Fab Monday!

February 5, 2018

Morning my friends,

I know what you are going to tell me, usually the "Fab" and "Monday" don't necessarily go well together but trust me this time was an exception.

The sunrise was a cracker. Unfortunately, I was running at that time so didn't have my camera with me but don't you worry the rest of the morning was not bad neither. We went up to Bronte and back, then coffee, photos and swim. Love this routine! Actually, it's been 6 years that I'm doing it...

I don't know if you remember but a few months ago, the guys from AirBnB reached out to see if I would be interested in taking part of their new Experiences program - which I obviously accepted. A few days ago, they talked about it on their official Instagram account, you can see it HERE If you want to book a Morning Bondi experience and spend 1.5 hours with me, you can do it now, check it HERE

Have a lovely week my friends!

BOOM!

That's my mates, looking cool as always...

One my favourite photos of this morning - so simple!

Lovers going in (Liv Phyland and Nick Slater)

Cloudy Paradise

February 2, 2018

Morning my friends,

If you are into clouds, this photo album is dedicated to you. What a fantastic morning!

To be honest I wasn't expecting much especially after last night's rain but I did well by managing to get out of bed at 5:30am and go straight to the beach.

I was meant to train but when I saw how good it was I couldn't resist to take more and more photos. Hope you like them.

Other than this, for the ones that received my first newsletter yesterday good on you and thanks for all your feedback, I will implement them in today's one to be sent very soon.

As I was saying yesterday in the newsletter (sorry for the repeat), the main reason that triggered me to do it is that social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have dramatically reduced the reach of my posts and therefore a lot of you don't see the posts anymore in your feeds. I know, what a shame!

Have a cracking weekend and subscribe to the daily newsletter down below,

Cheers,

Amaury

Apocalypse Now

February 1, 2018

Morning my friends,

What an apocalyptic morning down there!

The motivation was pretty low but still went down there to join my mates Carlos and Paul for a jungle gym session. When I got there, the sky was pretty moody with this sepia tone all over, pretty spectacular show. Then rain... and light again. ON / OFF / ON

Hope you all had a great morning!

Ciao!

Amaury

Evening Bondi

January 31, 2018

Morning my friends,

As expected the southerly wind kicked in last night and therefore the beach was pretty uninspiring this morning. You can check it on my Instagram Story if you really fancy seeing Bondi Beach under a grey sky @MorningBondi

Knowing how bad the weather was going to be I went down to the beach last night with my wife and daughter. I know, tough life, right?!

I actually forgot how beautiful it is at that time of the day too. It definitely motivated us to do it more often!

I was working on the design of the newsletter last night and aiming to send the first one in the next few days so feel free to sign-up so you don't miss it!

BOOM!

Amaury

BONDI - In case you don't know where you are ;)

Priceless

January 30, 2018

Morning my friends,

Oh my god, when your day starts like this, it's just priceless... It was just magnificent down there!

We went down to the jungle gym with my mate Carlos, we took it pretty easy, then what we do best: coffee, chit chat, photos for me and swim. Very hard to beat a morning like this!

Hope you had a chance to go down for a swim if you live locally or somewhere else in the world where you have access to the ocean or a pool. ;)

Have a cracking day my friends!

Ciao!

Amaury

Contrasty

January 29, 2018

Morning my friends,

Hope you all had a great weekend and a fantastic Australia Day for my Aussie friends.

It's so good to have a three day weekend, you get to do way more than a normal weekend. The highlight was probably my Sunday at the Royal National Park. We packed picnic, beach tent and went there with my wife and daughter. We were only three in the water surfing, I basically caught all the waves that I wanted. Yew!

This morning was pretty amazing, really contrasty between the dark clouds, the dark blue ocean and the beautiful yellow light. I went for a run from Bondi to Bronte, coffee, photos and swim. All by myself for once!

Other than this, this week is an exciting one for Morning Bondi as I'm going to send my first newsletter. If you haven't subscribed, you can do it below. If you have, good on you, now please share it with your mates! ;)

Ciao!

Sticky

January 24, 2018

Morning my friends,

Today was very humid and hot - ie. sticky. The sunrise is pretty late these days 6:10am so you can sleep in and you are not going to miss it. #Winning.

This morning, I went for a Bondi to Bronte run, smashed it in 22 minutes then joined my mates for coffee and swim with Bruno.

