I’m extremely tired as I write this, falling asleep mid sentence. Today was a long, hot summer day.
I walked to Coogee beach (above) from Adams place. I knew the coast road to Bondi started there and wanted to (finally!) walk the whole track. I didn’t anticipate the incredibile heat though, and was sweating like a pony not ten steps from his door!
That’s Gordon’s Bay, north of Coogee. Note the ancient boat ramps! There was a sign that it was an underwater nature preserve, with all sorts of fish and invertebrates. A lovely place.
The path continued along the coast past Clovelly and Waverly Cemetary, which is surely one of the highest appraised cemeteries anywhere with its hundreds of metres of pristine seaside views.
It took more than an hour to reach Bronte Beach, at which point I knew there was not much to go before Bondi. But that last twenty minutes or so was agony since I was tired, hot and hungry. When I got to Bondi I ninja’d onto a waiting bus without even taking a photo and was quickly on my way to Bondi mall.
Lunch was the usual Ambrosia, and I spent a good long time at the mall wandering around like an amnesiac. Truth is the exertion of these past weeks is definitely catching up with me…
After an afternoon packing my bags and resting, Adam returned and we shortly set out again for the cricket down at the SCG. A cat on a fence was happy to pose for a snap as we walked past.
The cricket was great! We had excellent seats, the (extremely overpriced) food was delicious, and the teams (Sydney vs Adelaide) put on an exiting game that wasn’t decided until the last over.
We didn’t get back home until about midnight. As I said at the start: a long day. I only have one more full day here, who knows what I’ll get up to?