Sydney Day 4

Undoubtedly, the highlight of our 4th day in Sydney was visiting Bondi Beach. It's apparently one of the most famous beaches in the world, and definitely the most famous Australian beach. Plus, when we're really bored at home, we often watch this TV show that follows actual Bondi Beach lifeguards as they save lives, find parents of lost kids, or just goof off. So I had to see it in real life, being this close. I was surprised that it's actually much nicer than it looks on the TV show. I guess it's hard to see its beauty between the shots of overcrowded beach sand and recently saved tourists puking. Since it's the off-season and a little chilly, there wasn't a huge number of people around and many of them looked like locals. The beach is surrounded by beautiful rock escarpments and hills of really nice apartments, which are reminiscent of European or Mediterranean beach towns. There were supposed to be some Aboriginal rock carvings near the beach, but we couldn't find them. But we were able to get some warmth and sunshine, so it was a nice relaxing retreat from the city.

We went up to North Sydney and stopped by Luna Park on the way back home. It's just a little open (free entry) Theme Park, kinda like Coney Island, only much nicer. I love the entrance because it looks kinda creepy. Must be short for Lunatic Park.



I was hoping to see the Sydney Opera House all lit up at night, but I guess they reserve the really bright lights for nights when there are events there, which I don't blame them for, really. It would be a total waste of electricity to light it up every night. But it was still pretty!