We decided to stay in Clovelly on recommendation of our Irish pal, Lisa Martin who lived in Sydney for a few years. Clovelly is a seaside town to the east of Sydney, just south of Bondi. What a great choice albeit that the actual place we stayed: Clarks at Clovelly was a bit of a dive. We could walk to the shore and there we found seawater lidos to swim in - this was great fun when the tide was rough and the waves were breaking over the edge of the lido in Bronte harbour (Sydney's first surf beach i.e. pre-Bondi). There was also a great coastal trail for us to run and walk along, just above the cliffs and crashing spray. We walked north to Bronte beach where we saw 'Bogey holes' which are Aboriginal swimming holes: one for the men and one for the women (also used as birthing pools). Unfortunately the sea was too rough for us to swim in them. We did make it out to Manly beach which was also brilliant.
Bought a ferry ticket that allowed us to roam the harbour including going under the bridge passed Cockatoo island to Westville.
We liked how safe about Sydney felt, after the constant fear of crime that blights South Africa .....
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