Today the plan was to walk from Waverley to Bondi beach and
then do some shopping at the Westfield at Bondi Junction. The weather was nice
other than being cloudy. My plans usually mean they change at the last second
to something that could end up being an epic journey and people might find my
trip hard to handle or even follow if they were following me.
I found the right bus to catch to Waverley, but had to
remember how to get to the beach walk though most of it would be along the rock
cliffs. I did get off at the wrong stop and had to walk a little way, but this
was to be expected as I am not familiar with the area. I was actually hunting
the cemetery where I was going to wander through and visit Henry Lawson again
before heading to Bondi on foot. The
area was a little windy, but I was sure to remain careful when walking near the
cliffs as any slip on the rocks might get me hurt or worse. I did notice some
signage that indicated to the area with a little bit about either the natural
environment or the history to that particular area.
While walking past Bronte beach a big macaw few up to say
hello and after several photos he flew off to say hello to several other
people. An expensive bird being left to roam is not good though I don’t own the
bird so not really my problem. He did come back after I had walked a bit
further on and I was talking to him and asked if I could pat him. When I went
to give him a scratch he bit my finger when I at first thought he would just
mouth me. My finger did hurt a little bit, but I was not angry at the bird for
what he had done. A little bit of broken skin, but nothing that would do me any
harm at all.
Along the way there were marks telling me how far it was to
Bronte Beach or to Bondi Beach, which I noticed along the way unless I was
misreading the markers as being something else, but I don’t think I would be
wrong. Not that I would know though. There were some nice sights along the way
and people were giggling at my shirt that I was wearing since it was one of
those ones that had a smart comment. One of the beaches I walked past said it
had a wonderland that included elephant rides too. Bondi beach didn’t take too
long to walk to though I was more interested in the murals painted on the wall
to pay too much attention. The beach was nearly deserted as it was not a hot
sunny day, but cloudy.
I ended up on North Bondi and walking up the hill to see
what that tower I had seen in all the pictures of Bondi especially with the
Bondi vet. Turns out it is part of the Bondi golf course and a water tower to
do with Sydney water. The mystery had been solved and I didn’t get hit by golf
balls even though I knew of one lot of people who were playing. My trek had
taken longer than I had thought especially when I was wondering what that tower
thing was. At least there was a bus stop close by that I could use. I needed to
head to Bondi Junction where there was a shopping centre to buy several supply
things before heading off. I found a Coles with a cafe inside the actual
business and it was different as I had never seen anything like that before.
Once I bought my stuff I got confused over which side of the road to catch the
bus, but the drivers were nice when I asked. I was on the wrong side of the
road so waited for the right bus going the right way. I did catch up with Dawn
and Margie at a local cafe for lunch and found one of the dogs Dawn looks after
called Panda had an accident that meant she broke her leg after a fright.
Once we had lunch I took off to the city again to look for
the Tank stream monuments which I found all, but one of. I was thinking about
hunting down the information centres, but found the Westfield sky tower had
none and that meant I was changing plans to look for a clothes shop. I wanted
two pairs of shorts, but there was nothing cheap in Pitt Street unless I could
have visited Lowes as the prices are usually reasonable. The whole city CBD
area was becoming extremely busy and I didn’t end up finding an info centre,
but thought it as best not to wait for a bus and walk to Paddington. It was
becoming warm as I was walking at a pace that seemed to suit me. I don’t think
it took me too long to end up in Paddington where I was happy to have a shower
to cool off and then went out to dinner at one of the local pubs.
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