Bondi to Bronte

The beaches here are nnnnhhice! Since it's still summer here, they're always packed full of vacationers or people on holiday (kind of like us students..). There's a walk between three of the beaches, starting at Bondi and ending at Bronti that leads you above and around so you get the best view of everything and everyone.

Bondi is huge, this is where you take "long walks on the beach" and settle into one of the restaurants around the coast after you build up an appetite from all the walking you're doing. There's beach volleyball set up and a skate park that almost gets you wet because of how close it is to the water. There's also a pool that is actually attached to the ocean and will definitely get you wet. You have to pay to go swim laps but at least you know you won't get eaten by a great white!

 

 We continued our walk past a few of the smaller beaches and stopped to take pictures here and there. This one is of my friends Madeline, or Maddou as she's known as by her friends in France (and I enjoy saying with a deep throaty accent) and myself doing some wishful thinking as to which house is ours in the background. Maybe someday.. here's to dreaming. I like the one with all glass walls. Would never have to worry about it burning down from a bush fire! Heyoo..

We arrived at Bronti to settle in for lunch and some more sun. The current is absolutely crazy here, you're not allowed to swim at all near these rocks, you have to go to the way far left if you want to try and ride some waves. Just standing knee deep I could feel the strong pull out to sea. The water was rushing around my ankles and pushing me towards the deep, my feet being buried by so when the next wave came in I got pushed over like a new born. The water was so clear and so blue it felt like it was an exotic island that was far, far away from anyone speaking English. So I walked away from that french girl and sang the national anthem loudly a few times.America!
 

  There were natural pools attached to the beach and they were free to swim in so we took a break from the waves and joined the elderly in the reserve. It was sooo beautiful, we stayed there for the rest of the day before headed back to the lovely Parramatta. What a great  way to end the day!

PS go Tigers!