Spring, Summer, Autumn, Beefgiving?

My first Sunday in Sydney was spent being a tourist. The city still seemed huge (it's actually smaller than NYC) and confusing. To get acquainted with my new home for the next few months, I jumped on board the double decker bus to explore the city neighborhoods and Bondi. I do love hop on hop off buses and it was a beautiful day. It's winter in Sydney & July is supposedly the coldest month of the year so it's a tad chilly (mostly upper 40s/50s in the morning & night and low to mid 60s during the day). Lucky for me, the sun was shining which always makes everyone break free of winter hibernation.

The city tour was a great overview of all the neighborhoods but my favorite part of the tour was Bondi Beach. Yes, it's winter here but it's nowhere near as brutal as winters on the east coast. The beach was hosting a winter festival where people were ice skating- I kid you not. It was one of the funniest things I ever saw- ice skating on the beach? It also wasn't nearly cold enough for ice skating so the ice was melting rapidly.

After gawking in amazement at the ice skating I saw "an igloo" to warm up with drinks and beef. Apparently, Winter is now being re-branded as Beefsgiving. Strange, yes, but hey, I'll take it. I like beef much better than winter anyway :)

It was also funny to see that some people were ice skating while others were surfing or swimming. Sydneysiders didn't quite know what to make of this warm Winter day.

Here's a pic of me on Bondi Beach before I headed back home. I'll definitely be returning after Winter, I mean Beefsgiving, is over to enjoy the nice weather.