Bondi and Camping

So thats the end of the camping. 42 nights in total all over Australia. I've given the camping stuff to a charity shop on Bondi beach (except for the tent which I chucked in the bin). The total cost of all the camping stuff was around 70quid which is amazing. And it served me pretty well. I had 1 night with heavy rain and 2 nights that were a bit too cold - it got down to 6C in Port Douglas. So the tent was stretched. Besides that pretty good.

Aussie camp sites have generally been excellent. They are much more akin to continental camp sites than UK ones (I guess because they pla for good weather). Most of the sites had excellent facilities, and camp kitchens which were a real bonus. Most camp kitchens had cookes, kettles, toasters, some had ovens.

BBQs are everywhere in Oz. On the beach , by the side of the road, camp sites, rest stops. They are not bbqs in the charcoal fashion but smal say 30inch square electric griddles with a small hole inthe middle to drain all the rubbish away. On camp sites they are free but at the beaches and rest stops they cost anything between 20c and 1AUD for 10 mins frying time. Excellent.

Bondi was as I expect a surf beach to be. The waves aren't actually that good but the beach is THE palce to be seen. Loads of people wandering around looking good and surfers catching the waves, and from what I could see crashing in to each other. Very commercialised and very busy. Still its what you expect if you have a beach 4 miles from the city centre.

I visited quite a few of the beaches along the south east of Sydney and Bondi is just the most famous, not the best. Still its supposed to be the worlds most famous beach (theres that fanmous word again...)

Have a couple of days in Sydney - I leave Saturday for Bangkok. And its February, where does the time go.

Final Oz blog on Saturday -