South of Bondi, we bouldered down along smooth golden-orange cliffs to the turquoise cove below to find a spot for my first unofficial snorkeling lesson today.
Beaches in Sydney, and along much of the eastern Australian coast, have been closed for the past three days due to excessively rough surf, and anticipated to be rough waters through the weekend, so we shouldn’t have been surprised that the surf here had stirred the sand and silt from the bottom so much as to block underwater visibility. Ah, no worries. The sun was hot overhead when we came back to the shelter and shade of the cliffs for a picnic at the water’s edge. A group of nuns dressed in white gathered further down the shoreline, dipping their toes in the white frothy surf. With potato salad, Camembert cheese and crackers, cantaloupe, and a bottle of a refreshing white wine, we basked in the warmth radiating from the rocks.
Aussie Word of the Day: cozzie = swim suit
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