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<\/a>Bondi Beach<\/p>\n
Today… we were supposed to go surfing.
\n‘Supposed to’ being the key words.<\/p>\n
We woke up planned for Bondi (Bon-die) Beach and headed to Bondi Junction around 930. At Bondi Junction we shopped a bit in the WestFields close by. I needed to grab some surf shorts anyways. Unlike Asia, the shopping here is too similar to Toronto without much discount\/sales and a lot of name brands.<\/p>\n
After some shopping and browsing we left to head to Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n
Unlike Manly Beach, during a public holiday, Bondi Beach was pretty empty and actually a nice-sized crowd. We got off at the first stop at Bondi Beach and walked along the boardwalk, not exactly knowing where we were headed. Unfortunately there wasn’t much sun out at the moment so the shots look cloudy.<\/p>\n
At the end of the boardwalk, we found the ‘Lets go Surfing’ shop and made our way over. And as our luck would have it…… this week only! reduced times. – -;… we got there at 1pm, the shop closed at 12. hurray. SO as setbacks go, this one wasn’t too bad, we’re in Australia, another chance to learn surfing is bound to come up in the coming weeks :P, it sucks though, getting to Bondi Beach was a bit of a trip. But we made the best of it, got some food and ate on the beach, the nice clean sand and cool waters.<\/p>\n
We trekked onto the Coastal Walk and got some nice views of the waves, rocks, beach, and surfers. Apparently it is a good spot to get glimpses of whales too! In July and August…<\/p>\n
After a couple of hours on Bondi Beach we headed back to the city and shopped a bit more, what else we were to do? Our backup was Taronga Zoo but it closes at 530, it was approx 4 when we were still on the train back. A good shop that we found was ‘glue’, a lot of different brand name items discounted. But, as always, not in my size.<\/p>\n
aaaaand we headed back and had some chinese food in a restaurant that Uncle Ron frequents by Chatswood Station. next up, Blue Mountain!<\/p>\n