[ Outline ] · Standard · Linear+ I've Been To Bondi, Sydney, Australia

[Isaac_Putin]

Beautiful beach. It was Australia's winter time, but there were surfer's everywhere. The architecture in the area is great. It doesn't look like a dumpy little beach town. I almost thought of Croatia looking at the surrounding buildings and hills.

[bondiguy]

Ahh yes I know it well!

I have stayed there before once or twice.

You may have seen alot of Asian tourists as they are usually the only ones who can afford to stay at such beautiful hotels! The Yanks and Europenas tend to stay in hostel or lower quality accomodation to save money and stay longer!

[Isaac_Putin]

Ahh yes I know it well!

I have stayed there before once or twice.

You may have seen alot of Asian tourists as they are usually the only ones who can afford to stay at such beautiful hotels! The Yanks and Europenas tend to stay in hostel or lower quality accomodation to save money and stay longer!

Bondi, that place had an incredible buffet dinner. My wife and I cleared out all the sashimi, before going on to the shrimp and crab. The shrimp still had their heads on. That's something I hadn't seen in the States. And the crab clearly was a species I had never seen before. They cut it in half down the middle. It made it very easy to eat.

[bondiguy]

Bondi, that place had an incredible buffet dinner.  My wife and I cleared out all the sashimi, before going on to the shrimp and crab.  The shrimp still had their heads on.  That's something I hadn't seen in the States.  And the crab clearly was a species I had never seen before.  They cut it in half down the middle.  It made it very easy to eat.

It was probably a blue swimmer or sand groper crab! Shrimp (prawns) are almost always served with heads on here to keep the freshness and the taste.

It is probably a 4.5 to 5 star hotel so the service, food, room, view would have been magnificent!

[Isaac_Putin]

It was probably a blue swimmer or sand groper crab! Shrimp (prawns) are almost always served with heads on here to keep the freshness and the taste.

It is probably a 4.5 to 5 star hotel so the service, food, room, view would have been magnificent!

I guess that makes sense. They were all over me at the concierge desk. I'm surprised they didn't give me a scalp massage every time I asked for directions.

We were trying to find all the nude beaches but didn't want to come out and ask directly. So, we would ask about places around the beach. And they were like, "Why would you want to go there? There's a much better restaurant/store/part/etc. at" some place about 10 miles away....