Sun-Sational

Hola gang,

¿Cómo estás? Muy bien. That’s how much Spanish I can talk these days. I used to be better but eh it’s hard if you don’t practice.

Anyhow, enough show-off, this morning was just sensational or what I like to say: ‘sun-sational’. Did you see the sunrise? Were you down there? What did you think of it?

After a run, up to Clovelly and back, I was greeted by an amazing sky once I arrived back in Bondi. The colours were amazing - muy bien!

Last thing before, I leave you to carry on with your day. I have 5x double pass for the Blue Solutions Summit on Thursday with a line-up of amazing speakers. If this is of interest, slide in my DMs and I will send them to you. All free, gratis, gratuits, gratuito… First in, best dressed.

BOOM!

Xoxo

Amo

Already framed

My sunrise neighbour

My sunrise neighbour

Sunrise reflection

El Corridor

Sunrise from the water

Rising light

Fishing off Ben Buckler

Best view in Da House

Just posing you know...

Ben Buckler

Grom

South Bondi Point

Alone

Blue Steel

Warren Ginsberg

One Gigantic Wave

Morning gang,

Happy Friday! How’s everyone today?

Today is a special edition for my friends at OneWave, I’m so proud of what Grant Trebilco and Sam Schumacher have achieved in the past 10 years.

I remember meeting Grant exactly 10 years ago. He got out of the water in a full-on suit and tie with a board under his arm. I remember asking myself what is this weirdo doing?! So I asked him and in the most casual way, he told me: “I just had a board meeting…” and started to explain that he was trying to raise awareness of mental health by starting a conversation - and that’s exactly what he has done with Sammy for the past 10 years.

After realising that not everyone was going to jump on the suit trend, he swapped the dress code to Fluro and this is when Fluro Friday started.

For the past 10 years, they’ve been catching up every Friday down in the South end of the beach to talk and have a good time. Proud of you guys.

For a change, here are all the photos that I took this morning - 65 in total. They are not incredible as the light was pretty meh but love the spirit and seeing this fluro wave. Feel free to download them and post them wherever f*** you like (excuse my French!).

Let’s continue that incredible wave digitally…

Xoxo

Amo

What a cracker!

Morning my friends,

Simply wow, after 3 days of pretty average light, this morning we had it all: first lights on point, golden sunrise and a pod of 40+ dolphins in the bay... Hard to beat a morning like this. 

I was meant to exercise with friends but after just a few movements I had to skip training to take photos instead. I rarely need excuses but this morning I couldn't resist. 

See you down tomorrow morning for the OneWave 10th birthday. If you have to grab a coffee from one place tomorrow, it has to be from Will & Co Bondi - 100% of their sales will be given to OneWave. Go and indulge yourself, my friends! 

Cheers,

A.

PS: Sorry for the delayed update but back-to-back calls since 8:30 am. Enjoy the photos!

Sunrise surfing

First lights

Pre-sunrise

faceplant

faceplant

Peek-a-boo

Peek-a-boo

My training gang going in

Kim & the team

Ari post-faceplant

Ari post-faceplant

Morning stretch

Watching the dolphin show with friends

...and swim

...and swim

I have roughly the same but with a whale

Traffic on Notts Avenue

Grey(t) Day

Morning my friends,

I know I said yesterday that I would go down and take photos. I did go down but it was pretty grey and uninspiring. There was a tiny bit of colour around 7:30 am - time to go home and carry on with my day. Sorry gang. 

My highlight of the morning was bumping into Luc from Dmarge and Jeff Lack in Tama. Great chat boys!

If you want to see some colours this week, you will have to come down on Friday. The legends from OneWave are celebrating their 10th Birthday by painting Bondi Beach fluro for mental health, and they would love you to join them.

They aim to create the first human fluro wave spanning the length of Bondi Beach to help bring more colour to mental health. It will take about 1,000 people in bright, colourful clothes standing side by side to make it from South to North Bondi, so they need all of you down there.

Thank you in advance for your support. 🌊🌈

That's it for today, here are some good old archive photos.

Bisous (ie. Xoxo in French)

Amo 

An invitation to swim

An invitation to swim

Fridays

Bondi on better days

Summer mornings

Summer mornings

2 in, 2 out

All by herself

All by herself

All the gear, no idea

Sharky morning

Sharky morning

Submerged

Submerged

Bronte Pool, the best free pool I know

View from the pool

The Gran Migration

Peop🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏽e

Morning gang,

How’s everyone today?