Have a lovely day peeps,

Amaury

Peaceful

January 23, 2018

Morning my friends,

Today it was extremely peaceful down there... No harsh light, not much contrast, just everything was pretty grey and there were not that many people around. Just the usual crew really...

No training this morning, just joined my mates for coffee, photos and swim. Easy peasy!

For the little update, you are now 25 people willing to receive the soon-to-be Morning Bondi newsletter. Not bad for one day but you can definitely do better... Remember, I will only start when I reach 100 people so if you haven't put your email in the box down there, please do it or if you have already done it, invite your mates to join this exclusive club.

Ciao!

Amaury

Just ripped the cartilage of 4 ribs... Don't care! All smile for Joel Pilgrim. Good to see you mate, as always!

La vie en rose

January 22, 2018

Morning my friends,

Hope you all had a good weekend.

This morning was 'La vie en rose' (Pink life in English) down there. Such a beautiful way to start the week. Really happy that I made it on time to the beach...

As some of you know, Facebook is changing the way they display updates from Pages that you follow, therefore, very soon you will not see anymore Morning Bondi updates in your feed. Therefore, I suggest that you subscribe to the soon-to-be Morning Bondi newsletter below, something that I should have been doing since ages and that heaps of people have been asking for years. You will receive your daily dose of Bondi Beach straight in your emails. (I promise you not to spam you or do anything else with your email address - trust me!) I will start the newsletter as soon as I reach 100 people in the database, so jump in quick so that the fun can start!! Thank you!

Have a lovely week,

Amaury

It must have been quite something to see this show from the plane...

Majestic Mansions - no wonder why they gave this name

Gone wild

January 19, 2018

Morning peeps,

This morning I gone wild and by this I mean I ventured down to Bronte Beach to take photos down the pool. I know, not that crazy but just needed a change of scenery...

It was so nice down there and the sunrise was a cracker. Once again, I got a bit excited and took thousands of photos with my Olympus water housing.

Have a fantastic weekend my friends,

Ciao!

Amaury

Camera shy for Melanie from Melevision - check her What is your happiness? video — Camera shy for Melanie from Melevision - check her **What is your happiness? video**

Playing hide and seek with Celia - good to see you this morning! x

Sets

January 18, 2018

Morning guys,

My apologies for the late update but I had an early meeting and heaps of photos to chose from...

This morning was pretty incredible with some amazing waves coming through. A few surfers were out there scoring the waves of their lives. A bit big for my 7.6" foamie board, so I went for a run instead with my mates Bertie, Julius & Bruno.

Other than this, a few weeks ago one of my friends shared a photo competition with me and told me to enter, which I did. I have now been selected as part of the Top 30 finalists which is a fantastic news! Now, I need your votes for the People's Choice prize. Would you be kind enough to vote for it? Go on this website and look for my photo, it's on the fifth row on the far left (look out for three girls getting out of the surf) http://photocompetition.afsydney.com.au/gallery (I put a screenshot of it at the bottom of this update to make sure that you vote for the right one). Thank you team!!!

Have a lovely day,

Amaury

Can you spot the two boats on that photo?

One of the best spots to watch the waves rolling in...

Taking a picture of a guy taking a picture.

Here is the photo that I would love you to vote on. Thank you! (Click on the photo or HERE) — Here is the photo that I would love you to vote on. Thank you! (Click on the photo or **HERE**)

Thank you for your votes!

Chaos

January 17, 2018

Morning my friends,

Third day in a row that Bondi looks like a total mess... Personally, I love it when it's rough like this!

This morning, we went for a Bondi to Bronte run with my mate Bertie (no sighting of Will Smith today), then usual coffee, photos around the Icebergs as it's definitely the place to be when the surf is like this and then quick swim in the gigantic washing machine that was the ocean. Surprisingly, I was by myself in there! ;)

Have a fantastic day and if you work in marketing communications and have heard about the news from Facebook that they will be reducing the reach of brands' and publisher's posts in the News Feed, here is an article that I wrote for Marketing Magazine.

All this to explain that 2018 is the year that I'm going to create a Morning Bondi newsletter that you will receive straight in your inbox everyday and stop heavily relying on Facebook & Insta to do the job. Who would be keen to receive it? Please like the post at the bottom.

Have a cracking day my friends!

Amaury

When you naturally get pushed to lane #1...

