Long weekend

October 3, 2017

Morning my friends,

Long time no speak... After a pretty hectic week last week and a three-day weekend, I feel like it's been ages that I haven't wrote something on the blog.

Hope you all had a great long weekend and you are ready to kick-off this four-day week.

This weekend felt already like summer with 1000's of people coming down the beach to enjoy the weather and slightly warmer water. I personally didn't have a chance to lay down on the beach as it was not recommended for my healing daughter but next weekend I'm definitely up for it.

Here are some photos that I took last summer.

Enjoy my friends!

So much respect for these guys... especially after what happened in Las Vegas

Radio silence is over

September 29, 2017

Morning my friends,

My apologies for the radio silence over the last 4 days but I was at the hospital for most of it. Our little Charlotte had a pretty nasty ear infection, she had to be operated under general anesthesia. A massive thank you to all the staff from the Randwick Children's Hospital, you have been amazing all the way, we can't thank you enough! If you want to see some photos of our little warrior, here you go.

It felt so good to go back to the beach this morning and knowing that everything is back to normal now. On top of this, it was stunning down there!

Have a lovely weekend, mine is going to be calm and relaxing...

Ciao,

Amaury

Monday favs not fabs

September 25, 2017

Morning my friends,

No beach for me this morning as I had to look after a sick child at home, as I pretty much did all weekend really. Child care is pretty annoying I have to say... Every second week, Charlotte is getting sick, they should rename the place 'germ care'. Don't you worry parents, we make sure that your kids catch them all - like Pokemons! (haha)

Anyway, enough ranting for now but this weekend was definitely not the best, we are now all sick in the fam! Fun times, I can tell ya!

On a more positive note, this gave me a bit of time to dig into my hard drives and find some of my favourites photos from last Summer... So here you go, a small selection for you before I get to upload them in specific galleries in the coming weeks.

Have a lovely (germ free) week my friends,

Ciao!

Amaury

No germs in sight, all good to go... (sorry I'm getting a bit obsessed)

FriYeah!

September 22, 2017

Morning peeps,

What a beautiful day to be alive especially after my yesterday's spider adventure. Check it all out on my @AmauryTreguer Instagram Story. I explain you in 4 steps how to survive in Australia by safely removing a huntsman from your wall. Lucky wife was out and kid asleep, they would have freaked out!!

This morning too lazy to train, just went for the fun bits: photos, swim and coffee with my mates. Really hard to beat a morning like that...

Have a cracking weekend my friends, it's meant to be beautiful out there..

Chat to you on Monday,

Amaury

It strangely reminds me of something... Copy cating my own photos — It strangely reminds me of something... Copy cating my **own photos**

Plan A

September 21, 2017

Morning my friends,

Today I got to do exactly what I was intending to do (no baby to look after) , i.e. going in the water with the Olympus water housing.

It was incredibly rippy around South Bondi, I got dragged along all around the place and did struggle to go back to shore. At some stage, I actually thought that the best option was to come back via the stairs of the Icebergs.

Anyway, made it to the sand and pretty happy with the result... Worth the struggle if you ask me!

Enjoy and hope you like what you see...

Amaury

In my bubble bath with a couple of mates

Plan B

September 19, 2017

Morning my friends,

Nothing goes according to the plan that's what they say...

Plan A was wake-up at 5:20am, get ready, take my Olympus water housing and go straight in the water to take some photos while waiting for my mates to join me around 7am in the water.

Plan B (which was not really planned) was wake up at 4:30am with a crying baby, trying to fall asleep again but impossible so getting ready while giving breakfast to a grumpy baby, take her down the sand with me and joined my mates at the coffee shop at 7am. That's basically what happened today!

Well, I have to stay Plan B was not too bad neither as I love spending time with here in the morning... Here are the photos from this morning.

Chat to you tomorrow.

Amaury

6am, the sun is rising above the tallest building in North Bondi

The Graffiti Wall otherwise called The Golden Wall

Annina Helenelund. I took a similar shot of her 5 years ago

New recruit not impressed. Thanks Anthony & Harrison!

Moan-day

September 18, 2017

Morning my friends,

After a pretty tough weekend looking after a sick kid, pretty hard to find the motivation today. Childcare is terrible for kids, they get sick every second week...