After a big day at the conference yesterday (talked in front of 150+ people - the room was packed and people were standing up at the door, good for the ego I can tell you that), I woke up even more tired than I was yesterday so I stayed in. Once again, I didn’t miss much anyway - pretty overcast with a glimpse of light. Typical Parisian snob, I don’t bother taking photos anymore unless it’s postcard-perfect but you already know that.

Instead, here are photos of people, a lot of them. These photos were all taken on the 1st of January of this year but these could have been photos from the weekend that would have been the exact same. I love photographing people and crowds but you would rarely find me on the beach if it’s that busy. There are so many amazing harbour beaches in Sydney with 1/10th of the crowd - that’s more my jam, told you I was posh.

Alright, I think it’s enough blabla for one day. Have a cracking Tuesday and everything should go back to normal tomorrow if the weather forecast is right.

Ciao,

Xoxo

Amo

PS: The results of the annual World Happiness Report are in. Australia is #11 and France #21 - how surprising?!

Happy Man right there

Happy Man right there

Social distancing

Social distancing

Chilling in the sun

Chilling in the sun

Packed-stairs

Packed-stairs

By the pool

By the pool

Agoraphobic nightmare

Agoraphobic nightmare

Humans carpet

Humans carpet

South Bondi rip

South Bondi rip

Bondi Beach crowd

Bondi Beach crowd

La siesta

La siesta

Beach scene

Beach scene

knackeroo

Morning my friends,

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful weekend. How good was the weather!

I spent the entire weekend working and having fun at the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival. After two very hot days, I’m pretty knackered and still in bed writing this update - pretty rare these days but sometimes you need to listen to your body.

I still checked the sunrise from my windows and didn’t miss much. Even if I would have been down the beach, I wouldn’t have bothered taking photos anyway. However, because I don’t want you to miss out, here are some archive photos.

Today is another big day, I will be taking the stage at the ICC for the Marketing Live Conference to talk about how to win at LinkedIn. I know it’s a bit late notice but if it's of interest and you have nothing else to do, feel free to register via this link. It’s free and I will be there for the next 2 days. Wish me luck and hope to see you there!

Have a cracking week my friends and stay cool as always,

Xoxo

Amo

Clean as

Clean as

Pinkish

Pinkish

Matchy matchy

Matchy matchy

Perfect reflection

Perfect reflection

Icebergs @ Sunrise

Icebergs @ Sunrise

Golden spray

Golden spray

Sunrise vibe

Sunrise vibe

The Cockatoo Squadron

The Cockatoo Squadron

Heading out

Heading out

Full swing

Morning peeps,

What a start to the day!

The sunrise, surf, water, pool, and number of happy people all around. It was just nuts! It felt that the whole of Bondi was down there this morning.

After a pretty epic night celebrating the official launch of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival, I was dying to jump in the water to recover.

I took some photos around the Icebergs with fellow Frenchy Diane Perreau, then walked down to the water edge for more. It was just glorious!

Have a cracking Friday and see you at the Festival this weekend. There are activities for pretty much everyone: music, yoga, beach clean-up, swimming, surfing competition, art, science, movies, docos, talks... Come down with your friends and family and enjoy yourself!

BOOM!

Amo

First lights

First lights

Watching the sunrise from the pool

Watching the sunrise from the pool

Cruising into the sun

Cruising into the sun

A bunch of rebels

A bunch of rebels

Lining up for the sunrise

Lining up for the sunrise

Fridays @ The Bergs

Fridays @ The Bergs

Before the sun rise

Before the sun rise

Hotel Bondi

Hotel Bondi

Breakdance

Breakdance

Busy shorey

Busy shorey

Heading out

Heading out

Simple photo but love it

Simple photo but love it

Double trouble (Dion Horstmans and Scotty Finz)

Maria & Jay (took a cute photos of them a few weeks ago and met them properly today - legends!)

Maria & Jay (took a cute photos of them a few weeks ago and met them properly today - legends!)

Tony, the King of Burgers thinking about new recipes

That's a wrap!

Challenge

Morning gang,

How’s everyone today? Pumped?

