Sydney holiday apartment rental, Bondi Beach with shared pool, golf, walking, beach/lake nearby, disabled access, air con, internet

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Bondi Breeze 3 Bedroom Exec (apartment)

Home description

Bondi Breeze is exclusively furnished and renovated to executive standards, this stunning security monitored apartment offers the following for your enjoyment:
A breathtaking rooftop pool with panoramic ocean views from Bondi Beach to the Harbour Bridge.
Accommodation for up to 6 people. The Master bedroom offers a King size bed, the second bedroom a Queen size bed, and the 3rd bedroom, up to 2 x singles; or a combination.
Let your taste buds go wild with a fully stocked gourmet chef’s kitchen with dishwasher, Omega European appliances and Ceaserstone benchtops.
Luxuriate in the large designer bathroom with a deep European bath and modern appliances.
Delight in the convenience of the brand new full internal laundry.
Escape to bliss in the separate toilet with the latest magazines, (with 2 x extra WC’s just outside).
Slouch in the zen-buddah lounge offering full relaxation with mood lighting, and an entertainment centre with Foxtel, a large TV, DVD player, and a CD player.
Entertain in style at the savvy Italian designer dining table for 6.
Negotiate like a pro in the private home office complete with wireless and a telephone offering free local calls - ready for business.
Sink into plush cotton linens, and freshen up with our fluffy white towels.
Wake up to music with clock radios in all bedrooms.
Stay cool with reverse cycle air conditioning.
Enjoy daily or weekly cleaning service (available on request for an extra $100 per service).

What more could you possibly desire for a luxury holiday, an extended business trip, a relocation in-between residence or a home away from home?

Buddah Lounge	Desiger Italian Dinner Table for 6
The famous Bondi Icebergs Pool

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The New South Wales region

The significance of Bondi Beach as Aboriginal site is evidenced by the quarries used for tool and weapon making, and the carvings on many of the rocks near the waters edge. The name “Bondi” is believed to have evolved from the Aboriginal word for the sound of water breaking on rocks, “Bundi”.

White settlement began here as a cattle run in the early part of the 19th century.

As Bondi is the closest beach to the city, the lure of ocean proved too great, with the area beginning to develop in mid century. The ocean baths arrived in 1886, and the Bondi Tram arrived in 1894.

Real Estate & Design
The valley running down to the beach is famous world over for its view of distinctive red tiled roofs. Under these you’ll find an eclectic mix of semi-detached houses and apartments dating back to the early 1930’s, California bungalows and large freestanding house. In the last decade, Bondi Beaches' unique position has seen a dramatic rise in svelte contemporary houses and apartments to take advantage of the views and scent of the sea.

Shopping
Bondi's famous strip of sand is bounded by the ocean on one side and the boutiques of Campbell Parade on the other. Laid back beach fashions, typical Australian surf wear, and for plenty of souvenirs for the visitor are all at hand.

Sports & Fitness
Residents of Bondi Beach have no exuse to be unfit. There is plenty of iron to pump at the Bondi Olympic and Swiss Grand gyms, or a stroll and a few swings around Bondi’s public golf course.

But then there’s the beach. The surf is terrific all year round, and the Bondi Icebergs can be seen in the pool even in the depths of winter. For the jogger, there is the magnificent track that runs from Bondi Beach around the headlands to Bronte, complete with its numerous exercise stations for that little extra bit of tone.

Distance from the CBD & Transportation
If you must leave, then it’s only 7km from the CBD. The 380 bus will take you to the city’s Circular Quay, or the 365 bus to Edgecliff Station. Bondi Junction and its railhead is an entertaining 20 minute walk through the shops of Bondi Road.

Famous Landmarks
Australia’s oldest swimming club, the Bondi Icebergs can be found at the southern end of the beach. In the centre of the beach is the Pavilion, home to changing sheds, food, a bar, and a great auditorium.

Celebrity & Famous Residents
James Packer leads the business contingent here, with film and entertainment following up with producer Rebel Penfold-Russell, actor Simon Bourke, model Tara Moss, singer Wendy Matthews, and the legendary (for interesting reasons) Jason Donovan. Also residing in Bondi are Ben Lee, Peter Mochrie, Kate Cebrano, Michael Caton, Claudia Carvan, Toni Collette, James Reyne, Chris Haywood, Teresa Livingstone & Jack Thompson.

Restaurants & Cafes
Bondi Beach is all about casual dining. From a simple kebab or burger and a view of the ocean through the casual chic grazing of Hugo’s, Raw Bar, Lamrock or Ravesi’s, the beach has it all. There are plenty of cafes for languid coffee or a glass of wine from breakfast through to till late at night.

