The Beach
Surfing is part of the Bondi legend, the big waves ensuring that there's always a pack of damp young things hanging around, bristling with surfboards. The beach is carefully delineated, with surfers using the southern end. There are two sets of flags for swimmers and boogie-boarders, with families congregating at the northern end near the sheltered saltwater pool (free), and everybody else using the middle flags. The beach is netted and there hasn't been a shark attack for over forty years. If the sea is too rough, or if you want to swim laps, there is a seawater swimming pool at the southern end of the beach under the Bondi Icebergs Club on Notts Avenue. Part of the Bondi legend since 1929, the Icebergs Club - whose members swim throughout the winter, their first plunge heralding the first day of winter - was demolished in 2000 but reopened in early 2002 with an upgraded swimming pool, the addition of a sauna and spa and even a surf lifesaving museum. Topless bathing is condoned at Bondi, but local women going topless stick to the southern end of the beach, well away from the suburban visitors in the middle and the families at the northern end. In September, the Festival of the Winds, Australia's largest kite festival , takes over the beach.
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