{"id":1223,"date":"2015-11-11T00:19:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dltwt.com\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2015-11-11T00:19:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T07:19:48","slug":"manly-bondi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/?p=1223","title":{"rendered":"Manly Bondi"},"content":{"rendered":"

We woke up to\u00a0beautiful blue\u00a0skies this morning.\u00a0 It was a perfect day to take two well-known tramps around Sydney.\u00a0\u00a0We started off at Coogee\u00a0Beach to walk\u00a0the popular\u00a0four mile cliff-top\u00a0coast walk\u00a0between Coogee\u00a0\u00a0& Bondi Beaches.\u00a0 The views of Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte Beaches provided the backdrop for some amazing photos.\u00a0 \u00a0It happened to be the day after the annual 2- week “Sculptures on the Sea” exhibit.\u00a0 The beaches are beautiful and the walk reminiscent of southern California beach walks-particularly the Manhattan to Palos Verdes esplanade walk.\u00a0\u00a0The beach was certainly\u00a0enhanced by this seaside art gallery\u00a0filled with sculptures that hadn’t been removed yet.\u00a0 The crowds were a little heavier because of the exhibit.<\/p>\n

We were anxious to see Bondi Beach; as, Alexander spent his entire\u00a0junior\u00a0year at Boston College attending the University of New South Wales and living in Bondi Beach.\u00a0\u00a0 (With all the health issues\u00a0concerning Lesley’s parents, we never got to visit\u00a0Alexander during his Australian\u00a0junket.\u00a0 Oh, we mean studies) \u00a0After lunch on Bondi, we took the bus back to Sydney and caught another bus north to Manly to walk the 6- mile “Spit to Manly” coast walk.\u00a0 The trail was quite varied between sand, wood & stone steps & some platforms along with a variety of flora and fauna.\u00a0 The stone steps\u00a0often looked like they had be installed by a\u00a0medieval stonemason’s incompetent apprentice.\u00a0\u00a0 There were lots and lots of steps on this hike.\u00a0 There were plenty of great vantage points to be found along the track offering spectacular views across the Sydney Harbor.\u00a0 After three bus rides (There\u00a0are no ferries that go to Congee due to it’s ocean front location.)\u00a0and 10 miles of walking, we ferried back to Circular Quay in Sydney from Manly Bay on the big green and yellow double decker “slow boat”. \u00a0It was a\u00a0glorious day.<\/p>\n

\"Coogee<\/a>
Coogee Beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cemetery<\/a>
Cemetery on the beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Coogee<\/a>
Coogee cliffs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a>
Sculptures by the Sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"More<\/a>
More sculptures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Beach<\/a>
Beach Man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Playful\"<\/a>
Playful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Beach<\/a>
Sunburned Beach man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another<\/a>
Another gorgeous bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"How<\/a>
How realistic is this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Burned<\/a>
Burned tree sculpture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Faces<\/a>
Faces within burned tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bondi<\/a>
Bondi beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Manly<\/a>
Manly walk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Spit<\/a>
Spit to Manly trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Manly\"<\/a>
Manly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We woke up to\u00a0beautiful blue\u00a0skies this morning.\u00a0 It was a perfect day to take two well-known tramps around Sydney.\u00a0\u00a0We started off at Coogee\u00a0Beach to walk\u00a0the popular\u00a0four mile cliff-top\u00a0coast walk\u00a0between Coogee\u00a0\u00a0& Bondi Beaches.\u00a0 The views of Bondi, Tamarama and Bronte Beaches provided the backdrop for some amazing photos.\u00a0 \u00a0It happened to be the day after the … Continue reading Manly Bondi<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Si9J-jJ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1223"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1281,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1223\/revisions\/1281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dltwt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}