The Perfect Day At Bondi Beach | Sydney Australia Vlog
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- As we're still recovering from jet lag we though visiting the worlds most famous beach. Bondi Beach, would be the perfect relaxing day! We watched the surfers, ate the best fish and chips and took a walk along the coastal path to Tamarama beach and Bronte beach. We finished the day trying an Aussie classic snack - The Tim Tam!
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Last time I was in the UK, a POM said to me, and I quote...
"I know Sydney is the capital but are there any beaches there"...
Glad you guys are having fun and sharing some knowledge.....
That's where I grew up, just over the hill from Bondi. You have to swim even if it feels cold, once you are in the water your body acclimatises and changes your day for the better. I used to swim from Icebergs to the rocks on the other side every morning, best way to make to yourself feel alive... I miss those days.
Jordan here:
Please run back to Coles, grab the double coat Tim Tam's, those are the ones in the blue packet. Bite each end off one biscuit and use it like a straw to sip some coffee. Or even milk if your a dairy boy like myself!
Thanks for the tip guys! We’ll be sure to get those ones next time 😍
One thing that will blow your mind is a Tim Tam Slam. You willl be need a packet of Tim Tam's that have been in the fridge and an ice cold glass of milk. Take a Tim Tam and bite off a small part of two, diagonally opposite corners. Then place one corner in the glass of milk and suck the milk through the Tim Tam like using a straw. Then eat the Tim Tam. Enjoy!!! 🙂🤙
As a very general rule there's an ocean temperature lag, around Sydney that tends to be about two to three months, so some of the warmer (water) months are after summer, towards Easter.
Tim Tam's are even better with coffee!
Oh, next time you're here, tuck into a Chiko Roll. Another Aussie staple.
Ooo we haven’t heard of that one, we’ll keep an eye out for it ☺️
Its a week day by the looks of it. Watch the white pointers though !
It was a week day! Thanks for watching
Its safe, the waters are well patrolled
You get warmer waters up north in Queensland but down south, we have the cold waters coming coming from the Arctic that’s why the waters cold
I grew up in Bondi, we lived just of Bondi Rd near the catholic church and it was wonderful. Bondi people were family orientated and working people but that's all gone. Last time i went back i saw that the great German howitzer in wavelly park was gone. When i enquired i was told it was deemed inappropriate for todays world what have you people done to my wonderful country ?
Australia is in a confluence of three weather events that by themselves are somewhat unusual, rare to fall together. That has caused very much colder and wetter weather than normal, spring being more like extended winter, so the sea hasn’t had a chance to warm up. In September it’s coldest at around 19C and gets to about 23C in February. It should have been around 22C when you were there, but it was barely 19. That small range actually makes a big difference in how cold or warm it feels.
Is end of march a good time in Sydney weather and sea wise ect
You call it "weather events" but it's climate change. Sydney might not get a 40 Celcius Summer ever again.
@@coopy5 I have a double degree in Science, so if the three events were 'climate change', I would have named it. These are three weather events, each of which has have been noted as occurring cyclically from the time record-keeping began. That they are occurring together in such extremes, that is due to anthropogenic climate change. We need to be careful because cynics and deniers take every opportunity to say we don't know what we're talking about. Cheers.
its early in the season plus we have had a cool wet summer . warms up later in jan and feb/
Bondi is an iconic beach and a nice place but there are so many more beaches with natural beauty that love Bondi for dead
Yes we’ve heard there’s so many beautiful beaches here! We had to visit the most iconic, what beaches do you recommend us to visit?☺️
@@AshandKels depends where and how you are traveling.! The coastline is full of beautiful locations.. I love the mid north coast of NSW especially South West Rocks / Arakoon which is next to Smokey cape. Absolutely gorgeous. Google the area
@@AshandKels The Goldie (Gold Coast) has some awesome beach vibes but if you are going up north, Whitehaven Beach in North Queensland will be the beach experience of your LIVES that no matter where in the world you travel, will never be surpassed!
That beach is completely insane!
If you’re still in Sydney the Northern Beaches are fabulous and the coastal walk links Bondi to Palm Beach (northernmost Sydney beach). That walk would take 3 days but there’s many beautiful spots you can pick and choose to walk along the way. I’d definitely recommend the Mosman / Balmoral harbour walks, Manly/Freshwater/Curl Curl and Palm Beach parts just for starters. So much beautiful nature around Sydney 🏖 you can get ferries from Circular Quay straight past the Opera House to Mosman and Manly.
@@AshandKels shelly beach manly
Hi guys I love your blog. But the waves are NOT that high. I had a laugh to myself but enjoy your time here you will love it. Bondi is great beautiful sun sea and food.
Great video guys ! Do some research on what a Tim Tam Slam is - takes that biscuit to a whole new level. Sydney's my home but it's easy to forget how good we have it until we experience it through visitor's eyes... hope we've made you feel welcome ❤
We’ve heard this a lot since uploading this video, we’ll have to try it! Thank you so much, we absolutely loved Sydney! One city that I think definitely exceeding our expectations, you’re lucky to call it home 😍❤️
@@AshandKels I keep the packet in the freezer. Tim Tam Slams work well from frozen too.... it's like turning a biscuit into chocolate pudding right inside your mouth, haha!
