Bondi Bay

Our final morning in Sydney, we drove out to Bondi Beach. We didn't expect much, it being so hyped, but it really was beautiful and, being winter, the beach was empty. So we plodded along the sands across the full length of the beach, getting our trouser legs rather wetter than intended in the wake. Back at the south of the beach, we walked part of the walk to Bronte Beach along the cliffs to take in the views from up high.

In order to get from here to Newcastle we had to pass back through Sydney. So on the way back through a stopped at the art gallery that we found last night to purchase a brilliant piece of an emu, koala and kookaburra. This also meant we got to drive over the Harbour Bridge before continuing up the spectacular coastline across thin spits of land and over bridges towards Newcastle.Read more