This morning, I set myself a challenge to take the least amount of photos. The reason why you may ask? I have an early meeting on the other side over the bridge (yep, I have my passport ready) and don’t have time to go through hundreds of photos.

Here are the top ones. What do we think? Any good?

One last point before I rush to my meeting. I’ve been nominated as a finalist for the WeAre8 ‘See the Sea’ competition. You can see a photo of it from their outdoor exhibition down below and vote for my entry on the following link. It’s the 2nd photo on the second row, you can’t miss it - it’s called ‘Sunrise Surf’. Go nuts, my friends! If I win, I will organise some goodies, like a print giveaway and who knows a bottle of the Morning Bondi Gin could be nice too,

That’s all for today, chat tomorrow!

Xoxo

Amo

First lights were magnificent

First lights were magnificent

The boys in blue

The boys in blue

Hello beautiful

Hello beautiful

TikToking at sunrise, what else.

TikToking at sunrise, what else.

Lígia Pessotto going in

Lígia Pessotto going in

m8s

m8s

SoBo at sunrise

SoBo at sunrise

Time for a swim

Time for a swim

This place is going to go off this weekend. @OceanLoversFestival is ON my friends

This place is going to go off this weekend. @OceanLoversFestival is ON my friends

My WeAre8 ‘See the Sea’ entry, Vote for me and you can win big.

The new Bondi Pav is pretty spesh I reckon

The new Bondi Pav is pretty spesh I reckon

The Bondi Promenade at 7am

The Bondi Promenade at 7am

How it all started

Back baby

Morning gang,

How's everyone going? Did you miss your daily updates while I was away?

As mentioned, I was in Perth for a few days last week. OMG, Rottnest Island is a must. This place is heaven and the quokkas are the cutest. Of course, I took a selfie with them. I had to. Here it is in its full glory. 

I'm now back in the bubble and ready to go back to my routine. The sunrise is so late these days around 6:45 am but well worth the wait.

The beach was packed, waves were rolling in, surfers were getting hammered and the water temperature was perfect.

Have a lovely day and if you don't know what to do this weekend, come to the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival down at the Pavilion - there will be a lot going on. I will be there for the next 4 days working. It's one of Bread Agency's first clients. 🍞🤟🏼🤩

BOOM!

Amaury 

PS: Sorry for the late update but early meeting in Bondi

Waves rolling in

Waves rolling in

Pauline Gandolfini, nailing the shot on her last morning in Bondi

The paddle out was not fun this morning

The paddle out was not fun this morning

The Bondi Pavilion, where all the festivities will happen this weekend

The wolf pack

Ben Buckler at sunrise

Contrasty

Pool hang

Morning Sun Salutation?!

Morning Sun Salutation?!

Pitt stop

Murray Cox always looking after the beach

Beach activity

Time to go to work

Time to go to work

Matchy matchy

Stretching before swimming

Heaps of surfers this morning

Kevin and Pierre going in

10 minutes

That's how long it took me to take these photos this morning. Haters would say you can tell, others would appreciate the efficiency.

Hidden behind clouds, we had a pretty shy sun today. I had a 10-minute window of glorious light to snap away like a maniac and that's exactly what I did.

The number of people around and the haze are making the photos pretty interesting, I think. 

Then I cooled down in the water with a bit of body surfing action getting slammed on the shorey.

Today is a pretty special day with the official launch of the Alliance Française French Film Festival. The biggest French Film Festival outside of France, we are expecting 200,000 patrons this year. If you haven't booked your tickets yet, go quick as sessions are selling fast. If you are going to the Chauvel tonight, I will be delivering a speech so see you there. 

That's all for today and this week I guess as I'm flying to Perth in the morning. If you crave photos while I’m away, you can check Aquabumps, he takes alright photos. 

Take care and chat with you on Monday,

Xoxo

Amo

Ice bath after a hot night - perfect

Ice bath after a hot night - perfect

Shy sun today

Andrew Becher, one of the most famous restauranteur in Sydney. Franca is a must.

Andrew Becher, one of the most famous restauranteurs in Sydney. Franca is a must.

Knee surfing, if you didn't know it was a sport - here you go

Future Olympians right there, trained by the best Neil Rogers

We don't call it the yoga wall for nothing

We don't call it the yoga wall for nothing

Oh you...

Oh you...

