Sunday, August 30, 2009

Home + Bondi Beach

I was walking home the on Friday and it was crazy windy! I mean there where whirlwinds of leaves on the sidewalks blowing up into my eyes making my eyes water. So pretty much I looked like a sobbing mess walking home with blurry vision trying to avoid walking into a leaf cyclone. It was pretty exciting. But the good news is when I got out in front of my building all the wind stopped so I decided to take a picture of my apartment building for everyone to see. We have that pretty fountain and tons of tropical landscaping. It is pretty much like living at a resort. Across the way we have a gym, pool and a sauna. It is the life!!! Today was absolutely amazing. I do not understand how I have lived in Sydney so long without going to Bondi Beach. It is only a bus, two trains, and another bus away, haha. It takes about and hour to get there. It has the softest sand my feet have ever felt, and it is so light and fine. No rocks, no shells, just creamy white sand. Amazing. Well My friend Talia and I decided we just needed to experience this for ourselves. We had an amazing day just
laying in the sun, people and surfer watching. Surfers own the water at Bondi. There were a few men who were absolutely amazing. They cut across waves like no ones business, it was really fun to watch. Other than enjoying the beach we scoped out the shops near the beach and stumbled in upon an Aborigional Art gallery. All the pieces there were painted by people from tribes all over Oz. The colors and designs they choose are so beautiful. I really wanted to buy something to take home, but anything of decent size was about $150. Not worth it when I have a reef to go to in a week! That is all for now!

4 comments:

friedhamster said...

You and beaches. It's as if you collect the experiences of going to them.

Collecting experiences... hmm...

Anonymous said...

It all sounds so great! Can I join you? a good deal of wrapping and a brown box should do the trick. Cheaper =D

I think your explanation for the road thing sounds about right, and the rest (measuring system) kind of screwed us up a bit, hasn't it? Ugh. That was stupid of us in retrospect, wasn't it?

Laura said...

Yeah... it really would be much easier if we were all using the same methods of measuring, and driving, and temperature telling! Oi. Yes, I do collect beach experiences thank you very much! You can never get enough of a good beach.

Anonymous said...

Do you have a Skype account?

Ugh, tomorrow is my last first day of school. Wierd.