Charlotte woke-up at 5am this morning so decided to bring her down the beach with me. She mainly wanted to stay in my arms which gave me an extra handicap when taking the photos.

I guess that's it for today, have a lovely week peeps!

Chat to you tomorrow,

Amaury

You know you arrive too late down the beach when it's all burnt!

The only time she was happy to get out of my arms... It lasted 5 minutes

Birth-day

September 15, 2017

Morning my friends,

What's the day today? It's Birth-Day! Or at least, it's mine... :)

This morning was just fantastic down there, the temperatures dropped a little outside and inside the water but still pretty amazing if you ask me.

It was mayhem, between all the different PT classes, the runners along the beach, the swimmers at the Bergs, the 100's of surfers catching the 100's of waves coming through and breaking all over the place. You can tell that Spring has Sprung and everyone is getting their body ready for Summer.

We did hill sprints with Hamish & Paul, then coffee, photos and swim. Normal routine really...

Have a lovely Fri-day and a beautiful weekend,

Chat to you on Monday as always,

A.

R U OK?

September 14, 2017

Morning peeps,

Today is "R U OK?" day so only one question to you: Are you ok?

I'm personally fine but I'm awake since 1am with massive insomnia. Quite annoying to be honest!

This morning we went to the jungle gym with the gang, did our 15 minute challenge: 5 chin-ups, 10 push-ups, 10 crunches, quick run, all this in 1.30 minutes, 10 times.

Then quick coffee, swim and straight to work as I had another early meeting. Once again, my apologies for the delay in posting.

Chat to you tomorrow at a normal time,

Amaury

R U OK? reunion waiting for Bruno's drone (what happened mate?)

Bertie on brand with his yellow short

Late

September 13, 2017

Morning my friends,

I know, I know.. what you are going to tell me. How come you didn't post earlier? Well, I was only meant to stay an hour in the water as I had an early meeting today but the sun took a bit of time to show its face and I got slightly too excited and stayed an extra 20 minutes. I'm obsessed with my new Olympus toy!

I then had to rush home, quickly edit the photos and then go to work. My morning was full of meetings up to now... I'm a busy man you know! ;)

But here are the photos... Well worth the wait I reckon!

Chat to you tomorrow as always

xoxo

Typical Bondi - Swimmers & surfers everywhere

Uge taking a photo of me taking photo of him. I know, it's all confusing! See the photo on Aquabumps (#BadHairDay) Thanks for the shot! — Uge taking a photo of me taking photo of him. I know, it's all confusing! See the photo on **Aquabumps** (#BadHairDay) Thanks for the shot!

When I realised I was going to be late... Joking just fixing my hair - haha!! (Shot by David Finato) — When I realised I was going to be late... Joking just fixing my hair - haha!! (Shot by David Finato)

Swim Season

September 12, 2017

Morning my friends,

That's it, swim season has officially started... There were so many people this morning exercising on the beach and going for a swim.

Water is super fine at the moment but not necessarily the cleanest after the big surf that we had over the last few days.

This morning with a sore head, we all trained at the jungle gym to get rid of all the pizzas and beers that we had last night at Mia Pizzeria in Bellevue Hill, my new hood. All you can eat pizza for $25 on Mondays. Let's be honest they ran at a loss yesterday! 8 boys eating for 16. ;)

Enough for today, here are the photos...

Ciao!

Amaury

SoBo from NoBo (South Bondi from North Bondi for the non-hipsters!)

The Morning Bondi crew and baby Freja (still a few missing!)

Bondi on the rocks (Where is the sand gone?)

Swim season has officially started! (even my mates are going in!)

Bondi to Bronte

September 11, 2017

Morning peeps,

How was your weekend? Mine was fabulous, thanks for asking, it all started in Bronte pool with Caroline Groth (see the photo here), then dinner with friends on Saturday night, filming with Airbnb and Le Cut Studio on Sunday morning and lunch with friends...

Here you go, you know it all...

This morning we went running with Hamishton and as I did last Monday, I took the camera with me and stopped along the way to take some photos. Perfect interval running really!

Enjoy the photos and have a lovely week, mine is going to be busy but lovely!

Ciao!

Amaury

Wet Friday

September 8, 2017

Morning my friends,

What a beautiful week it's been and apparently this weekend is going to be another good one with massive surf. We are so lucky to live in this part of the world!

