Coastal Hike - Coogee to Bondi

We started the day with a breakfast appropriate for hiking champions.

Including Honeycomb

While waiting for the 8:40 AM bus for the 40-minute ride to Coogee to begin our hike, we noticed crews cleaning the shelters.

A map showing our epic journey from Coogee to Bondi.

Success after three hours at a leisurely pace. Very hot at first but later a breeze provided relief.

This is the final approach to Bondi beach showing the pool on the south side and a yoga class in the foreground. We went from Coogee to Bondi, about six kilometers of mixed stairs and walkways (with a cemetery detour shown below adding 1 kilometer). I am showing it here in reverse because the system loaded them that way and I am too lazy to reorder them.

Bondi rock detail

View from southern beginning of Bondi bay, looking back all the way to Coogee. Notice pro cameraman on right under umbrella, filming someone of importance, no doubt.

The reluctant hiker expresses satisfaction.

Panorama

Good toilets (with showers) were easily available at the beaches along the way.

We carried 4 bottles of water. Drinking water was also available along the way.

Bronte Beach

Birds, Rocks and Water - A photographic work of art. Getting the birds to all face the same direction took a lot of patience.

Toilets at Bronte Beach

"We started back there."

At one point, land collapse last year required a detour through a cemetery, adding about 1 kilometer.

Clovelly Beach

Unknown Beach

Unknown Rocks

Unknown Humans

Afterwards, we took a bus back to central Sydney, walked about 8 blocks to Chinatown and had an excellent meal at a Thai restaurant named Home at 299 Essex St. And a taxi back to the hotel.
Then, a nap at 4:45 PM from which Emma has just awoken at 6:45 PM, asking "Are the Botanical Gardens open?"Fortunately they were closed. But a stroll to McQuarie Place and some jazz seems possible.

P.S. In the end, we strolled the blessedly cool streets of Sydney for two hours by following Emma's instincts and found two shopping streets with the sort of luxury stores one never patronizes and a number of arcades where window shopping was possible. Plus an amusing wedding photo session and a wonderful Calder tapestry hanging in the lobby of an office building.

The assistant flings the dress up and steps back, giving the photographer the chance to capture the illusion of her flying into his arms, I suppose. White is a funeral color in Chinese tradition, hence the red gown.

Thus ends a full day.