Bondi Beach - Night 42

Paolo and I met the girls at the Town Hall station to catch our train out to the world famous Bondi Beach. About an hour away, Bondi is located on the far eastern reaches of Sydney in a small cove along the Pacific Ocean. The sky was cloudy all morning, but the sun broke through just as we arrived. By 2pm the beach was packed with beautiful people, many of the girls topless. Bondi being the site of the 2000 Olympic Volleyball matches we were expecting nets and pros playing on the beach. We were mightily disappointed as not a net or ball was in sight. The only beach sports going on were some schoolkids playing cricket. Prior to leaving Paolo and I jumped in the ice cold water for a quick swim. Surprising how much colder it was than the water just a few hundred miles north in Noosa.

World Famous Bondi Beach

We managed to return to the city ahead

Jagermeister in Sydney

of the approaching storm, which we watched from the rooftop pool and hot tub of the Marriot. Tonight was Charlie’s big night, his first attempt at standup comedy at the Surf Rock Hotel and Bar. The bus ride out to Collaroy was nearly 45 minutes long and when we arrived found the place to be much bigger and classier than first imagined. Charlie had a late time and everyone before him was a musician, two facts which eventually worked against him. By the time his set came up, most of the decent patrons had gone and all that was left was a younger crowd who by this time was fairly drunk and simply content with nodding their heads to poorly covered 90s American Rock songs. His first few jokes, funny to an American, where simply lost in translation and then the heckling began. He never really had a chance and stepped off stage a few minutes later. A rough first experience.

Charlie on Stage

The bus ride back to town felt much longer than the ride in. To kill the pain we stopped at Jackson’s on George for drinks and a few games of pool. A late night search for food in Crow’s Nest proved unfruitful and we returned to the house with some frozen fish and chips from 7-11.

What I Learned Today: Australians have chicken flavored chips and chicken salt.

written by

exumenius on November 21, 2007 from Sydney, Australia

from the travel blog: Kiwis and Kangaroos

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