This morning we did hill sprint with the crew, I took a few shots while catching my breath. Once we were done with it, we went in the water to play with my Olympus water housing. God I'm obsessed with this thing, it's actually a dream coming through. I swim everyday, all season and I have a true love for the ocean. This thing is just perfect for me! I really hope that the guys from Olympus will end-up giving it to me.

Enough begging for today, here are the photos. Have a fantastic weekend my friends!

Ciao!

Amaury

Yeah, we get it you are married! Me too buddy!

Lemon Spicy

September 7, 2017

Morning my friends,

What a cracker of a morning it was, again!

We went to the jungle gym with the gang, coffee and then quick photo shoot with the beautiful Roos who kindly ask me if I could help her out.

When life gives you lemons add some spice that's what they say... Or at least that's what I say! Roos that I've know for almost 7 years has started her own label called Lemon Spicy Sustainable Swimwear.

The whole collection is made from Italian fabric with Econyl, a recycled fiber made from ghost fishing nets and other post-consumer waste. How smart is that! When wearing Lemon Spicy you basically contribute to decreasing the pollution.

Right now to make her dream a reality she is running a crowdfunding campaign. Go and check out the whole story and help her out, right HERE.

That's all, go Roos and go you guys!

#BOOM!

Roos van Woudenberg founder of Lemon Spicy Sustainable Swimwear

The clarity of the water is insane at the moment

Talking about fashion, here is John Macarthur from Purl Harbour, most famous knitter in Australia

Roos looking for some help. Right HERE! — Roos looking for some help. Right **HERE**!

Warm Wednesday

September 6, 2017

Morning my friends,

You can definitely tell that Spring has sprung... It was actually pretty warm this morning and the boxing session didn't help as well. After a few rounds, there was even a bit of sweat... (sorry for the details)

This morning there were a few decent waves, Joel even took out his big wave board, the water was amazeball, there was a bit of activity on the sand between the Bondi Mermaid doing some belly dancing and Chris Prestidge doing a photo shoot.

I guess that's it for today...

Cheers,

Amaury

PS: A lot of my mates, told me they prefer the photos since I've been shooting with my Olympus kit. What do you reckon? You like it? Really keen to hear your thoughts. Comments below.

Carlito & Paolito showing how it's done!

Bondi Mermaid starting her day with some belly dancing

Papa Day!

September 5, 2017

Morning my friends,

This morning no exercise as my daughter Charlotte decided to wake-up early. So instead, we just went for coffee, caught-up with Paul and Hamish and photos.

I actually think that Charlotte loves coming with her Papa and his friends. You can tell that she is having a really good time running around, getting looked after by the boys... When comes summer, I actually can't wait for her to join me in the water too!

I guess that's it for today...

Ciao!

Amaury

Charlotte, could you please stop playing with the paddle boarder! ;)

Never turn your back to the ocean, that's what they say!

Joel Lovell, no wetsuit, one less fin, don't care! Happy days!

Old school

September 4, 2017

Morning my friends,

Hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was not bad at all with a lot of shooting involved and a great Father's Day.

For the ones that don't follow Morning Bondi on Instagram, you definitely should as I've posted heaps of photos during the weekend. I basically played with the Olympus water housing and I love it! Instagram here: @MorningBondi

Now you might wonder why the name of the post today is 'Old school'. Well it's as simple as what I have done today is exactly what I used to do a few years ago ie. running with a camera. When I started Morning Bondi almost 6 years ago, I used to take my phone with me and take photos while exercising. I quickly got frustrated with the quality and then took a compact camera. And once again, I got frustrated with the quality and moved to a big SLR which made it impossible to run with.

Thanks to compactness and light weight of the Olympus SLR, I could actually run and take photos. So here you go my friends, you are coming with me on the run...

Have a great week,

Amaury

The sky was on fire and when I say fire, I mean it!

Spring time!

September 1, 2017

Morning my friends and see you later Winter,

To be honest you weren't that bad... I guess we were very lucky this year, it's been a pretty amazing winter!

So I have some pretty exciting news, Olympus have lend me their sexy OM-D E-M1 Mark II camera to try as well as their underwater case. It's actually a dream coming through... I always wanted a water housing but it's fairly expensive. Anyway a massive thanks to Ante from Olympus and the rest of the team. You guys rock!

