Tuesday 1 April 2014

Being a Tourist in Sydney: The Last Day

The last full day that I spent in Sydney was a Sunday.  We didn't venture very far from Fiona's pad in Coogee in that we just motored and walked from the apartment along Coogee, Clovelley, Bronte, Tamarama and Bondi Beaches and the intervening coastal paths.  It was a lovely, leisurely and very warm day.
Early morning (as seen from the apartment balcony at breakfast) lifeguard training
By late morning every child in the area seems to be joining in one of the training programmes for water safety and awareness and first aid and swimming.
There was an incredible family feel about the whole thing with parents watching and helping and competitions too.
Tamarama Beach
Tamarama Beach: sitting on the café deck watching volleyball and the world pass by
with a couple of pugs which everyone stopped to play with
and a last look at Bondi
with some rock fishing
and a sight I confess I have never seen when people fish from the rocks below my house in Eagleton on Lewis (after all can you imagine pink Crocs on Lewis?)
And that, folks, is probably my last Sydney and Australian post bar one.  The last one will have no beaches but will, I hope, be well worth waiting for.

18 comments:

  1. How relaxing looking.... I vaguely remember being young, thin and warm enough to fish in a bikini aeons ago, but never crocs... Although our local urologist favours that colour of croc when he operates... Takes all sorts I guess.

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    1. Fi I though Crocs had been banned in hospitals. Seemed silly to me cos they offer as much protection as canvas shoes do from falling objects.

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  2. Een prachtig gezicht hoe al die mensen bezig zijn op hun eigen manier.

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    1. Bas Ik heb nog nooit zoveel mensen bezig in games en het leren van dingen op een strand.

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  3. You saved the best till last. It is a bit too busy for me though.
    I'm getting used to having miles of white sand and clear water all to myself. I do have five layers on though.

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    1. Rather too busy for me too Adrian. Leastways okay for one or two days but not after that.

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  4. Sems like a good alternative just being able to sit and watch from the balcony, as obviously Fiona can!

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    1. Fiona is an 'out there and do it' girl Monica. Sitting on the balcony is for people like me.

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  5. Crocs are rather common in Sweden. I have one pair (black) that I use sometimes as slippers indoors at home - and another that I use in the shower room etc at the Rehab pool. I guess they might be practical on the beach, too or in the garden. But I wouldn't go for a longer walk in them. In summer you can see lots of people wearing crocs in town as well, though.

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    1. I wear Crocs here in NZ around the garden when jandals would be a bit too open.

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  6. It's a different world from what we know. You've shown a very beautiful land.

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    1. Thanks Red. It is beautiful and full of people who know how to enjoy it.

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  7. I'm reminded that even in the 60s the Sydney beaches were too crowded for my liking. I'd never cope these days! I'd have to take up fishing I think - but not in pink crocs.

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    1. Pauline I think if one wants uncrowded beaches then one has to be somewhere else other than Sydney! They seem to have people on them from sun-up to sun-down.

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  8. I can imagine the pink crocs on the Isle of Lewis but certainly not a girl fishing in a bikini and definitely not with a tan like that! You know me - any colour as long as it is pink - mmmmmmm pink crocs sound wonderful! See you very soon. x

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    1. Ues, Pat, anyone fishing in a bikini on Lewis is stretching the imagination rather too much isn't it?

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  9. Well I love my crocs....they're not pink though, maybe a second pair specially for fishing is in order.
    Looking at the crowded beach photos reminded me how many people there are are in the world....

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    1. Virginia this beach is crowded but just think about the 50,000 people living in the 6 acres of Kowloon's Walled City which is, I believe, the most densely populated place on earth.

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