Cooling off after a hot night

Cooling off after a hot night

Photobombed by a surfer

Sun-sational

Beach volley before school

What can I say, like the colour green...

What can I say, like the colour green...

Train, stretch, photograph, relax... Life is better in the morning

Train, stretch, photograph, relax... Life is better in the morning

Out for the day

Shorey activity

One for the ladies

John Botella finishing a good ride

Happy Monday

Morning gang,

Hope you all had a great weekend and are pumped for this week.

Mine was brilliant, as you would have seen in my Stories, I was kindly invited yesterday to try out the new restaurant Promenade Bondi Beach before it officially opens on Wednesday. We had a very good time, the venue is looking slick, the menu varied, the food is great and the staff was excellent. With a lot of Frenchies, I felt at home for a minute. Since my Stories, I’ve had a fair bit of DMs but mainly a lot of questions this morning. I might be quite influential - at least, I’d like to think so. Thanks again for the good time!

Today was just incredible, started with some pretty colours in the sky followed by the iconic Bondi Golden Light. The Waverley Council should trademark that colour - Pantone Bondi Gold or something like that. It’s pretty unique.

Alright, enough nonsense for this morning, enjoy the photos and if you like them, share the love with your mates, they deserve to see them. According to a very serious study, the people that subscribe to Morning Bondi have the highest level of happiness in the world. Fact.

Xoxo

Amo

Teleconverter works like a treat

Teleconverter works like a treat

...and the awards to the cute couple this morning goes to these two

...and the awards to the cute couple this morning goes to these two

Anthony Sciacca and baby Levi (9 weeks)

Anthony Sciacca and baby Levi (9 weeks)

Only a few people capturing the sunrise

Only a few people capturing the sunrise

Shorey was nasty

Shorey was nasty

The Naughty Corner being naughty

The Naughty Corner being naughty

Usual suspects

Usual suspects

Pre-sunrise

Pre-sunrise

De-zoomed

De-zoomed

Mirror reflection

Mirror reflection

Magnificent light

Nailed it

Nailed it

The line-up

The line-up

Beau Walker in town - one of the most impressive surfers, 360's and all that...

Beau Walker in town - one of the most impressive surfers, 360's and all that...

SoBo

SoBo

Quiet Monday morning

Quiet Monday morning

Icebergs, pretty from every single angle

Icebergs, pretty from every single angle

Moody Friday

Morning gang,

TGIF! Oh gosh, don’t tell me that you’ve used that stupid acronym. Yep!

Hope you’ve all had a great week and are ready for the weekend - I certainly am! Big week with heaps on so mucho relaxo this weekend before another epic week next week. By the way, I rather warn you right now so that you can mentally prepare, but I will not be posting from Wednesday until next Monday. I’m going to Perth - I’ve never been so I’m pretty stoked. If you have any advice, send them my way. Yep, Rotto Island is part of the trip, I want to capture a photo like that one.

Back to what I’m here for, today started pretty moodily but with some interesting pink/orange/turquoise colours so I bothered taking some photos. Hope you like them.

Have a lovely weekend,

Xoxo

Amo

Sunrise dippers

Sunrise dippers

Good morning sunshine!

Ben Buckler, with rain on the horizon

Matchy matchy

battleship

Colours were pretty on point

Colours were pretty on point

Bondi Salties

Wave of the day

Wave of the day

Mark continuing his night...

See yaaaaa

Too late

Morning gang,

How’s everyone? We’re almost there, two more days and it’s the weekend!

I, unfortunately, didn’t take photos this morning as this sun of a beach was way too late. That’s right, it decided to pop around 7:45 am when it was time to head back home. Trust me, I wanted this to happen way earlier so badly so that I could stop training but that didn’t happen.

If you participated in the Spencer Tunick installation (or not) and/or like to get undressed, the world’s largest annual nude swimming race, Sydney Skinny, is returning on Sunday, 12th of March. If this is something that you fancy, check out all the details on their site. This year’s event will support the charity Skin Check Champions in its fight against skin cancer. Get your booty out to fundraise - what’s not to like about this?! I personally got undressed for less than this.

Have a wonderful day my friends and chat tomorrow,

Xoxo

Amo

Cappuccino, anyone?