Schools, Education & Institutions
Bondi Beach Primary is the State school, with Waverley College, Moriah College, Sydney Grammar, Scots, Cranbrook, Ascham and Kamala private schools , or Vaucluse and Dover Heights High only a short drive away.

Bondi Beach is an Australian icon, world-renowned as the most popular beach in Australia. Just 7k from Sydney's business district, it's as great a sandy beach you'll find within an international city and offers a wealth of activity: trendy and open-air restaurants, urban-style shops, the famous Sunday markets, wide-open park greens for picnicking or relaxing , festive beach-vibe bars and more. Its people are a melting pot of rich and poor and everything in between - from surfing bums to drum-playing bohemians to families, actors, models, overseas visitors and more. All of them flock to Bondi for the beach or to stroll the vibrant sidewalks of Campbell Parade (Bondi's main street).

The 1km-long beach is bookended on both sides by beautiful headlands that form its protected cove and which, to the south, offer a cliff walk with sweeping views to nearby Tamarama, Bronte and Coogee beaches. For the local crowd, Bondi is the perfect beach, providing them with adventure, a great stress release and a fantastic outdoor lifestyle. What other major city in the world provides an opportunity for everyone to go surf "the early" before the daily grind, "the late" after work or school or even sneak in a lunchtime surf? Right here, right now and just 15 minutes from Sydney's CBD city-centre. That's Bondi!

Bondi factoids:

Bondi is named after an aboriginal word meaning "the sound of waves breaking over rocks"
It is home to the a number of surfing clubs, including the Bondi Longboard Club (about 60 members), the Bondi Surfing Club (40-plus members), and the Bondi Girls Surfriders Club (60-plus members)
Bondi is one of the rare area beaches to face south. Most face east
There are saltwater swimming pools on each side of the beach that are open to the public: the newly refurbished Bondi Icebergs pool to the south and the North Bondi kids and rock pools to the north
There are two lifesaving clubs on Bondi Beach
Bondi public school is right on the beach. Talk about a hard place to concentrate on the books!

Coastal Walks

There are two scenic walks from Bondi Beach towards the south. These walks offer great views of the sea, you visit popular beaches such as Tamarama and Bronte, and you get to see a number of historic spots. There are plenty of places along the way where you can stop to admire the views. During the summer these walks are packed with tourists from all over the world.





Walk 1: Bondi Beach to Bronte Beach via coast to Bronte, returning same route. Approximately 2.5 kms (one way). Medium grade, some steep steps. Picnic areas with toilets at Bondi. Picnic areas with barbecue, kiosk and toilets at Tamarama and Bronte. Bus 378 - Bronte Beach to Eastern Suburbs Railway, Bondi Junction.

The walk begins at the Bondi Pavilion. Walk down to the beachside promenade, and continue towards south Bondi. Points of Interest:

1. Bondi Pavilion: As "surf bathing" gained popularity Waverley Council recognised the need for improved beach facilities. The foundation stone for Bondi Pavilion was laid in 1928. The Pavilion, part of an overall scheme for beach improvements, contained dressing areas for 12,000 people, turkish baths, shops, gymnasium and ballroom. A huge crowd of 200,000 attended the official opening of the Bondi Beach Improvement Scheme. Ceremonies included brass bands, bugle bands and fife and drum bands, aeroplane stunts and a parachute jump. King Neptune landed from a surf boat in front of the Pavilion. There was also a procession led by Life Savers.

2.Surf life saving was started in Australia. The Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club was formed in 1906. Both Bondi S.B.L.S.C. and Bronte S.L.S.C. claim to be the world's oldest surf life saving clubs. North Bondi S.L.S.C. was formed the following year. On 6th February, 1938, to become known as "Black Sunday", life savers carried out their most famous rescue operation. Several freak waves swept up on to Bondi Beach dragging beachgoers out into boiling seas. Life savers rescued more than 300 people that day. Five people drowned.

3. The famous Bondi Icebergs Club is above the Bondi Baths at the southern end of the beach. Full club membership can only be attained by swimming 3 Sundays out of 4 from May to September (winter) for 5 years. The club has approximately 600 members. Visitors are welcome.

4. Views from Mackenies Point south to Maroubra. The sandstone cliffs form part of the Hawkesbury sandstone belt and date back to the Triassic Age 190-225 million years B.C. Surrounding land, known as Mackenzies Waverley Dairy, was used for grazing in the 1880s.

5. Aboriginal rock carvings in Marks Park were regrooved in 1962. Governor Philip, Sydney's founding Governor noted the Cadigal aboriginal people roamed the land from South Head at the harbour entrance, to Sydney Cove, including today's Waverley Municipality.

