Boomerang Dave's Boomerang Journal

It's New Years and we sleep in a bit before heading over to see the opera house up close and personal. I don't know if we are tired from all the walking, or just tired, but it seems very warm this day and we start to seek some shade. We take plenty of photos of the opera house and start to wind our way back. I stop at a shop called Booms & Didge and try out some didges. The storekeeper is amazed at my attempts to play. I can't really play but get superb sound out of several bloodwood models. I am not convinced that these are priced very reasonably so move on to a store we passed the previous evening. Stopping there, we not only find nice sounding bloodwood ones, but they are priced less, and on sale! I eventually get a beautiful one and pay to have it shipped home. The shop owner can play and demonstrated several models he recommended. I selected the one I liked best, which was not his first choice, but he did say it seemed better suited for me. He also gave me additional beeswax to make or adjust the mouthpiece.

We headed back to the hotel and donned our swimsuits for a trip to the beach. We find that we cam get a train to the famous Bondi Beach and head on our way. Much to our surprise, we end up with the train stopping one station early, and then being bussed to the Bondi station. From there it is another bus trip to the beach, in a bus crammed with bodies! We finally arrive, and the beach is very busy. Barb takes a swim but I think the water is too cold so opt out and lay at the beach. The beach is really beautiful, although crowded, and features great waves, many surfers, and many bikinis! We catch all our transportation back to the hotel and can now say we have been to Bondi!

Photo: Manly men at Manly Wharf