I believe in the sand beneath my toes...

Song: "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind

February 26th

I had optics class this morning at 10 am, but nothing the rest of the day, so I decided to go exploring. At the o-week extravaganza in the middle of campus, a bus line was advertising their timetables, so I grabbed one and decided to go where it took me. I looked it up on the internet first.

Mona Vale is a beach north of Sydney and it was a very scenic drive there. We drove through a couple different towns on the way. Gordon and St. Ives are the ones I remember. The area of Mona Vale was known as Bongin Bongin by Aborigines and Mona Vale Beach is right by the Bongin Bongin Bay. I think they should have kept Bongin Bongin. It's a sweet name.

I got to the city just fine, and after asking a gas station attendant, found the beach without a problem. I unpacked and lazed away for a few hours and took a bunch of pictures of the beauty around me.

From Mona Vale Beach Trip

From Mona Vale Beach Trip

From Mona Vale Beach Trip

From Mona Vale Beach Trip

Mona Vale Beach also has a cool pool on the rocks, which I intended to swim in, but there was a really intense swimmer doing laps in it.

The average age of the people on Mona Vale beach when I went was about 60. I passed a retirement home on the way there which explains that.

From Mona Vale Beach Trip

The best thing about this beach is that I had it all to myself. It was a very large beach and almost no one was out. I didn't go swimming in case there actually was a Great White Shark like the gas station attendant jokingly said there was. Plus, I didn't want to get stung again, by anything.

After I finished at the beach, I stopped and got potato wedges at a nearby cafe. I then walked to the bus stop and explore a few of the shops near it until my bus came.

I got back to campus without a problem, and then went home. I decided to investigate the student party at the UBar on campus, which I didn't have that much fun at. Half of my friends came a little later than me but didn't get in because the place was "too full." Super lame. I left within an hour of getting there and went home.