6. Swimming at Mackenzies Bay is dangerous, the beach is not patrolled and there are hidden rocks.

7. Tamarama beach frontage was bought by David Fletcher (later Waverley's first Mayor) and the headland became known as Fletcher's Glen. Tamarama's natural beauty was threatened in 1887 when "The Aquarium" was built, an amusement park offering a variety of displays and entertainment. In 1906 "Wonderland City" straddled the headland. This extravaganza included an airship and miniature railway. Today Tamarama still retains much of its original charm, a small beach used mainly by locals.

8. Walk finishes at North Bronte cliffs. Vegetation along the cliffs includes: Coprosma - low growing shiny leaf plant; Lagunaria - Norfolk Island hibiscus; Metrosideros - red bottle brush; Melaleuca - tea tree, white bottle brush.

Walk 2: Bronte Beach to Waverley Cemetrey Bronte Beach to Waverley Cemetrey returning via St. Thomas Street to Bronte Road. Approximately 2.8kms (return). Medium grade. Picnic areas with barbecues, kiosks and toilets at Bronte Beach.

Points of Interest:

1. Bronte S.L.S.C. perched on top of the cliffs at the beaches' northern end was the first club to use a surf boat for life saving.

2. Bronte Baths were opened in 1887. Regulations stated that "Gentlemen could bathe between daylight from 10a.m. to 4p.m. 'till dark each day. Ladies were welcomed from 10a.m. to 4p.m. daily except Sundays and Public Holidays, reserved exclusively for men". Bronte "bogey hole" next to the baths is a natural swimming hole. Some rocks have been added for extra safety. It is thought that "bogey" is an aboriginal word meaning "to bathe".

3. Trams ran down to bronte Beach via this cut through the sandstone, completed in 1911.

4. Waverley Cemetrey was established in 1877. The first burial took place that year. The Cemetary is a virtual history book, containing graves of many famous Australians: Henry Kendall - a poet (location: Section 6, 320 Vault D). "Awake him not; surely he takes his fill of deep and liquid rest, forgetful of all ill" is inscribed on Kendall's monument. Kendall spent most of his life in the bush, in northern New South Wales, and was brought to Sydney suffering from consumption from which he never recovered. His best selling work was "Songs from the Mountains". Henry Lawson - described as poet, journalist and patriot (location: Section 3, G 516). The Bulletin summed up his story: "His work sold moderately well, but not well enough to make his lifepath easy and he was continually faced with the fact that a continent that praised his work from shore to shore had scarcely a home to offer him where he might live free from want". He was given a state funeral. Dorothea Mackellar - poet (location: Section 6, 832-833 Vault L). Born at Rose Bay, she wrote her first poem when only 19 - "My Country". It was first published in London in 1908 then reprinted in Sudney. It became the most popular poem of its time. Lawrence Hargrave - aeronautical pioneer, inventor and explorer (location: Section 9, 1117). As early as 1887, Hargrave built several types of engines powered by petrol and compressed air and in 1893 invented the box kite. Hargrave "flew" in 1894, by attaching himself to a huge four kite construction attached to the ground by piano wire. When the first European aircraft were built, they used Hargrave-type box kites for their supporting surface.

5. From Bronte's hilltops you can see federation houses facing the sea.

6. Bronte House was designed by colonial architect Mortimer Lewis as his own home. However, because of financial difficulties he was forced to sell it before the building was completed. Lowe, a member of the NSW Parliament completed the house in 1845. Waverley Council acquired Bronte House in 1948. The house has been restored and is open to the public once a year. In the 1860s it was noted "the residence was sheltered by verandahs flanked by 4 round towers. The drawing room overlooked the bay. A nearby fresh water well was supplied by springs, and lawns and flower gardens led into shady walks down to the sandy beach."

7. A waterfall at the top of Bronte park feeds the stream flowing through lush vegetation, made up of Coral treees, Eucalyptus, Norfolk Island Pines and Moreton bay Figs. Many native finches inhabit the lower Banksia.

Sydney / Bondi Beach area

Who the aboriginal tribe that occupied Bondi actually were is something of a mystery today.

Some say it was the Biddigal Tribe, commemorated now in the Biddigal Reserve, overlooking the north end of the beach. Others dispute this.

All we know for certain is that aborigines were observed at Bondi when the white man first came, and that they remained in the area for several decades, before being evicted. Their last "stand" was probably on the eastern headland now called Ben Buckler.

Yet they, and their neighbours and ancestors, left their marks on Bondi.

The name Bondi itself is said to be of aboriginal origin, perhaps meaning "the sound of breaking water" (see Why It's Called Bondi).

