Our street...not enough garages in this suburb....

Pete and I were very lucky to be in Sydney today as it was the Festival of the winds at  Bondi Beach....it is Australia's most iconic free kite festival.  

Phil, Carlo, Lucian and Gala walked to our apartment and we all walked together to the beach.

The variety of kites was awesome...

We had a pleasant swim in the ocean and the ocean pool at North Bondi...

Carlo took this photo for us...

Some of the more interesting buildings on our way home from Phil and Carlo's home...where we had a delicious lunch...

Another exciting day in Sydney.

 

Pete and I are enjoying our walks along the streets of Bondi...the older apartment buildings are very attractive and there are so many interesting new blocks of apartments...

Bondi beach at 10 am ....

Beautiful soft sand....cool water...sunshine...

After our swim we walked to North Bondi beach to meet Phil....

....watching the surfers...

...so many surfers...

....that's Phil in the ocean pool...

....we went for a walk across the rocks...

...Gala is an amazing rock hopper...just loves the water too...

...from where we were we had wonderful views of the beach 

At Lou's soccer game...Phil helping the coach ...organising the players' positions

....loved watching Lou play....

Carlota's 50th Birthday Party....

Mikey (one of Phil's oldest and closest friends) and Pete ....

Carlo, Macario and one Mackie's good friends

...the music makers arrive....

...they were so entertaining...

...dancing...

Carlo and her close girlfriends...they could all sing the Spanish songs...what a wonderful evening it was.

 

On our way to Sydney to celebrate Carlota's 50th birthday....

                   It was so interesting, a different flight path...not to Melbourne as usual....in this photo we are    

                   approaching Adelaide and had terrific views of Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent...

Our first view of Adelaide...

I enjoyed the views going over the mountains....

Sydney....

Behind Peter is the building where we are staying in an AirBNB apartment..it is only a 10 minute walk to the beach and to Phil's...the apartment is very comfortable.

After settling in to our apartment we walked down to the beach....it looked fabulous!

It was at 5pm...

We met Phil at North Bondi beach and took his dog Gala for a walk while Phil had a quick swim. Such a cute dog.

The view from the North side of Bondi Beach...where there are the children's ocean pools...

An amazing old apartment building across the road from the beach....

The shopping and restaurant strip opposite the beach...all in all an exciting day.

 

This evening we celebrated Julie's birthday at our monthly Cheap and Cheerful gathering...we had a wonderful time at Tash and Hugh's home for nibbles and dessert and at the Tamarind Restaurant for a delicious feast of Thai food.