Summer 29th September 2008
Well you know summer has arrived in Bondi when 5 pissed guys asked me for a light at 6am (who look like they’d been up all weekend, wired, and just wobbled out of the Bondi hotel). Or maybe it’s the fact that the beach is coated in litter, a two seater lounge has been left from yesterdays crowds and the morning surf crew has doubled. “You know when summer has hit Bondi when…” Add Your Comment here
Two weeks of flatness and we’ve been blessed with a small swell. Bondi had a 2 foot wave, being the south facing magnet that it is…with offshore winds it looks quite inviting. You’d want to paddle out soon, the SE onshores are lurking (25 knots later today).
Small waves all week, tomorrow is probably the biggest and sadly the long weekend looks tiny. Sorry folks.
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Roland Czechowski said |
when…up to a month ago you could still get a parking spot on Campbell Parade at 6am
Slam Libido said |
when there’s more waxed chests than bikini lines on the grassy knoll.
Emma said |
when my usual parking spot out the front of my place is now taken by tourists and I have to drive around for 30 mins to find one. hard to complain though when I live near the best beach in the world!
Jono said |
you use your sunnies as blinkers to filter out the ferrels
Zzzzzz said |
when I walk from South to North just so I can pass by the tourists with their radio ghetto blasters and the families to reach my friends on the knoll…
Jules said |
When the greesed mullets and other associated bad haircuts make the trek to Bondi.
Steve said |
when Kevin Rudd and the bloody Labor government will come up with another useless water saving initiative.
Philippe said |
when … English becomes a second language.
henge said |
when Geremy Blake trims up his package
gorey said |
rubbers no givaway cos its 4×3 ebombs year round for 90% of the crew.
(wetty salesmen in bondi are doing a fantastic job)
the only way to tell is a sudden influx of sombreros in the lineup.
Lizzy said |
When your Hastings Parade drive way gets used by some knob’s green Citroen.. all day.. yes you know who you are. Grrrr.
Hindu Cow said |
When we’re reminded Bondi belongs to all Australians, not just 2026 residents.
Carly said |
…when you can’t walk a straight line from the promenade to the water.
cj said |
u start running on the soft sand again, you feel like u’ve got concrete boots on and your toes don’t turn into frozen stubbs like the last time u tried 6 weeks ago…
owen said |
when the line up is filled with more kooks than ever!!!
Shimon said |
…getting from South Bondi backpackers to Hurricane’s is a 45 minute drive.
gaz said |
instead of darting over the cold sand to the water you amble by trying not to stare too much at the largest congregation of scantily clad hotties on the planet…….
Anton Murray said |
…the floor of my apartment gets sandy.
Caspar said |
a southerly change comes in people evacuate the beach like there’s a Tsunami approaching.
Caspar said |
THERE’S A GROUP OF BLOKES WHO HAVE HAIRCUTS LIKE SKUNK PELTS SITTING OUTSIDE HURRICANES
Philippa said |
when the golden sands of Bondi disappear under a sea of human flesh
Alex said |
… you start wondering “how do people even ask for those ridiculous hair cuts”?
Guy said |
The litter on Bondi is heart breaking. I find myself picking up plastic, paper and bottles especially on the shoreline as the tide comes in and washes it into the water. On the soft sand track which we use every day you can find everything from broken glass to burger king wrappers to dog shit!
I have been onto the council with this but the seem to be doing nothing. It seems that ticketing some bloke who has overstayed on his parking is more important that enforcing the laws they have on litter. Countless emails to the council to put some litter monitors or get creative and get people to pick up after themselves is key to the survival of Bondi. I can think of a number of ideas to clean the beach up each day especially on the weekends but the council could not care less. At this rate Bondi will be an envirnmaentl disaster in no time at which poiint all those who killed it will move on to somewhere else to do their worst.
craig said |
when you stop going there and find somewhere better!
Stealthy said |
….when even geursy & wal arent getting many waves in the morning!!