Bondi on better days

Bondi on better days

FROZEN

FROZEN

Golden Pepites

Point to point

Building behind the Bergs

Matt Suleau, TV Presenter/ Model /Gym Enthusiast / Good bloke

Matt Suleau, TV Presenter/ Model /Gym Enthusiast / Good bloke

Clean lines

First rays

early birds get the worms

early birds get the worms

Corey Oliver setting up the beach

Autumn Sepia

Morning my friends,

First day of Autumn in Australia and we were greeted by the perfect light to mark that first day - a sepia/brown leafy tone.

The sunrise was meant to be epic this morning but instead, we had a very shy sun that was trying to pop through the clouds. When the light was ON, it was magnificent but when it was hidden by the clouds, just a bit dull.

I spent a good portion of my morning with my good mate Mehdy, and fellow Frenchies Diane Perreau and Camille Schneiderlin. I have to say, even though I like to hang out with my Aussie friends, sometimes it’s bloody good to talk sh*t in French.

Talking about French, next week is the official launch of the Alliance Française French Film Festival. By being part of the Board of Directors of the Alliance Française and the sub-committee of the Film Festival (yes, all very fancy I know - that’s my middle name ;)) I have to talk about it. So here you go check the trailer of the Festival and the full program on the site. Well worth booking your tickets now if you ask me. I strongly recommend these two films at least: “Sugar and Stars” (watched it a couple of weeks ago and it’s amazing) and “November” with Jean Dujardin (love that guy) is apparently epic too.

I guess that’s enough of a sales pitch for one morning.

Have a lovely day and chat tomorrow,

Xoxo

Amo

Sepia morning

Sepia morning

Sepia tone

Sepia tone

A bunch of good looking Frenchies right there...

A bunch of good looking Frenchies right there... (From left to right: Camille Schneiderlin, Dianne Perreau and Mehdy Chioub)

Surf in Bondi, it's gonna be fun they say...

Surf in Bondi, it's gonna be fun they say...

Behind the scenes with Mehdy Chioub, Dianne Perreau and Camille Schneiderlin

Behind the scenes with Mehdy Chioub, Dianne Perreau and Camille Schneiderlin

When the show started...

When the show started...

Mehdy Chioub, from Marseille to Bondi

Mehdy Chioub, from Marseille to Bondi

Perfect day for paddle boards

Perfect day for paddle boards

South Bondi is where it's at

South Bondi is where it's at

Oh that reflection...

Oh that reflection...

Imara & Ari post-swim - love these two

Wave of the day

Wave of the day

3 IN, 2 OUT

THE END

THE END

FOMO

Morning everyone,

How’s everyone today?

After a pretty rough night, I couldn’t possibly wake up when the alarm clock when off at 5:20 am. Instead, I enjoyed a sleep-in up to 7:30 am, which never really happens to me during the week.

Did I miss much? Epic sunrise? Dolphins jumping in the bay? Any exciting stuff? The problem is once I step out of bed, I always have the biggest FOMO.

At the moment, we have fairly busy weeks with my agency Bread - we’re on a roll (sorry but not sorry about the pun) so if my body tells me that I need a beauty sleep. I listen. Talking about work, I just got quoted in an article about Meta Verified published this morning by Digital Nation. Yeah, sometimes I write semi-intelligent stuff. Interested to know, would you pay for this service?

I guess that’s enough for today,

Enjoy your day and chat tomorrow,

Amaury

Timing is everything (one of my favourite shots of the Icebergs)

Timing is everything (one of my favourite shots of the Icebergs)

Summer vibes

Summer vibes

Pool cleaning day

Pool cleaning day

You gotta love the Messina van!

You gotta love the Messina van!

Magnus Omme, one of my closest mates. People think that he looks like Brad Pitt. I think Brad Pitt looks like him.

Magnus Omme, one of my closest mates. People think that he looks like Brad Pitt. I think Brad Pitt looks like him.

Sunset in Bondi is pretty spesh

Sunset in Bondi is pretty spesh

Simon Debnam, another one of my closest mates

Simon Debnam, another one of my closest mates

Boyfriend of Instagram (Grace Carr & Sean Syddall)

Brooke Monahan & Liv Phyland

Brooke Monahan & Liv Phyland

Sunrise surf, one of the best things to do

Sunrise surf, one of the best things to do

Franck Gazzola, another one of my closest mates - adventurer/photographer extraordinaire

My daughter Charlotte, back in 2018. She's now 7 year old. Time flies...

