Catching a wave on Bondi Beach

We all agreed that we would like to visit Bondi Beach so of course I booked surfing lessons for Jamie, Ally and Davie! What an iconic place to learn to surf for the first time! We caught a bus from near our hotel and half an hour later we were at the beach. It is a lovely beach with a curve of white sand, and the weather was great with blue sky and turquoise sea. However coming from Scotland I think we are a bit spoiled for gorgeous beaches and I can think of several even more beautiful than Bondi, for example in Harris, North Uist, Barra, and on the mainland Sanna Bay, Sandwood Bay and Achmelvich. I don't say this to detract from Bondi though, it is very attractive and very handy for the centre of Sydney. It is also of course a famous surfing beach. The waves were quite small today, but as the instructor from "Let's go Surfing" told us, that's good for beginners. We had a very nice lunch in the Speedo cafe, it was busy but the service was excellent. The boys got changed into their wetsuits and had their two hour lesson while James and I relaxed on the beach and took photos of them. The instructor was very good, he taught them each technique on the beach, they practised it in the water, and by the end of two hours he had them all surfing standing up! They were all delighted and want to go surfing again. Jamie hurt his broken foot with all the activity, by the time we got back to the hotel it was very sore, I hope it isn't badly damaged. Tomorrow we leave Sydney and head to Port Douglas near Cairns. We have all really enjoyed our time in Sydney.