Under the sand of the famous beach, and its curving esplanade and grassy park, and beneath where Campbell Parade now runs today, lies hidden the reason why millennia of Sydney's aborigines favoured Bondi with their presence...

Thousands upon thousands of ancient flints and the other detritus of what can only be described as an enormous aboriginal "factory".

We know this because early this century one of the severe cyclones that periodically lash the coast of Sydney swept in, driving back the sand dunes behind Bondi and uncovering along the rock-floor a treasure-house of aboriginal artefacts.

Ethnologists from the Australian Museum in Sydney found evidence among the stone implements and flint tools (most of them discarded as "faulty" by their ancient makers) of countless generations' of aboriginal craftsmen using the beach area as a large-scale tool-making facility, using materials chipped and fractured from the volcanic trench and other rocks nearby.

Further evidence that Bondi was a significant aboriginal site is to be found in the rock carvings on what is now Bondi Golf Links. These now sadly eroded carvings depict sharks and other sea creatures, and were clearly a part of the local, pre-1788 aboriginal culture in the Bondi area.

Whether the local aboriginal population actually swam or surfed at Bondi is unknown. They no doubt went into the water to catch fish. However, at least one early observer reported seeing aboriginees in the surf at Bondi in the early 19th century, remarking that if the sharks didn't take them, then perhaps it was safe for Europeans to swim there. Which they eventually did.

New South Wales is the perfect holiday destination all year round. Sydney boasts over 300 beaches and is surrounded by National Parks making it perfect for relaxing or bushwalking.

Day trips from Sydney can include a visit to the stunning Blue Mountains, the Hunter Valley vineyards and wineries, the English gardens and Scottish heritage of the Southern Highlands, temperate rainforests and stunning beaches of the South Coast or a visit to Canberra, the Nation's capital with its world class Art Galleries and museums.

How to get there

Bondi Beach Breeze is a short 20 minute drive from Sydney Airport. The apartment is located right on transport and convenient to shops and all conveniences. If coming by train, alight at Bondi Junction train station. The apartment is a quick 10 minute walk, or 3 minutes on the 380 bus route.
Experience the best that Bondi Beach has to offer. Located in central Bondi, 800 metres to the world famous Bondi Beach and 800 metres to Westfield Shopping Mall and railway station you will delight in this convenient location.

Feel like a local as soon as you arrive. Experience the great eateries, bars, nightlife and excitement of Bondi right at your doorstep.

Ride 7 minutes by bus to Sydneys CBD and main attractions.

Activities near Sydney

Facilities

Further details indoors:
This stunning apartment has everything you need for a comfortable stay. The master bedroom can be reorganised to a twin share, the third bedroom sleeps 2 singles, the middle room has a queen bed. All amenities included.

Further details outdoors:
The Bondi Beach is close to eateries from take aways to exclusive restaurants, supermarkets, a ProDive shop, day spas, gyms, beauticians, hairdressers, tourist activities, and many other local attractions.

Whatever you need is within 800 metres of the apartment!

Business Facilities :


A telephone, and wireless ready for business.

Out and About

"Bondi" is said to be an Aboriginal word meaning "water breaking over rocks".
Bondi Beach is one of the most famous beaches in the world and is visited by over two and half million people a year. It’s one kilometre stretch of sand can be covered by up to 40,000 people at one time.

Bondi Beach is unique. It has a life and personality that reflects its diverse population.

The far south corner of the beach, known as ’the office’, is home to local surfers from the Bondi Boardriders club. A bit further north, are mostly young people who live in Bondi.

Move further north again, and backpackers from all over the world dominate the scene. Through the middle of beach, in front of Bondi Pavilion, multi-cultural communities are most common.

Moving further into the northern corner, the beach becomes the playground for families and children.

Bondi offers beautiful coastal walks, white sand, crashing surf, and lazy days.

Great strip shopping lines all the small back streets where the locals like to hang out and drink coffee.

Stumble upon organic food stores and cafes, eco friendly clothing and gift stores, captivating semi precious jewellery stores and the famous Bondi Markets (Sundays).

The CBD (7 minutes away by car/bus) offers many great local attractions such as Museums, Galleries, the Zoo, the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and the famous Sydney Harbour.

Further details

Cancellation Policy

This property does not accept cancellations or changes to bookings. Refunds are not available.

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Instructions for after hours key collection

By Arrangement. Manager will meet you at the apartment to let you in and provide keys. A security deposit will be required.

Conditions

The building is strictly NO SMOKING. Smokers will be charged a $500 fee for smoking withing the building.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
November - February (Peak	1 Nov 07	29 Feb 08	1800£ 989	0-	0-	1 Week
Bondi Breeze rates	15 Oct 08	31 Mar 10	1900£ 1,044	0-	0-	1 Week

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