Coogee to Bondi Beach Walk, Sydney

Short note: Stupid blogger, my blog has been left blank the whole day! Stupid bug!


Those of you who have been to Sydney or who have heard a fair deal about Sydney, will know about Bondi Beach.




If you have not been to Bondi Beach, let me tell you, it's like Beverly Hills up there. Or even Manhattan, where all the rich and famous live. Young and beautiful housewives jogging all day long by the beach, with their beautiful pooch or studly hounds and ipods plugged in their ears.

It's like a Hollywood lifestyle dream, but Sydney style.

Now when you are in Sydney, you should, nay, must! go for a walk at Bondi Beach.

And I don't mean guy-chasing-after-girl-slow-motion-romantic-movie-splashing-water-giggling-by-the-white-sandy-beach-under-the-sunset kind of walk.





Oooh.... that I don't mind though. Growl~


I mean a real walk, that takes hour(s) to complete.

Kind of like my Great Ocean Roadtrip in Melbourne, but this time, you're walking (yes, with your own two feet).

There are many walks one can take at Bondi, whether toward or setting off from.




Some of the main walks are the walk from Bondi to Maroubra Beach which would take 3~4 hours

Or the shorter one which is the Bondi to Bronte Coast Walk, probably an hour or so.

But the more local known was the Coogee to Bondi Beach Walk.

Walking time: 2 hour (if leisure walk), 3 hours (if pause to take photos every now and then)

How to get to Coofee Beach:
You can take State Transit Bus services 372, 373, 374 to Coogee Beach from Sydney Central Business District at regular intervals.

So Stuart and I started off from Coogee Beach at 1pm.



Sunny, cold, bright beautiful people and white sandy beaches.

Coming from Malaysia where islands and beaches are like our home or next door neighbours, as much as I love the beach, it has never been that big of a hoo-ha for me.

For one thing, I would start jumping around shouting for joy when I spotted the edge of the beach from afar.

But I would still have to admit that the view at Coogee beach here was spectacular.







Makes you wonder if you're living in a desktop wallpaper.


Stuart led me to climb the hill next to the beach, which I habitually followed. (pilot mode)




It was late August when set foot in Sydney, and I was glad to be finally moving north again, but it wasn't as cold as I thought it would be as compared to Canberra. By late August, the weather was beginning to warm.





Care to take a bath? Kidding, this is a memorial of the local Australians who died of Bali bombings in 2002


As we move toward Gordons Bay, the path brought us higher.




And higher.




Till it was another spectacular view round the corner.




And then I was standing on rocky stones overlooking the bluest sea off the coast of Sydney.








"Hi"


After the bay you will come to a car park which you need to walk pass toward Clovelly Beach.

Where you will be greeted with a beautiful scene (like in the first photo) of many gorgeous (an expensive) properties by the hillside along the coastal line.


Careful, it's a long way down.


Now on the way to Bondi, you will come across the most idyllic location for a graveyard - Waverly Cemetary.




Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, it's where you will find some of the very famous Australians buried (either rich, or famous, or both).




I remember how my mom always remind me (for a good reason and measure) that when she move on in this world, she would want me to take her ash and spread it over the sea, back to the nature and let it float away.




With a view like this, I really couldn't find a better place for anyone to rest in peace.




Walk down the path and around the corner,




you will head straight into Bronte and Tamarama beach.

Now this is where you will start seeing lots of rich beautiful and young ladies, with their posh ipods, jog around in their matching jumpers and pants.

And drool at dozens of million dollar (or tens of millions) properties rising up from the hill as you walk pass.




okay, make that hundreds of those million dollars houses.




If you're feeling overwhelmed and have a sudden tendency to marry rich, I suggest to focus your visual on the sea.




Even though it's getting warmer, the sea was still pretty cold in that time of the month, but looked closely and you would find lots of crazy Australians surfers trying to kill themselves at sea.




After the last corner of Mackenzies Point, you will finally be able to spot Bondi in a close distance!




Oh darn, the sun was setting.

So we quickened our pace down the stone curve and windy pathways.




We managed to catch the view of Bondi as the sun hits the shore.




Now let me tell you a bit about Bondi's properties.

Take any of those these beautiful landed properties/houses, with full on sea view, you will be looking at an easy AUD3 millions per unit.




Now I want to introduce a man here, who has been living in Bondi for the past 35 years, on the cliff overlooking a AUD3 million dollars view, without needing to pay a single cent since the day he moved in.

I even went to his mansion to have a peep (really!), though unfortunately it seemed that the man of the house has stepped out during my visit there.

If you're ever in town, please drop by his place, say hi to him for me. His house might not be easy to access to, but it's not impossible.

You will require a bit of trick to find your way there.

And I can teach you how.

Ready?
Ok.

When you passed Mackenzies point, head straight till you are at the cliff facing the other end of Bondi Bay, like this.




Now stepped over the cliff, and lean your body outward, tilt your head downward.

And hah! You can see his mansion from where you are standing.




Ladies and Gentlemen, let me welcome you to the humble home of the Gypsy of Bondi.

Don't underestimate this guy, he's been living here for so long, when the estate builder wanted to chase him out of his shelter, the locals actually had a petition to have him stay seeing that he has been there for almost forever, he's like part of Bondi now, and the petition won!

He has everything there, his thrown seat, his wok, his bedroom, his night light, his fishing rod for entertainment and food, his wardrobe closet, etc. He's living a king's life!

Not forgetting overlooking the most expensive view in Bondi Beach.


I wonder how he climbs down there everyday.


Someone hand me a rope, I'm gonna invade his house.