So this morning I went shooting with my new gear... I was lucky enough to have it all: cockatoo posing for me, friends, rainbow, interesting sky and amazing waves...

See the result here. What do you reckon?

Have a cracking weekend and you will find me in the water. ;)

Cheers!

Amaury

So good to see these two... Freja & Bruno

How crisp is this image! The shutter speed on the camera is insane!!!

J'aime l'Icebergs

August 31, 2017

Morning my friends,

As I was telling you yesterday, unfortunately, as I have an early event in the city, it was impossible for me to go down the beach this morning - #FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out - that's what the kids say!)

So, as I couldn't make it down the beach I have decided to put a photo album with my best photos of the Icebergs instead. Why? You might ask? Well, that's actually a very good question! I actually have a real passion for it - it's very hard for me to resist not to go and take photos of the pool everyday. It is such a photogenic Bondi icon!

Over the years, I reckon I took over 5,000 photos of the Bondi Icebergs Club. I know, it's hard to believe but that should be about right and the other reason is that my most popular photo printed and framed is actually of the Icebergs - the famous (at least for me) 'First in, First ripples'.

Anyway, here are the photos and I promise that everything will be back to normal tomorrow...

Ciao!

Amaury

PS: J'aime l'Icebergs means 'I love Icebergs' in French. Oui oui...

First in, first ripples (if you want to see it printed and framed, right HERE) — First in, first ripples (if you want to see it printed and framed, right **HERE**)

Pool cleaning day (like every Thursday!)

After all this, if you still haven't seen enough photos of it, you can see more in this album: http://morningbondi.com/#/icebergs/ - Told you more than 5,000 photos... ;)

August favourites

August 30, 2017

Morning my friends,

As suspected, this morning was a bit tight for me to go down, exercise, take photos, select the top ones, edit them all and post them before heading to my workshop. I basically just went for a Bondi to Bronte run before the sunrise, coffee and quick swim. I was done in 45 minutes (so rare these days as I usually stay down the beach around 1.5 hour). I didn't take any photos today, just a video that I posted on my Instagram Story @morningbondi.

So for today not to let you down, I have decided to put an album together with my favourite photos of the month. I actually came up with this idea last night when I was selecting my top ones to send to The Beast Magazine, as I do every month for the past 5 years.

Talking about The Beast Magazine, if you haven't had a chance to read my interview in their last magazine, here it is: bit.ly/TheBeastInterview Thanks once again to James and Dan for the opportunity and to all my friends and magazine readers for their kind words. And yes it is an illusional optic, my shoulders are not that big! (this is for all my mates that are joking about it since the photo got published)

Enough talking, here are my favourite photos of the month.

Have a great day!

Amaury

PS: The bad news is that tomorrow morning I have an early breakfast in the city (7am) so unfortunately no Morning Bondi routine again. Do you have any suggestions of what you would like to see instead and I might be able to put it together tonight?

Les archives. Another day, another rainy day… As I could see it was not raining, I ventured down much later than usual, around 6:45 am. I just arrived and a light drizzle started. What are the chances?! I joined my mates for a quick dip in the ocean and coffee at Chapter One (my unofficial gallery, they have five of my prints on the wall). Still worth going out, if you ask me… Have a great day my friends and stay warm as it’s a bit nippy at the moment. Ciao, Amo PS: I’m going camping this weekend with a bunch of mates but pretty sure I don’t have the right equipment to cope with the cold. I only have a summer sleeping bag… It’s going to be fun, they say. 🤦🏽‍♂️🥶

Rainy days. Do you know what rainy days mean? It means archive days. Here are photos from the past couple of months, most of them were my second favourite ones so you wouldn’t have seen them before. As you know, I love doing my Morning Bondi routine but it actually takes so much time. I’m talking about the photo bit especially. At the moment, I take photos from 6:30ish when the sun is up for roughly 30-40 minutes, then selection of the good photos for 20 mins, light edit the best ones for 10 mins, then write the morning blurb for 3-5 mins (I tend not to overthink this, as you can tell), then upload of each individual photos on the blog for 10 minutes, then newsletter for 5 minutes, then Instagram for 3 minutes, Facebook 3 minutes and Instagram Story 3 minutes. Basically, around 1.5 hours on average. So yes sometimes, I’m glad when it’s raining as I’m saving so much time. Have a beautiful day, despite the weather, and chat with you tomorrow, Xoxo Amo

