Australia day

Bondi

boats on harbour

Bondi at night

Bondi lifeguard hut

Thursday 26th Jan. Happy Australia Day! Jonathan and Maddie took me for breakfast at an amazing place called Porch and Parlour in Bondi. I had muesli, yoghurt and pear and it was delicious. We then quickly set off to Jonathan's friend Dom's house in Balmain who took us out on his parent's boat and around the harbour. The weather had been really bad in the morning and we even thought it might have been cancelled so I wore jeans. By mid afternoon it was absolutely boiling and I was so hot in my jeans. There were loads of boats out in the harbour including a P&O cruise ship donning a massive Australia flag. Circular quay was packed and there were loads of elaborately dressed up boats competing for the best dressed boat. We went for lunch at a cafe in Elizabeth bay right next to where I had stayed with Marie and Tom. Whilst there lots of jets flew past and there were lots of helicopters around. We went down towards Manley and the entrance to the harbour and met with some of Dom's girlfriend's friends. After a while we decided to head back and on our way saw people sky diving out of a plane with Australia flags attached to them and into the water. After we'd got back we were all quite tired so we headed back to Jonathan's apartment in Bondi. I went for a lovely walk along the beach and being a fan of Bondi rescue took lots of pictures of the lifeguard hut. I was looking out for a real Bondi rescue and was gutted not to see one! In the evening we got some takeaway sushi and watched Man on a Wire which was surprisingly really good.