Friends 4 ever

Friends 4 ever

···ǝʞᴉʅ sǝǝɟ ɹǝpun uʍop ɓuᴉʌᴉʅ ʇɐɥM

···ǝʞᴉʅ sǝǝɟ ɹǝpun uʍop ɓuᴉʌᴉʅ ʇɐɥM

Ladder to paradise

Time to go...

Time to go...

Between the flags

Morning gang,

How was your weekend? Any exciting stuff? Mine was pretty chilled - no Mardi Gras, no concert of Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran or Harry Styles (but that was certainly all over my feed)

As every Monday, exercised down at the bars in North Bondi with the crew and when it was getting too hard/the light was ON, I escaped to take photos in the water. The water was divine, I stayed a good 45 mins in it and took photos of what was going on around me. Let’s be honest, North Bondi is way more quiet than down South so if you went for a dip, I took a photo of you.

The perfect way to kick off the week if you ask me,

Have a wonderful week,

Ciao,

Amo

Technically awful, yet my favourite one of this morning

Technically awful, yet my favourite one of this morning

Lifesaving training

Lifesaving training

Cute and smiley couple

Cute and smiley couple

Happy Matt Pearce! He trained with me but go up to the end, you can tell.

Happy Matt Pearce! He trained with me but go up to the end, you can tell.

It's Monday after all... I would happily stayed in bed too

It's Monday after all... I would happily stayed in bed too

Father & Son

Father & Son

Swim time

Swim time

Mr. Eugene Chung

Mr. Eugene Chung

Kim McIntosh, our extraordinaire trainer

Kim McIntosh, our extraordinaire trainer

Ripples

Ripples

Ryan Manente, getting that first splash!

Ryan Manente, getting that first splash!

The Bondi Pavilion from the water

Cute waves

Cute waves

I've got your back Rael Shakenovsky

I've got your back Rael Shakenovsky

1/3 of our training crew

1/3 of our training crew

Katie swim post-run

Body surfing

Body surfing

Hiiii love the smiley faces! :)

Hiiii love the smiley faces! :)

One BIG community

Morning gang,

Happy Friday!

What a great way of wrapping up the week! This morning was just epic. The photos don’t really give justice to how good the morning was.

One of the things that I love about Bondi is that even though there are a lot of different communities, the Bondi Salties, OneWave Fluro Crew, Bondi Penguins, Friday Swim Club, the 440 run club, Team Murph… when comes a time to rally everyone together, they all turn up. This morning was for the Sea Sheperd #NetsOutNow gathering. Good on you guys!

As I was saying the photos don’t really give justice and being honest I don’t think they are that great but it doesn’t matter - I’m glad that I got to capture this. Alright, I think that’s enough rambling for this morning…

Keep up my friends, I’m proud of you!

Xoxo

Amo

The Friday Swim Club

The Friday Swim Club

South Bondi in the sun

In between the flags

In between the flags

10 minutes of glorious sunshine

The Let's Go Surfing crew

The Let's Go Surfing crew

Knoxy & his crew

The Bondi Pav under sunshine

The Bondi Pav under sunshine

Yellow caps dominating the line-up

Henry, one of the guy behind Bondi Salties

1/10th of Bondi Salties

The Bondi Salties Crew

Pride Swim

Pride Swim

See yaaaaa!

See yaaaaa!

Out in the sun

Morning gang,

The weather forecast, unfortunately, got it right, another great day to stay in bed and dream of more sunny days. That’s exactly what I did and I have no regrets whatsoever.

Here is a selection of photos from picture-perfect Bondi. Yes, sometimes I change my identity to ‘Afternoon Bondi’ or ‘Evening Bondi’. Sh*t happens as they say. We live in Paradise, I can tell ya!

On a more serious note, due to the recent incident of the dolphin getting caught and dying in the shark net, you can see the very sad video on the Drone Shark App account, the guys from Sea Sheperd Australia are organising a gathering tomorrow at 6 am in front of the Bondi Pavilion. Watch this video by Hunter DeRusha, Sea Sheperd Australia’s NSW Shark Defence coordinator for all the details.

Shark nets are absolutely useless and unfortunately do not prevent sharks from coming close to the beach. The facts are here. Also, remember that video of the wobbegong shark getting very close to me when I was shooting only a few meters from the Icebergs. You see, absolutely pointless!