Light show

January 16, 2018

Morning my friends,

There is never a dull moment down in Bondi... and I'm not talking about the fact that my friend Paul bumped into Will Smith on his Bondi-Bronte run but the light show that we witnessed in the space of 15 minutes.

I barely slept last night because of a sick baby so no running this morning, just coffee, photos and swim. It was well worth dragging myself out of bed...

Here you go my friends!

Chat to you tomorrow,

Amaury

Squad team, always there whatever the conditions are...

Splash!

January 15, 2018

Morning my friends,

Hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was not bad at all... Pretty quiet to be honest with a few catch-ups with friends!

This morning was pretty rough. How to start your day with a splash! We went for a run from Bondi to Bronte and back with Bruno then coffee, photos and swim. Perfect if you ask me!

Here are the photos that I took this morning...

Enjoy and have a great week,

Amaury

The Bondi Icebergs getting hammered all morning

Monochrome

January 12, 2018

Morning my friends,

Another day another pretty grey one down in Bondi...

For the second time in the history of Morning Bondi, I've decided to turn all the photos in Black & White. How exciting!

They actually look much better in monochrome than they do in colours. I know that they could be much better but it's not entirely my fault, it's down to the weather too!

Have a great weekend peeps,

Amaury

Ain't no sunshine

January 11, 2018

Morning peeps,

Hope you all had a good night sleep. I personally did after the few beers that I had with my mate John last night.

This morning, I went down for a Morning Bondi session with my daughter who decided to wake up at 5:40am. I think she loves it as much as I do, she keeps on saying "La Plage" (Beach in French)

Unfortunately didn't see much sunshine this morning, only from my living room when I was getting her ready.

Talking about sunshine, if you are living in Sydney and want to party like they do in Ibiza, my mate Mark is organising a pretty epic party this Friday night. There’s an awesome DJ lineup, performers, saxophonist, bongo player, dancers... Go and check it out here: http://www.balearia.club/

Don't ask me how but these two had the pool for themselves

Full house

January 8, 2018

Morning my friends,

Hope you all had a great weekend. How is everyone today?

This morning was a bit grey and not necessarily super exciting (you can see the only photo of this morning on my personal Insta @amaurytreguer)

Instead, here are photos that I took yesterday around 2:30ish when the temperature was rising up to 39 degrees. The beach was packed with people.

Have a lovely week my friends,

Amaury

Busy days for the Lifeguards and Lifesavers

Ahhh Bondi! You are such a special place...

FriYay!

January 5, 2018

Morning my friends,

What a cracking morning!! The day couldn't start any better really...

I actually got a bit too excited and took heaps of photos this morning. The problem is that it then take heaps of time to select the ones that will make the cut.

Anyway, enough talking, I'm late for work now... See the best ones here.

Have a lovely weekend peeps,

Amaury

Love this one! Good work Chocolate Einstein

I'm going to miss you Hamishton. Off to HK for good on Monday...

My good mate Pierre Etienne coming all the way from Paris...

BANG!

January 4, 2018

Morning my friends,

Happy New Year folks! All the best for 2018...

How is everyone? Hope you all had a fantastic break and enjoyed some time with your family and friends. I certainly did!

I've been meaning to start back my routine earlier but the weather has been a bit funny so didn't want to start back on a grey raining day. Instead, I decided to start on a colourful raining day...

The sunrise only lasted 5 minutes but it was well worth it. When I took these photos there was a light rain but the sun still decided to pop up.

We then went for a run with Bertie and joined Hamish, Julius and PE for coffee and swim. We did some body surfing - so much fun!

Have a fantastic day my friends,

Lots of love and once again thanks for your daily support...

Amaury

On / Off

December 21, 2017

Morning my friends,

Today the sun played hide and seek... It was on and then off a minute later.

I tried to take photos only when the light was on but that was not that easy plus on top of that I had my daughter with me so that was adding an extra level of complexity.

Tomorrow, not sure I will be able to make it to the beach as my mother is arriving in town in the morning and I need to pick her up at the airport.

If like me your parents are coming over or if you are looking for a place to stay in Bondi, you should check Kay's apartment on AirBnB HERE. I went there two days ago to deliver a print, it's pretty large and only a minute walk from the beach.

Here are the photos from this morning.

Excited to see my mum after more than a year... Tomorrow that will be her plane

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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