Eastern Suburbs beach walk : 1 - Coogee
Wednesday 30 July. A bright, cool, crisp day. Having had some time off from work with a rotten, nasty little cold/virus-thingy as my token leave loading, I decided to do a seaboard walk. I walked from my place in north Maroubra to Coogee Beach that took some 2o minutes, finding myself on the sealine track north to Bondi Beach. Here's a nice apartment block on Arden Street, looks like it's circa 1930's, tastefully decorated and painted. I was walking downhill towards Coogee Beach. Apparently in the early 80's Mel Gibson knocked on the door of someone's house in this area begging to buy it, and apparently a deal was struck! He was well-doshed up, no doubt. Coogee Beach from the south end, northern aspect. By the cool, cool water. Wedding Cake Island. To the right, on shore, are the Coogee baths with seapool below. It photographs better than I remember it... The Coogee promenade. Shot taken from the northern end, southern aspect. Coogee rapidly gentrified fro...