Another week at work over and I revelled in the lie in that I had certainly earned. It's a lovely day so we decide to retry, and go and do the Coogee to Bondi Walk.We catch the bus to Coogee - a beautiful beach complete with beach volleyball! - and start the walk along the coast.
I think I'm still surprised just how many beaches there are here. We walked through:
- Gordon's Bay - a secluded bay with no real beach to speak of but full of snorkellers -
- Clovelly - A thin deep beach of white snad but with concrete platforms full of sun worshippers
- Bronte Beach - with it's park complete with mini train (just like Cassiobury!)
And also Tamarama, Marks Park and Hunters Park (to be honest they all roll into one by now!) I'm very glad we walked the way we did, and not Bondi to Coogee - as it was all downhill our way!
We eventually arrived at Bondi, and celebrated with a Boost juice (recommended by Eleri and Pittis - cheers girls!!), before catching the train back to town - just in time - once more the heavens opened and we had torrential rain... the sort where rivers flow down the road!
That evening we went to the Opera House for a performance of Vaughn Williams "Sinfonia Antartica" (it's the Latin spelling hence no second c!) This was preceded by the Australian Premiere of Barry Conyngham's "Monuments". He juxtaposes 3 sets of 2 famous Australian landmarks (one natural, one man made). These were Uluru / The Opera House, The Barrier Reef / The Snowy Scheme, The Apostles / Cityscape.
I liked the idea in principle, and visually I thought it was very good, but musically it was a little too modern for my liking!
The main event was fantastic! John Bell (an Australian Shakespearean Actor) read excerpts from Scott's diary (with perfect English diction). They showed Pontings photos on a big screen behind the stage which gave the music a visual focus. What between this and the wind machine played behind the orchestra the whole piece was very haunting... to the extent that it sent shivers down my spine.
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