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The beach and the pool

Life can be good in Sydney. If you have the means, it must be one of the best places in the world to live. Swim in the ocean 6 months of the year, great food, beautiful people.

While travelling in Australia, we based ourselves out of Bondi Beach area. We never did swim in Bondi bay, too many people, but we could walk to 4 different beaches from the flat. So we found our own little place to swim and body board during the day.

Here are a few pics

Swiming has so many options

the public pool

So if you do not like waves or have a nevious disposition towards sealife, there is a public pool at the beach. It is also fed by ocean water, but it is separate and calm, monitored and quiet.

Just one of the many ways to relax in this ocean driven society.

We saw Ayers rock - from 36,000 FEET

Ayers Rock

We flew from Sydney to Perth for a visit. While flying over the center of Australia, we passed Ayers Rock. The Pilot tilted the plane so that we could all get pictures.
this was shot from 36,000 feet! Unfotunately, this is as close as we got to it as we did not travel to Alice Springs (next time).
But still, it is a pretty massive site since we took this picture from cruising altitude in a Jet.

Pros and Cons

Pros:Weather, people, civilization, beer and ocean
Cons:not that cheap to travel or stay at.. but worth it
In a nutshell:Go during the northern hemisphere winter - you will enjoy it!

Last visit to Australia: Feb 2005
Intro Updated Apr 6, 2005
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angiebabe Jul 29, 2010 at 6:06 PM

well Im blessed to know when I eventually have got myself and my excess baggage from excess travels and prolonged overstaying in Europe that I can go home to lovely Sydney...or lovely NZ - spoilt for choice for sure!Nice page
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martin_nl Sep 15, 2005 at 10:53 AM

Sydney = Good Life.... Great beach pics. And I love the shot from out of the airplane of Ayers Rock, though next time try to get into more personal contact with the rock ;))) She deserves it...
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kooka3 Sep 8, 2005 at 12:25 PM

those pics of Bronte bring back some great memories - it was the first beach I ever went to in Oz, and I was back there in June for breakfast while I caught up with an old friend! LOL - yes, I imagine it would suck living there ;)
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high_d Aug 4, 2005 at 6:22 AM

Awesome pics/tips of Oz...the 12 Apostle(s) formation views are breathtaking...Will definitely have to add that on my wish list...Greets~Heidi
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mario_spring_83 Apr 12, 2005 at 2:14 AM

Nice Ozzy pages you have! I can't wait to go back to this wonderful country! Cheers and happy travels from Italy;)
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matcrazy1 Apr 10, 2005 at 12:09 PM

Great country for me, nature lover, I see. You had very kind pilot while flying over the Ayers Rock - good shot from 36,000 feet!
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JetlagCity Apr 7, 2005 at 11:39 AM

Winter in Australia? Sounds fabulous!
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aussirose Apr 5, 2005 at 4:21 AM

G'day David. My goodness, that pic does Bondi some justice!! :o) I love Manly. Did you get there? Glad to hear you love Oz. Cheers, Ann :o)
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Karolina01 Apr 3, 2005 at 1:57 PM

Thank you Dave. Are you still in Australia?
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sue_stone Apr 3, 2005 at 12:36 PM

Yep, Sydney is a fabulous place to live!!