See you down there gang,

Xoxo

Amo

Sun bathing @ the Icebergs

Sun bathing @ the Icebergs

Safe distancing

Safe distancing

Messina delivering the goods since 2002

North Bondi boat ramp, a great place to hangout

North Bondi boat ramp, a great place to hangout

Bondi Beach before the Cool Cabanas took over

Bondi Beach before the Cool Cabanas took over

Lake Bondi

Lake Bondi

Little Bastien, back in 2019

Little Bastien, back in 2019

David Finato, my first Aussie mate. I've known this guy for more than 20 years.

David Finato, my first Aussie mate. I've known this guy for more than 20 years.

Sun Haze

Sun Haze

Max Dupain's style

Max Dupain's style

Pram Patrol

Pram Patrol

North Bondi kiddie pool

Kids being kids

Kids being kids

From the North Bondi hill

From the North Bondi hill

Path to paradise

Path to paradise

Julius Cruickshank, another of my oldest mates, part of the OG Morning Bondi crew

Julius Cruickshank, another of my oldest mates, part of the OG Morning Bondi crew

The Icebergs Steps

The Icebergs Steps

The Lurline building, art deco Bondi

The Lurline building, art deco Bondi

Sunset picnic on the beach

Sunset picnic on the beach

Me, dreaming

Me, dreaming

Sunset vibes

Sunset vibes

Sunset surf in Bondi

Sunset surf in Bondi

That's a wrap!

Brace yourself

Morning gang,

How’s everyone today?

What a wild weather, after yesterday’s crazy storm, this morning was full on wind. No point in going outside as I didn’t want it to mess up my hair. Just kidding, I was happy to sleep in for once.

Today and tomorrow are not going to be too nice but we should have a great end of the week and weekend according to the weather forecast. My advice to you, squeeze in as much work as possible in the next couple of days so that you can get in the sun once it’s back in town.

Here are some photos from the archives, all in portrait mode for a change.

Have a wonderful day my friends,

Ciaoooo,

Amo

BondEye - one of my most popular photos back in 2017 (Why? No idea)

BondEye - one of my most popular photos back in 2017 (Why? No idea)

Pink props

Pink props

Special morning

Special morning

Where's Willy?

Where's Willy?

The Friday Swim Squad

The Friday Swim Squad

Oh the Icebergs!

Oh the Icebergs!

Flat rock, best place to hangout at sunset if you don't mind the scratches

Flat rock, best place to hangout at sunset if you don't mind the scratches

World Pride is ON

Fav building in South Bondi

Fav building in South Bondi

The Icebergs' Naughty Corner

The Icebergs' Naughty Corner

The Icebergs with my realestate lens

The Icebergs with my realestate lens

Air bench press

Air bench press

Friday with the Salties

Friday with the Salties

T-Yew-sday

Morning my friends,

OMG what a morning! Were you down there? It felt like the entire Eastern Suburbs were down there making the most of the morning before the rain comes later today.

I woke up early and squeezed a quick workout down at the bars in North Bondi, then I had to stop around 6:20 am when the light started to be good.

For a change, I walked along the promenade up to South Bondi and back to North via the beach. I stopped along the way to take photos and had a few chats with the usual suspects.

It was incredible, now I’m super pumped to carry on with the day.

Have a wonderful day,

Amo

Here comes the sun

Here comes the sun

First light

First light

Technically not a good photo but I love it

Technically not a good photo but I love it

Same same but in focus this time around

Same same but in focus this time around

SoBo at sunrise

SoBo at sunrise

Jet and Debbie Tan

Jet and Debbie Tan

Charles-Alex Clément and Emilie

Charles-Alex Clément and Emilie

WorldPride is around the corner

Beezy

Beezy

Busy promenade too

Busy promenade too

Spotted!

Spotted!

Jess Bodell and Ben Cryan

Jess Bodell and Ben Cryan

Little shorey

Little shorey

Charlotte Wearne, Jess Bodell and the little Pearl

Charlotte Wearne, Jess Bodell and the little Pearl

The water was divine

The water was divine

Just crossing

Just crossing

Between the flags North Bondi

Between the flags North Bondi

Setting up for the day

Setting up for the day

Same couple, different angle

Same couple, different angle

Ski training

Ski training