Jason said |
when there are more people wearing brands like adidas and Umbro then Quicksilver and Billabong
Brad said |
…there is more laughter and music drifting on the night air……
David said |
I agree with Guy, the garbage on the ground outside the take away food stores in Campbell Pde makes me feel embarrassed to be a human being. It is humanity at its worst, we have learn’t nothing.
KJ said |
when a new crew of backpackers move in next door as the old one’s leave their skanky lounge on the kerb
Riki said |
…when the kiddies pool is nice and warm???
paz said |
When the Red Mal Baron dons his red speedos.
Andy said |
when your push bike gets stolen from infront of the surf club!!! if i find the thief god help them…
withheld said |
when you have to walk through lebanon to get to the knoll
Kelly said |
the 333,380 or 381 is jammed in like a sardine can of people sweating like a pedofile in a playground
Kelly said |
when every man and his dog decide it’s a great time to try swimming for the first time in their life
Angry Felix said |
when you go for a twenty minute surf with your mate only to come back in and realise your bags are stolen with my brand new phone. wallet, towel, clothes and all!
Luke said |
…when you opt to take a softie to Tama rather than maneuver the european obstacle course at Bondi…
Dean said |
when there are more mullets on the sand than in the water
Dean said |
when there are more football shorts than boardshorts
DJ said |
when a glorious day is blown away by a sand-blasting onshore gale, and middle Bondi is still packed with people in footy-shorts chasing frisbees
mike malouf said |
when you peel out first thing sat morn and hightail it to trech!
harry said |
you’re even less likely to go anywhere near the place. At the Bra, we get the craps if there’s more than about a thousand people.
sharkbait said |
when the bergs-to-ben buckler swim needs traffic control
Dan said |
when you start plotting your weekend escapes to campsites up the coast
sharkbait said |
when the fffffffff fffffffff bootcamps start leaking. Take a sleep in instead. No, really.
sharkbait ukims said |
when chinese tourist trouser turn-ups get wet. very.
Cameron said |
when you live in London and all your mates in Bondi start sending you pics of the beach and giving you s$%^ about the English weather.
Duncan said |
when you feel out of place in your boardies and crazy ideas start creeping into your head like, I should sunbake with oil all over me, or maybe I should get a pair of those euro shorts everyone seems to be wearing…?
Soph said |
when swimmercam becomes a permanent fixture on the Aquabumps daily updates… the morning pre-work run becomes a slalom obstacle course ‘cos suddenly everyone wants to exercise… and when Tama seems a far better option to escape the hoards of weekend hoons
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sul said |
when you catch a wave at packed north end and end up with some micro groms clambering on the front of your board
frank said |
the ladies start going topless…..
Aidan said |
its December, January or February…
Bill said |
when someone steals your new thongs (again) when you leave them at the bottom of the south end ramp
Tiny Tyrant said |
when us year round regulars start whinging about the influx of blow-ins as though our relo’s watched Cook sail in. life’s tough.
Luca said |
…when the winter has already started in switzerland and the only sunshine you can see is the one on the pictures of Bondi-Beach..
Murph said |
… when the wind in Edinburgh is cold enough to cut you in half…
Oh how I miss Bondi !!
John in Manhattan Beach said |
When the leaves fall off the trees in SoCal
Guy said |
When it takes 2 hours to get a feed from hurricanes
cecile said |
Winter is coming up in France, and i am feeling so sad when i am thinking of FRESWATER …………………
Puds said |
when we start seeing all you diehard Bondi “locals” on the northern beaches..
yentil grogovic said |
when cambo makes his way from blacktown for a dip
john d said |
when all those overcooked pink babes and baldies wished they were here in belfast enjoying our 7degrees wet and windy weather to cool down……..
shanan said |
when shoes become a thing of the past and sand seems to spill out of every pocket nook and cranny
Dean said |
when i stop surfing at bondi….
Nick said |
Summer in West Oz = Bushflies… F’n heaps of them!!!
Ant said |
When you see male english tourists chatting up local girls after swimming in their white Y fronts. Success rate a possible minus 10