When a country prints its currency in waterproof paper you know its people are serious about their relationship with the sea. In few places is this idyll with the big blue more present than in gorgeous
Bondi, one of Sydney's Eastern beaches. In "Bon-dy" surf is king. Even its name, which in aboriginal means "the sound of water", speaks of good waves to catch. You'll see surfers running into the water just before sunrise and retire exhausted, with a big smile in their faces, long after the sun is gone. Only a few meters away from the beach, like an evolved species that left the sea long time ago, skateboarders "surf" in their own way.
But there is much more than surf to Bondi: trendy cafes, crazy partying, the odd charming bookstore, families and groups of friends enjoying the beach, children training to be the
Ian Thorpes of tomorrow, sexy women jogging around, clad in impossibly tight running pants, lifeguards that would make
David Hasselhoff blush in shame. Everyone is there, coexisting in a rare harmony. My kind of place.
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