It was time for the Sydney 'Sculptures by the Sea' exhibition last week, I had been looking forward to this as we missed it last year because we arrived in Australia just a few days after it finished.
The sculptures are arranged on the rocks overlooking Bondi Beach and the way they use the background is taken into account when the judging takes place. Some of them were fantastic, others strange and a couple downright creepy but, all in all, an excellent collection of artwork.
We have got into the habit of 
taking the train when we go down to Sydney because it only takes a little longer than driving, it is ridiculously cheap and we can get right into the centre without having to think about parking, so we set off at silly o'clock and were in Bondi by about 10am. It was a bit blowy walking along the cliffs but the big waves just added to the drama of the backdrop to the sculptures and we had to hide in a cafe with about 500 other visitors as a sudden downpour took us all by surprise, but it was a good day nonetheless.

The Bondi Icebergs have their home at the Bondi ocean pool. I had to stifle a chuckle as I was reading about their proud boast that they swim every day of the winter, you can't impress me with that, my sister Gill swims in Hampstead Heath pond throughout the winter in England!
Back working in the garden the next day I was thinking what an upside down place this is with trees that shed their bark instead of their leaves when I heard the unmistakable, dreadful grunting koalas make. It sounded really close by so I scanned the trees and saw this chap in next door's front garden. He was huge and very active for the daytime, scampering around the tree, eating and grunting then he climbed out of the tree and bounded off down the road, we could hear him grunting at the top of his voice as he went, he was definitely out to try and impress the lady koalas!