A Visit to Bondi Beach

On Saturday morning, we went by tour bus to Bondi Beach. It was the first of two visits. On Sunday, we went again on a public bus to take a walk on the cliffs and see a sculpture show. Bondi Beach is just a few miles southeast of downtown, and a little more than a mile south of the entrance to Sydney Harbor.

Until the first few years of the 20th century, swimming was banned during daylight hours at Bondi as indecent. It's a very popular place for surfboarding. That's changed, obviously. During the 2000 Olympics, Bondi was the site of the beach vollyball competition.