Bondi Beach and Newtown

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We headed to Bondi Beach on Sunday.  We arrived around 10:30am on Sunday and were surprised atthow big this beach was... and so many people!  We finally found the perfect parking spot and headed to the Coastal Walk on the south side of the beach to see the sculptures that on exhibit for about 4 weeks with this being the last day. (186 sculptures along the coastal walk)



Ceramic statues



Where to start??

Metal sculptures on the cliff.... cool see through eyes

Look how tall Cullen is getting!



David and Cullen liked getting a break from the crowds


Eucalyptus tree wave sculpture
We decided to sit on the beach and jump in the water to keep cool.  It was fun to people watch and listen to the waves.  The waves were gorgeous and the water was so aqua blue.  This beach is in a cove and is very large.  It seems to be the perfect beach for swimming, laying in the sun and surfing.  It's fun to watch the lifeguards drive up and down the beach monitoring the tons of people on the beach but they also have lifeguards in life boats and helicopters monitoring all of these people! They have live music and other fun events on the beach quite often.

After being in the sun all day, we thought it was time to move on so we headed to downtown Sydney and went to the big Paddy's Market in China Town.  We found some great mangos and some veggies that I'm not sure what they are or much less how to cook them!  This market has herbs, stuff for tourists, stuff for locals and all at great prices. 




Before we headed home we wanted to check out this neighborhood we've heard of... Newtown.  There were tons of people and so we parked and followed the crowds to a big festival.  Live music and vendors selling lots of apparel (dresses for women and T-shirts) plus all kinds of food booths.  This Newtown suburb of Sydney has ethnic restaurants, music and also has the all of the alternative lifestyles represented....  It was a fun place to visit but not sure we're so impressed that we'd make the effort to get back there with all of the other great places to see.  We thought it was like being on the drag near UT in Austin... interesting but don't want to hang there:)
Some bloke forgot he had a bike... rust and spider webs prove it was here a while!

Grafitti all around

Whoa! We had no idea we stumbled on this kind of festival!

Women's apparel at all the street markets we find... very cool.



T-shirts for sale
It's surprising to us that all we have to do is walk out the door and there are adventures and fun to be had.... and for free!!!  

We're looking forward to finding a new beach to explore this next weekend... Newcastle I think.  David's  birthday is this week so we'll have lots of fun to look forward to!

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