Amazing Australia Trip Day 4: Bondi to Coogee Boardwalk

An update on the 8 Days Trip to Australia series: Day 4 - with the highlight being the walk from Bondi to Coogee beach!

Day 4 - 29 August 2017, Tuesday

Overall itinerary of our fourth day

0830 - 0930 : Travel to Bondi Beach

0930 - 1100 : Breakfast at Lox Stock and Barrel

1100 - 1200 : Chilling & Exploring Bondi Beach

1200 - 1600 : Bondi to Coogee Boardwalk (Spent some time at each beach)

1600 - 1730 : Lunch & Dinner at Coogee Pavilion 1730 - 1830 : Travel to Circular Quay

1830 - 2000 : Exploring Circular Quay & Sydney Opera House

2000 - 2130 : Travel to KOI Dessert Bar to have cakes

2130 onwards : Go back to Airbnb venue to rest & pack (flying to Melbourne on Day 5!)

This being the fourth day in Australia and last day in Sydney, we are halfway through our long awaited holiday. As usual, we woke up early and made our way to Central Station to catch the train to Bondi Junction Station. To get to Bondi beach, we took Bus 333 and arrived at our destination in 20 minutes' time.

Did I say we got lucky too? Krispy Creme was giving out donuts at the Central Station and we definitely got one each too - pre-breakfast snack settled!

That does not mean we were not going to have breakfast. The first place we headed to once we arrived at Bondi beach is Lox Stock and Barrel. It is a cozy Deli Diner located just 10 minutes away from Bondi beach. We had one big breakfast meal topped off with coffee and tea.

Their food being jewish in origin, most of the dishes look and feel pretty healthy. You would know what I mean when you see this image of Bowlarama (AU$19) - made with sprouted quinoa toast, poached eggs, avocado, hommus, kale, seaweed, homemade fermented veggies & miso dressing. Looking really green, but the combination of all the ingredients goes well together.

We also shared a portion of Brioche French Toast (AU$17) which is basically french toast served with ricotta, hazelnuts, maple and banana. This is one of my favourite French Toasts ever, maybe because the toast is well drenched with maple and served with a generous portion of ricotta and hazelnuts. Maybe the hazelnuts was the key to the toast too, it really compliments the toast if I may say.

With our tummies filled, it was time to start our Bondi to Coogee Boardwalk. If you do not make any stops at the several beaches (e.g. Tamarama, Bronte, Clovelly beaches) along the entire boardwalk, you could probably finish in 2 hours. Being us, we were all touristy, you can imagine how we kept stopping at every single beach to take photos and simply just chill.

We started off with Bondi beach, spending a good amount of time taking photos there and watching the sea waves. Cue the pictures taken at Bondi beach...!

If you are curious how long we took to complete the boardwalk, we finished it in approximately 3 hours. Here are the rest of the photos which I have managed to talk along the walk. Of course, there are many more but I shall not flood this post with them.

We ended off the walk at Coogee beach where the Coogee Pavilion is located. By then, it was around 4pm so we went ahead to have our lunch & dinner there. Originally, we had plans to visit the Coogee Pavilion Rooftop to have some drinks while watching the seawaves, but it was not opened on Tuesday (such a pity though!).

Anyway, the food was pretty good too! We ordered a Vinnie's pizza (I can't remember which exact flavour we ordered though) and a side of Fried Sebago Potatoes (AU$12). I just have to highlight how good the Fried Sebago Potatoes were! Take a look below... fried potatoes drenched in chilli aioli! They are a little spicy just to keep you from getting 'sicked' of it.

After which, we moved off to Circular Quay after spending 30 minutes waiting for a bus and then dozing off for another 30 minutes or so. Eventually, we made our way there, just in time for the sunset.

Since the Sydney Opera House is nearby, we headed over there as well to snap some pictures.

Lastly, we caught a train to bring us to KOI Dessert Bar to have some famous desserts. To avoid disappointment, try to head there when there is less of a crowd. We had to wait around for a table for quite a while, it was simply crowded. The desserts were pretty, and honestly though, I think the sweets were just alright.