Bondi & Jervis Bay

On Friday, Kev's first day off and another glorious day, we headed to see Sydney's famous Bondi Beach. I thought it was quite surreal such a well kept beach in the middle of a big city. Even though it was a week day it was still busy but we were able to set up camp quite close to the water. Kev, Connor and I constructed a custom made sand seat for Isla whose baby bump is getting quite big! After soaking up some rays Kev and I decided to jump in the sea and I was quite surprised to find that it was a good couple of degrees colder than Byron. It didn't stop us from giving it a go though!

We had a very late lunch at a swimming club overlooking Bondi. It was quite strange because in order to get in you need to be a member but you can get a temporary membership if you live 5km away. It was strange that London is 17000Km away but there was no issue with us.


Saturday we all went south to a place called Jervis Bay which is supposed to have the whitest sand in the world. How do you test that? Someone must go round collecting samples and then comparing the 'whiteness'. I want that job. Anyway the journey south was really good fun. We stopped over at Mt. Keira, which provided some stunning views of the coast, and a small town called Kiama. Kiama was a typical Aussie town. It was very colourful, by the coast and very laidback. It was so laidback it took an hour to make 4 cheese and ham toasties!. In the meantime I went exploring and came across some Fishermen slicing and dicing some fish and surrounded by Pelicans. These birds were massive and quite a sight. The fishermen gave me some fish guts to feed them, it was cool but my hand stank for days.


Another hour later we arrived at Jervis Bay and the cottages we were staying at. It was like staying at a ranch. All the cottages overlooked a field which had miniture horses and alpacas. Connor loved it. The ranch also had some amazing birds flying around: galas, cockatoos and parrots. A parrot even flew into our bedroom at one point! On the way to get supplies we found some wild kangaroos and stopped off to watch them skipping about. Fiona was delighted. All those who have met Kanga will understand why.

The next day after a morning spa (I forget to mention there was a pool and Jacuzzi in the garden) we headed to the Beach stopping off to have another one of Kev's epic bbq breakfasts. The beach we went to was called Hyams Beach and as wikipedia describes it was very white, almost like snow. The body surfing there was great; big huge waves.

Later in the day we headed back stopping off at a lovely Creek which was Connor's dream come true. A play park and the creek which had water just the right depth so that he could walk to and fro different sand islands. Unfortunately the heat created a storm and the subsequent rain dump forced us to retreat back to the car and the ranch. That night after another Jacuzzi we had another bbq and some mojitos. A great end to another holiday within a holiday.

Gerard