Bondi Beach is a short train ride from the center of town, World famous for its surf I guess, shark nets and ripe tides that can send you down the coast to the next beach if your not careful. Saving the surf lesson for another day I got in a bit of body surfing and was soon been slammed down by some big rollers, great fun but the water up nose trick from Tahiti was back (see day 92)
A view along Bondi BeachOne of the Seagulls takes a liking to fast food
And just when I was starting to relax at the beach we headed back into town to climb the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Being fearless after my bungy jump this was a piece of cake but with 3 ladies in tow there was plenty of squealing as we climbed higher towards the top of the bridge in our very fashionable boiler suits.
The views were pretty spectacular and we managed to see the sunset on our way down from the top of the bridge. The design of the Sydney Harbor Bridge was later used as the basis for the Tyne bridge in Newcastle, UK. Oh well after seeing the bridge here shall have to find another reason to visit Newcastle. An interesting fact we learnt about the bridge is that is took 8 years to build which is the current estimate for the time needed to repair some of the rusting beams under the bridge, perhaps quicker to rebuild it?
Highlights: Bondi Beach and the bridge climb
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