coogee coup

Jonty's surprise weekend to 'Tauranga' turned out to be a Coogee beach getaway. What fun I had planning and keeping that a secret. We had a fab time just hanging out in Coogee and around the place. We ate out every night at a variety of reasonably priced retaurants including 'A fish called Coogee'. I had marlin - first time, lovely.

We walked from Coogee to Bronte along the coastal track which was a 2 and half hour round trip after a spell on the beach at Bronte drinking a terrible coffee. I just love the way the Aussies go to the beach and just chat and hang out. Only kids and speedo clad surf life savers in the water. Jonty took a dip at Coogee - not in speedos.

Waverley Cemetery ...perched on the cliff top, it has a fantastic multi million dollar view, yay the dead people!

On our first morning we thought there was some 'thing' happening but it turns out that it is just that lots of people just hang out and chat at the beach. Very cool. We did that too but just talked to each other, had our lunch, did some reading and checking out the locals.

We stayed a boutique hotel called Dive - which is a funny name for a lovely place but you get it when you see the photo. Our room was gorgeous...facing the beach, huge with a king sized bed and the most sumptuous curtains. It was pretty noisy in the wee small hours but you expect that with the student bar down the way but it was fine.

Our hotel is the little grey one in the middle of the photo.

Markets - Paddington. Having been to heaps of markets I think it is one of the best with genuine gorgeous things. We bought a few bits and pieces. Sydney Fish Market was a real find. It was fun being one of the very few white English speaking people there. We had some very tasty morsels and watched the hubbub from the water front. Bought some delicious strawberries to eat back at the hotel. Yum, roll on summer.

That's it really..Bloody great!