The Ocean Pools of Sydney – Part 3: Malabar to Mahon

I left you all in suspense… what did we decide? Bondi beach swim or pools?…. The Ocean Pools of Sydney – Part 2: Icebergs, Bondi Well, after considering two facts: 1. sharks eat turtles 2. no ocean pools in WA, we unanimously decided to stick to plan A for our final swimming day. It wasn’t […]

The Ocean Pools of Sydney – Part 2: Icebergs, Bondi

Day 2 was never going to match day 1 in terms of swimming conditions. When we woke, it was raining and the wind was howling, but we were determined……. we had to have at least one swim. So down the hill we walked, from Tamarama to the iconic Icebergs pool at Bondi. 7. Icebergs For […]

The Ocean Pools of Sydney – Part 1: Tamarama to Coogee

The Travel Bees are currently on a short break that has been long in the making. My Yallingup lagoon swimming buddy and I decided some time ago, a trip to Sydney to swim in the ocean pools would be an epic way to cement our swimming camaraderie. When Jetstar announced flights from Busselton to Sydney […]

The beach and the bridge – Sydney, NSW

(Not just any beach or any bridge. I mean the beach and the bridge) Today started much the same as yesterday (yes the teenage sloth and nagging mother) but what made my morning, was the greeting we got when we finally got to Joe Black cafe. Not only did they remember us from yesterday, but […]

Mirror balls, bikes and landmarks – Sydney NSW

Here we are, on our much anticipated ‘Yay year 11 is over’ trip. Master 16 and the Travel Bee (OG) are on a special mum and son trip. One on which I was hoping we could enjoy each others company minus all the usual nagging associated with teen boys, school and the multitude of distractions […]