Today's beautiful weather took me to the iconic Bondi beach, and due to the ridiculous amount of people there all the time, this provided some amazing chances for people watching.
I had my first interesting encounter before I even reached the beach. Sitting at the bus stop in Bondi Junction station, I was passed by an older man wearing a dark blue pair of sequined spandex shorts. He seemed very proud of his fashion choices, but I think I was very lucky that I only caught glimpses in my peripherals, as an eyeful probably would have killed me.
One we reached the beach, we decided to grab some food, and started exploring the numerous chain stores and little cafes, and we stopped by a sushi store. A little kid was sitting there with his dad, mouth full of sushi, which he suddenly spat out and yelled, "this comes from the ocean?! Eewww!!!" He then threw his half chewed, ocean sourced mush onto the ground, and I quickly decided that I didn't want sushi anymore.
Once we hit the beach, we got distracted by how beautiful and perfect everything seemed, but as time wore on, we became convinced that we had missed some important signage. As in very important signage. We were talking, and then the next time we looked around, a disturbing number of the females surrounding us were topless, and that amount just kept growing. We were on the main beach, surrounded by families, and occasionally passed by the mounted police, and no one seemed to care very much, except a few unsavoury males who made no effort whatsoever to ogle discreetly.
We then finished the day with a self serve frozen yoghurt experience, which was delicious, very exciting, and extremely filling. For some reason, it also scored me a free beach ball. Who was I to say no?
My day became even better on the walk home from the station as I passed a park. An elderly Asian man was standing all by himself, facing a large, empty patch of grass, and was animatedly bobbing up and down, flicking his wrists and waving his arms as though conducting a large, invisible orchestra. Bravo, I say.
I am now topping off this awesome day by watching the new So You Think You Can Dance, and feeling very in the loop, because I know so many contestants now!
Xx, Little Duck
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