Golden Sea. Slow start this morning, it was pretty average unless you could wait up to 8am (I couldn’t) to see the sun popping out behind the curtain of clouds. It was all about the golden reflection of the hidden sun on the water. Gold 24-carat for a few minutes. I don’t have much to tell you today except that if you live locally and love ‘Shark Tank’ TV show, you will love the local version of it. It’s called the Bondi Innovation Shark Tank organised by the @bondichamber and it’s next Wednesday at @hotelravesis You can find all the deets in the media release and book your tickets on the blog. I’m going with my awesome business partner Mary Proulx and supporting Sam Cust, one of the sharks (I think that’s what we call them). If you come down, let’s have a beer and break bread (what I love the most about our business name is that the puns are endless). I loaf you! (see) Amo

Nothing to worry about, it's just a tornado off North Bondi, ... 🌪️😲 I took this photo this morning around 9:30 am. I was shooting with @versefinejewellery in South Bondi when we saw this waterspout tornado coming out of nowhere. Scary much? Look closely and you can see the person around Ben Buckler's cliffs running for his life... That's all folks!

Pure Heaven. What another beautiful start to the day! While yesterday was all about big waves, today was all about the mad reflo on the sand - absolutely stunning. I was sitting just next to Morning Bondi HQ and was snapping like a maniac. Have a cracking weekend and subscribe to the newsletter if you want to see the photos earlier in the day - new Morning Bondi formula. ;) Xoxo Amo

Bombastic. OMG, what an incredible morning! It's a very late update as I had a pretty busy day and didn't have a chance to post before now. The newsletter was out around 10am though, so subscribe to it if you want to see the photos before everyone else. It was honestly one of the best mornings we've had for a little while. The light, the waves and the surfers braving the waves. Xoxo Amo

Low-tide goodness. What a stunning morning! Today was all about the low-tide gold reflection. It was just the perfect conditions for photos. The problem, only a few people out including two metal hunters. I was with fellow Frenchy @dianeperreau all morning. I reckon she’s the most popular French person in Sydney. So many people are stopping her every morning to have a chat and take a selfie with her. Have a lovely day my friends, Ciao, Amo

Into the wild. What a cracker of a morning! For a change of scenery, I ventured down to Bronte this morning. I reckon I made the right choice, it was just an incredible show. I was with my mate @paolocattaneophoto for the entire morning and we were just looking at the waves rolling in. Bronte Pool was the best place in da house. If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen the very rare video of me talking to the camera. With @bread_agency, my agency, I recently started working with the team from @in2thewild.aus, the best tiny houses business around. In order to have a better understanding of the experience, the client kindly invited me to go for a couple of days with my wife and daughter. Real legends, best onboarding! The whole experience was amazing - especially for someone like me that is pretty hyperactive. I just ‘re-wilded’ for two days. Even though the network was working where we were, I put my phone in airplane mode the whole weekend and made the most of the experience. The tiny house was kitted with all the things that you need, all the products in there are premium and sourced from ethical brands. Let’s be honest the firepit and outdoor bath were the highlights for me. I would highly recommend it to anyone, especially if you are like me and struggle to switch off. They are running a Winter Campaign which is all about swapping your usual beach days for days in the wild. You can book one of the 46 cabins all around Australia using the link in my Stories to get up to 20% off this winter OR alternatively try your luck entering the simple giveaway that they are organising on their Insta. You can thank me later! Xoxo Amo

Monday Madness. This is a very late update compared to usual but busy day today. This morning was just nuts down the beach. I only took a few photos before having to rush to an early meeting in the city. The swell should still be here tomorrow, so go and have a look if you can. Xoxo Amo

FriYay. How’s everyone today? After two days in Melbs (Melbourne for the hipsters), I’m back in the hood. What a morning! Incredible light, the surf was ON and the Icebergs was packed - perfect for photo ops. This morning I caught up with my mate Ben, a fellow Frenchy that I haven’t seen for years. We hung out around the Bergs and finished with a swim in South Bondi - how original. Enjoy your weekends my friends. Mine is going to be pretty epic. I’m going into the wild, literally. That’s right, I’m going to one of @in2thewild.aus’s tiny houses. More on this subject later. Stay tuned people! Have a cracking weekend, Lots of love, Amo

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