Blue Mountain view We went up to the Blue Mountains for our final full day, despite slightly suboptimal weather and this was the view of the Three Sisters on arrival… However 2 minutes later From there the Cascades and Katoomba Falls so not so bad (but raining between photos tbh)
Coffee and Culture We started the day going to Toby Estates coffee Shop at Victoria Park (Chippendale) which was voted top in the 100 best coffee shops in the world… After an inevitable (but shortish) queue the shop was suitably trendy with baristas working on islands beside you rather than behind counters etc Coffee – …
Coffee, Darling Harbour, Barangaroo Reserve, Jazz pub, Botanical Gardens home then out for Dinner on Bondi! Turned out to be busier day than expected! After the usual coffee and fantastic Foccacia BLT at Hollys (Ying had “Winter rice porridge” in the heat) we headed into town for more coffee (original destination closed) but picked up …
John decided to go on a “hot run” down to Bondi beach, too hot for me! Then off to Bronte Beach for a beach barbie, hoping no one else had had the same idea on Easter Sunday… Despite there already being six fatalities due to storm surges across NSW beaches for the weekend the weather …
Today started with coffee at Lulus local coffee shops again on way to Coles supermarket then again (take-home) coffee on the way back heehee We the set off north to Kuringai National Park about an hour away and what seemed like a modest 5k walk down to the coast and back but with a not …
Another run (yawn) this time with Lulu, Em and Cheng, down to and around Centennial Park, no flying foxes this time but a longer loop… and we rewarded ourselves with various top notch flat whites, iced lattes and watermelon juices, Rob!!! Then off to Sydney Easter Show, which was MASSIVE. makes Newbury show feel like …
A quiet day today… Shashuka and coffee at Savta cafe (Israeli/Middle Eastern). Shashuka good and spicy, coffee ok
Started the day with a run around Centennial Park which was nice but I got slightly lost cutting about 1k off my intended route! However as a result I did see what I think were a big colony of flying fox (large (1kg) fruit bats) over trees where they roost. A bit like raptors with …
Off to Coogee. We took the bus down to Bondi Beach and found a very nice coffee at AKT cafe. Had bacon and egg bagel, good, and an egg and chorizo bagel (but the chorizo was more like a frankfurter…) disappointing Bondi Beach itself was quieter but more “surfy” and swimming was not allowed though …
Today John and Lulu working, (Johns first day in ITU) so we started with trip into Bondi Junction for coffee and half an egg bacon and cheese roll (lesson learnt!) 2nd coffee at “Nook” not so good… Then walked to Bondi Beach which tbh sounds more exotic than it was. Sydney has good pedestrian paving …