Confounding, Beguiling, and Inspiring in Equal Measure
On my last day in Bondi the weather turned around and the sun finally showed up. I took the opportunity to walk the coastal route from Bondi to Coogee and back. I’ve included some recommendations below for a stay in the area.
Stay: QT Bondi (any room with a balcony)
Eat: Three Blue Ducks (Bronte), Iggy’s Bread (Bronte), Lox in a Box (Bondi)
Coffee: Gertrude & Alice (Bondi)
Sydney Opera House
Capturing a building covered in people that has been photographed millions of times was quite the challenge. What really struck me about the Sydney Opera House was the sheer size and unique geometry of the building. The 10 curved shells of the Sydney Opera House cling to the edge of Circular Quay as though ready to set sail in to Port Jackson. Each new angle reveals a different shape; seashell, armour plating, succulent, sail boat, and exotic fruit. A simple shape that revealed itself in many different ways.
Stay — Ocean Luxury House
Coffee — Moons Licensed Espresso Bar, Wye General Store
Food — Airey’s Pub, The Bottle of Milk
Melbourne is a city that I did not expect to love. I never really considered going to Australia, it always felt like a far-away version of Canada. Now I’m always telling skeptics, “You must go! I have recommendations!” And while the Victorian era architecture may look weathered, the city’s young entrepreneurs have done an incredible job reinventing the 19th-century spaces in to hip cafes, restaurants, and theatres.
The ideas below are in no-way comprehensive but rather an abbreviated list of personal favourites.
