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Australia, Bondi, Ellen Degeneres, Manly, Spit Bridge, Sydney, Sydney Walks
LM & Bella Look Towards Manly
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You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 today and we don’t know where the hell she is. (Ellen Degeneres)
There are some great walks in Sydney. Possibly the most well-known is the Bondi to Coogee coast walk, and certainly its one to put on your ‘to do’ list for any visit to Syders. My old standard is the Bay Run around Iron Cove (I wrote about it here). I can usually be found there at least once a week, and I love it.
But, this weekend we ventured a little further afield. We crossed the bridge and headed to North Harbour Reserve for a spot of ball throwing before undertaking the last couple of kilometres of the Spit Bridge to Manly scenic walk. If you’re going the whole hog, the walk is about 10 km one way, but it is made up of a series of short tracks, mostly less than 1-2km. Each track covers a themed section of the harbour, so covering all of them in one walk is a great way to experience some of the diversity of Sydney Harbour’s bays, beaches and bushland.
We have been experiencing a bit of an Indian summer (although that may have turned today!) so despite being in the depths of Autumn down here, there were still sun worshippers and swimmers out enjoying the fab’ weather…
The World’s Biggest Sun Worshipper
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Approaching Fairlight
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Sun Worshippers in Mid-April…
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…and Swimmers
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View From North Harbour Reserve
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Another reason to appreciate living in the lucky country…
One of my favourite walks! The bast thing about sydney has to be the beautiful coastal walks, and even better they are completely free!
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Mine too, BCD. It’s hard not to be happy when you are surrounded by lovely views and sunshine (not to mention a very happy puppy!)
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We’re hoping someday to take this walk..in your spring. We want to avoid our winter.
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Well, I can tell you that poodles recommend it, J! Bella was in heaven (although as a middle aged woman, she did get a little stroppy with a shitzu who crossed her.) Please let me know if you’re heading down!
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I absolutely agree!! Every time we come to Sydney, we try to do the Bondi to Coogee walk, as I love every single little bay!!
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Hiya K – Have you been to Swell (at Bronte) for brekkie? Add it to your list – highly recommended! 🙂
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Will do! Thank you
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Beautiful! Looks as if you had a gorgeous walk. Is that sweet puppy yours?
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That sweet (middle aged poodle who doesn’t think she is a dog) puppy is Bella. She is mine! 🙂
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Love both these walks. I regularly do Gordon’s Bay to Bondi and back. Just loving this Autumn weather. Some of the best times to do these walks is Spring and Autumn.
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Totally agree – for me, Autumn is my favourite time of the year. Especially for Sydney’s coastal walks.
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I love that sky in the last shot, it just sums it all up. A beautiful time of the year that makes my painting fingers itchy.
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EVERYTHING makes your painting fingers itchy! I wish I had the talent to even attempt to capture it.
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I spent over two months in Sydney recently, and picked up the series of coastal walks from the Tourist Information office for FREE. Did a fair few of them, too, including the Bondi to Coogee and this one.
Can’t beat the views 🙂
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It has got to be one of the world’s most scenic coastal walks, don’t you think? (I say this as a Kiwi!)
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Such beautiful pictures makes me jealous of the weather, I hope I will get to visit Sydney soon. I’ve been there before my 20s so it’s been a while.. I love Ellen’s quote too 😉
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Come on down, LXAX!
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I’m actually moving to Singapore May 6.. OMG.. sunshine!!!! xx Will have to visit Sydney then!! 😀
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That Ellen quote is hysterical! Have you ever shown LM on the blog before this? Gosh, it’s beautiful where you are.
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LM was shown once before in a VERY secret squirrel kind of way (here)
I’m quite fond of Ellen’s cheerful and positive humour. AND she’s paying for the very wonderful NZ MP, Maurice Williamson to fly over to appear on her show. If you haven’t seen his amazing speech, you can check it out here 🙂
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Beautiful Autumn walks with brushes of sunshine to warm up those limbs …. I think Sydney holds onto summer longer than we do over here in Adelaide. Grey clouds and drizzle have been our lot today but I’m not complaining …. we really need that rain.
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Hey Dianne! Would you believe I’ve never been to Adelaide? Sacrilege!
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What lovely scenery and a very cute dog!
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Bella is very cute, but yesterday I met an 18 month old groodle (a mix of Bella and Oscar?) and he was ADORABLE!
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Hi from NZ! One of my fondest memories of Bondi is sitting on the beach not too far from the pool pictured above, eating lobster and chips in the middle of winter 🙂
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Kia ora Val! Ahhh – the Bondi pool under Icebergs! The one above is at Fairlight, but Sydney’s outdoor saltwater pools are amazing, aren’t they? Lobster & chips on the beach is my kind of meal, too. Scrum!
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My doggies would love that walk, pity that they don’t like flying ;-). Fabulous shots, what a great place to enjoy the remnants of summer and Bella certainly looks like one very happy puppy.
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Your doggies would love that walk. Of that I have no doubt! 🙂
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This is one of my favourite walks – after the stock standard Bronte-Bondi x
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Isn’t it amazing that we can say ‘stock standard Bronte to Bondi walk’ simply because we are here? Talk about understatement!
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