After a morning of work for online learning, I headed to Bondi beach. It is a train/bus ride to the outskirts of Sydney. I finally linked my cards to Google pay ( a luddite I know but we don’t use cards in China). This allowed me to pay directly on the bus or train.
I took a train to Bondi junction and then the 333 bus to the beach. They packed as many people on the bus as they could including squished in the aisles – it is a popular place to go. It could be like a bus in some countries except no fast turns on curves overlooking cliffs or live chickens on board!
Once at Bondi, I went down to the beach. The waves are large as there is a big storm of the coast. The water was also cold.
I walked along the edge to get my feet wet then perused the shops of the town.
I walked along the coastal path. Such beautiful views the whole way!
Mackenzie’s Beach
Tamarama Beach
Bronte Beach
In the path up the hill, headlines from past newspapers were painted on the sidewalk. They were very interesting and included the year it appeared.
I also walked through a nature reserve area after Bronte which is a coastal swamp with many small shrubs and species of frogs.
I reached the end (or maybe this was supposed to be the beginning?)
A skywriter made this heart in the air. I thought it was for Valentine’s Day (which is today) but it had a web address after so must have been a stunt. It did get a lot of attention.
I walked back to Bronte beach. This worked out perfectly as that beach has a different bus stop there. The 379 is a pretty short distance and also is very light in passengers. It goes back to Bondi junction.