I visted Byron Bay recently for the first time and loved the beach and the colours of the place. From the top down: the lizard living in the garden of our rented apartment, main beach, breakfast at the Byron Beach cafe behind Clarke’s beach, a ladybug, felafel and hummus from Orgasmic foods on Bay Lane, bikes and beer are two of the most common things in town, a plum coloured Renault 12 (definitely not an original colour) and delicious old school pizza with wholemeal bases from Earth ‘n’ Sea on Byron St.…
Archive for the category: Beaches
summer holidays – City Beach, Perth
Over the coming two weeks I’ll be featuring posts related to my summer holidays in the mornings, with Fitzroy posts in the afternoons. This is City Beach in Perth at about 10am on Monday 21 December 2009. Most people are still at work, there’s no fighting for car parking and there’s a decent break for body surfing.…
Onetangi beach, Waiheke Island
There are many places to see and stay when on Waiheke Island, and based on web information I chose Onetangi beach, on the central north coast of the island. It is quiet and a wonderful place to stay where you can fall asleep to the sound of the ocean, which for me is an incredibly relaxing thing.…
Vino Vino on Waiheke Island
When I went to Auckland recently I spent two days on Waiheke Island, which is about 40 minutes by ferry to the east of Auckland. It’s primarily rural and wine country, very touristy, with lovely beaches and a relaxed holiday atmosphere, though it is also a suburb of Auckland and people commute to the city from there by ferry every day.…
Muriwai beach
One of the most beautiful places I went to in New Zealand recently was Muriwai Beach, on the west coast of the north island. The sand is the colour of milk chocolate from volcanic activity. In changable weather I could not resist a quick swim though the strong rip and wind meant I was the lone swimmer in the water, with only a couple of surfers nearby.…
beach life at Coogee
After enjoying a long swim and bodysurfing some perfect waves, I went for a walk and looked around.…
Coogee beach
Coogee is my favourite beach in Sydney; when I have the chance I’m always in the water. On Saturday I had lunch at A Fish Called Coogee. They have various fish, prawns and octopus, some plain, some marinated. You choose your fish, and have it cooked with your choice of sides, such as chips, rice or bok choi.…
Flickerfest at Bondi
I’ve spend the weekend in Sydney, mainly to go to the short film festival Flickerfest, but also to go to the beach. I’m staying at Coogee, but more about that later. I went to two sessions at Flickerfest – Australian program 4 and the Celebrity program.…
Bunker Bay
Bunker Bay near Dunsborough on the northern edge of the Margaret River winery region in WA is such a lovely place for a holiday. This is the beach directly in front of the resort.
…