Sculpture by the sea

I can’t believe it’s been over a week since I last posted, time seems to run at warp speed down under. Earlier this week I did the Bondi- Coogee costal walk, it’s 6km long and takes about two hours from start to finish. November is the perfect time to go because that’s when the annual Sculpture by the Sea art exhibit is held, so the walk was even more beautiful than normal. As you can imagine, I passed through many beaches along the way. Bondi is known for it’s crowds and surfing, Tamara is a small beach where the Sculpture by the Sea exhibit ended, Bronte was by far the most beautiful, Clovelly is a “sheltered” beach which I discovered is just a nice way of saying cement, Gordon’s bay (which I have been to before) is a hot spot for snorkeling and scuba diving, and finally Coogee, which is where I go the most often.

Sydney's most famous and overrated (according to locals) beach, Bondi.

I feel like this would be found on a Star Wars set.

This was one of my favorites because it reminded me of a Curly Gril Design card that says, "Some people will go their whole lives and not actually live one day. She did not intend on being of them." It's sort of my motto these days.

This was my second favorite, I love elephants and it's so fun to look at!

For all my Chi Omega girls out there =)

Bronte beach, the most beautiful beach I've seen yet.

This boardwalk just opened in September, it was an amazing walk.

In other news, I went on my first night dive at the end of last week. It was unbelievable. We actually went to Camp Cove, where we learned how to scuba dive, but like our Dive Master promised, it was completely different at night. I saw a numb ray, squid, octopus, salt water catfish, and even an eel. I wasn’t scared at all to be diving at night, but I was a tad frightened about getting to close to the animals! It was a large group, about ten people in total: five people from my diving course and five Americans that just finished up their semester at University of New South Wales, including a guy named Chris who’s a junior at Miami. Small world, huh?

I have the next few days off work so Rachel and I decided to take a trip up to Newcastle, a small beach town about three hours north of Sydney. We’ll most likely spend our three days there laying out on the beach, exploring their downtown, and maybe even making a day trip to Hunter Valley, the wine region. As much as I love living in Sydney, I’m very much looking forward to exploring a new place.