Sydney City - Bondi

We have been so fortunate to have friends living near Bondi that have been the most obliging tour guides.
Bondi is one of Sydney's most famous tourist spots. The beach is probably the main attraction but the back streets are what's worth really exploring. There's great vintage clothing and food markets on the weekends and the actual shops that are there are amazing (and expensive). Pity I'm on a travelers budget really...
There's a beautiful cafe in Bondi that is also a library. You can order your coffee and cake and sit and borrow the books. The cafe is quite small with lots of little nooks and crannies you can hide yourself away in to enjoy your novel. It's very quaint.
There's great places to eat and an amazing organic food store... again, shame about the travelers budget!

Bondi beach from the rocks

Our friend and local resident took us along the Bondi to Bronte walk, via Tamarama. The most beautiful rugged rocks and crashing ocean below coupled with gale force winds was exactly what I needed to blow the last of my cobwebs out! The scenery throughout the walk was breathtaking and I can really see why this walk is famous. We stopped off for chai lattes in Bronte before our walk back to Bondi, where we saw a little penguin scrambling about on the rocks. So cute!

Tamarama beach

Luke bought his board from Bondi. With the help of our great friends, he got the most insane deal on a barely second-hand board, new board bag and leash, fins and traction pad. The store also threw in a load of sex wax... It's used on your surf board to make it less slippery.

Bronte beach

Needless to say Autumn is a bit tight for space now. Our night time routine not only involves the conversion of a dining area (!?!) to a bed and the removal of all junk to the front seats but also the CAREFUL and strategic placing of a 6'2" surfboard, as we don't yet have a roof rack and Luke isn't ready to banish his precious board to the outdoors yet... I have mentioned that it's waterproof, yes. Three is definitely a crowd. The only solution? To buy one for myself, of course!

We were at Bondi beach on New Years Day 2013. Luke and our friend were surfing (previous to Luke's board purchase so he had borrowed one) when the shark alarm sounded! Bondi beach on New Years Day was very busy, all the thousands of people looked like confetti. When the alarm went off it was really dramatic! All the people that were in the water were rushing out (aside the stubborn surfers - Luke not included!) and the remaining people on the beach were all standing to watch the commotion. Two helicopters circled and the life guards were patrolling up and down the beach pulling out the swimmers who were too far out. Pretty exciting stuff!