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bondi beach

For getting around Sydney, we used the monorail system most of the time, as there were two stops close to where we were staying in Darling Harbour, making it really easy to reach everything happening around town. There is also a central station which can take you further afield if you want to. For Bondi beach we decided to catch a bus, the bus station being down by Circular Quays, it seemed to take quite a while getting there, but we had to see what this most famous stretch of sand was all about.

It was a sweltering hot day, so when we arrived we grabbed a couple of very expensive bottles of water, we then walked along the promenade for a while until we reached the section netted off for swimmers, a huge expanse of beach, but the rest being solely for surfers. J had a quick swim while I baked on the sand, and then we walked back along to a grass area, where we seeked shelter from the sun for a while, underneath some bushes!