in for the occasional trim.

"He was a good treasurer, wasn't he?" said barber Matty Youssef, whose shop is about 20 metres from the new Prime Minister's office, asking for confirmation from his customer.

"Yeah he was, I reckon," was the reply.

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For Mazz Parker and her daughter Ellie, one element stood out above everything else.

"I don't follow politics and all that," she said. "All I know is he's a Sharks supporter, and that means he's a bloody good bloke to me."

The people of Cronulla are proud of their town. In fact, over at Northies pub, Shire pride was a constant theme.

"We get a bum wrap in this place," local and self-employed contractor Matt McGloin said.

"But bloody hell, have a look at where we are — it's beautiful. And this pub like's the Zambezi River — everyone comes in for a drink."

Mr McGloin's mate, Sharks supporter and local electrician supervisor Derek Field, said he hoped Mr Morrison would bring back unity to the Liberal Party.

Derek Field and his predominately English staff, some of whom were very confused about yesterday's events. ( ABC News: Nick Sas )

"I mean bloody hell, it's been a farce hasn't it," he said.

"It's great to see someone from The Shire as the PM, and I like what he did on the immigration front.

"But we'll just have to wait and see. Hopefully he brings in some better policies and brings back some respect to the Parliament."

But along with the admiration, there was also indifference, scepticism and disgust.

Some Cronulla locals the ABC approached just rolled their eyes when asked if they wanted to talk about Scott Morrison or federal politics.

Others were a little more direct.

"They are all a bunch of selfish d***heads," one local said as he walked by in the mall. "Tell 'em to sort it out."

Small business owner Craig Bulmer said Australian politics had become a "laughing-stock", and Australian politics was as bad as the US and Donald Trump.

Craig Bulmer and his daughter Jessica, 11, who is studying politics at school. ( ABC News: Nick Sas )

"It seems the politicians just have these personal vendettas," he said over a coffee. "They don't like someone, so they just get rid of them.

"What kind of example are we setting to our children? I'm pretty disgusted by it actually."

His daughter, 11-year-old Jessica, who is studying politics at school, is set to head to Canberra next week for a school excursion.

She said she understood what happened to Malcolm Turnbull but said, "I don't really understand why".

The ABC asked if she might want to become a politician. "Hmmm, I don't think so," she said.

Croydon Lane bar, now known as the 'bar under the PM's office', according to its owner Johnny Rechichi.

Finishing off with a beer at Croyden Lane wine bar, the ABC met owner Johnny Rechichi — who was proudly sending an Instagram post saying he now owned "the bar under the Prime Minister's office".

"At least people might be able to find us a little better now," he said. "ScoMo did come in here a couple times, I just left him alone, he was probably scheming," he said with a laugh.

He said owning a small business was tough, and he just wanted one thing: more stability.

"I mean that's not too much to ask is it?" he said.

"We live in a bloody great place here, and I'm not just talking about Cronulla, the whole country is a great place to live — and this kind of stuff just doesn't help anyone."