Fractal Blog

We have been in Sydney almost six months now, and have somehow never managed to get to Bondi Beach. Probably because no ferries go there. However, today was an absolutely gorgeous winter day, 21C, cloudless blue skies, on the day equivalent to Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere. I decided to make it my mission for today to get to Bondi Beach. It's a 35-min bus ride from Circular Quay. On arrival, I couldn't believe the azure blue waves curling in beautifully.

Getting a bit closer to ground level it turned out that the waves were enormous. Crystal-clear and wonderfully-formed, but huge.

Only very good surfers were in the water. A lot of them. This one had an absolutely epic wipeout, which I just caught on film.

Just look at this wave. It's so perfectly formed, and yet so dangerous to people who don't know what they're doing. Like me. I didn't see a single bodyboard on the entire beach, only serious surfers. This could change at the weekend. I might need to take the Intrepid Surfer there, if only so he stops complaining about there not being any surf.

From Bondi Beach, the Eastern Coastal Walk goes all the way to Coogee. I decided to content myself with going to Bronte Beach via Tamarama, about 3.5km. It was billed as taking one hour though it took me half that, despite the hilly, rocky path along the coast. Even though I stopped frequently to take arty photographs, like this one.

Finally, Bronte Beach. There were surfers there as well. I stared from the surfers to the bright-yellow, eminently visible "Beach Closed. Dangerous Conditions" sign. Clearly Waverley Council, having the safety of the surfers at heart, had closed the beach due to the conditions. Just as clearly the surfers were simply ignoring this. No lifeguards on this beach.

And I got an Anti-Christmas goodie today!