I learned to swim in Bondi Icebergs pool. My grandfather was a Bondi lifeguard and beach inspector. He took part in one of Australia's largest mass beach rescues, 1938, known as Black Sunday .
That is probably flake (gummy shark) you are eating with the chips. Flake is regularly sold in
Australia to go with chips under the heading of "fish and chips".
Glad you're enjoying Australia so far. It did make me giggle when you said the waves were high. I grew up in south-east Queensland and swam in much higher surf as a kid. Hope you're travelling further afield than Sydney & the Blue Mtns. It's a huge and geographically diverse country with so much to see and do!
The waves aren't any higher in South eat queenland than they are in Sydney. Derp.
You guys are hugely underrated, great job keep it up
OMG loving seeing you guys experience our favorite country in the world! Kate was addicted to Bondi Rescue for awhile 🤣🤣 It's not just you Ash, we expected the water to be warm and ...well, you know how that went 🥶🥶 Kate's yelling over my shoulder to tell you to make sure to put the Tim Tams in the refrigerator then try them again because it changes the flavor 🤪🤪 Great video, love the editing and flow...also love that Friend's is playing while you're smashing down Tim Tams (Kate's idea of heaven) all the best guys! 🤙🤙❤❤
Thank you guys, we’re absolutely loving it! We were very shocked at how cold it was as you could see 😂 Well you’ll be pleased to know that we did put them in the fridge and you’re right they’re definitely better when they’re cold 😍 thank you for the support, we really appreciate it ❤️
Why is it your fav country in the world
Did you meet any of the famous lifegaurds?
Of course you got lost in Bondi Westfields- everyone does! I get lost there still, and I lived in Bondi for 10 years.
The sand in Australia is even whiter in if you go a bit more south.
I like you videos, there are a lot of people doing them but yours are good. If you want cold water go down to Victoria, the Surf Coast south of Melbourne. Great surf at some beaches depending on the wind. Believe me the Surf does get significant bigger. Bondi is an enigma. It is a nice beach and a pleasant trip by bus or train but gets very crowded on a hot day. & buses are packed on those days. The thing about beaches everyone has different reasons for liking or disliking them.
Nice video guys! Iam from Oregon and I lived in Australia for 10 years.. In Sydney and Perth I love being able to see new footage and am glad to see Australia again ❤👍😊
The only way to have Tim Tams is to do the Tim Tam Slam! 😉
Tim Tam like a Penguin! A Penguin!!! How dare you. 😀
Love the beach ⛱️ love your videos ❤️
So do we! And Bondi Beach did not disappoint 😍 thank you so much!
Beautiful day on the beach! Great video!
It really was, such a fun day 😀 thank you for watching!
Love your reaction to the water temperature and the surfers. I was the same when I visited England in '98 - had a 5-day stay in Cornwall ... Chapel Port Beach to be exact. My Mum (British-born and raised) and I spent 5 weeks in England and had this little "pause" in Cornwall with one of her brothers. They walked in the water and seemed okay about it, but I found a small jetty, walked to the end, put my hand half-way into the water, 10 seconds later took it out and it was already stating to turn blue (no joke). So our "cold" water here in Australia is nuffin like the British ice-cold water. To boot, there were a few surfers out there in the water too - in short wet-suits. Talk about mad dogs and Englishmen ... 🤣
Glad you enjoyed.
Love your videos, lovely vibe together and so natural. Yes, I figured Oz would have warm sea!
It does. Lots of factors, tidal, time of day etc. Bondi and the surrounding beaches catch the cooler current. If you’re in the right spot you can swim a few metres and find yourself in a much warmer spot comparatively. If you head to Queensland in summer the water is like a lukewarm bath !! Personally I prefer the cooler (not too cold !!) spots because it’s really refreshing and cools down your core temperature on those hotter days.
Try the double coated Tim Tam in the blue packet. They are the best.
Can confirm this is correct
Thanks for invoking some wonderful memories that I have of Sydney, I lived in Sidney for 20 years and worked at Bondi Junction. Wonderful times
Sounds like you were living the dream 😀 just from our experience it seems like bondi would be a great place to work!
have a fantastic time guys 😉😊😁
Thank you so much 😀😀
The waves at Bondi Beach are relatively small, it is just that the water is somewhat 'deep'
Welcome 🎉
My pool in Sydney takes a 40* to feel a little warm. The ocean is always cold, even here. I wish it was warm. That would be awesome.
Love it! We just visited here in Xmas day! First time in the sun for Xmas! 🇬🇧 🇦🇺
Yes same for us! Such a different experience to rainy Wales 🏴
I'm so glad you're having a good time in Oz, thanks for coming down under 👍
Thank you so much, we’re loving it so far! So much more to see 😀
Watching you guys on Bondi Beach as we are having our coldest night of the year, with -19 degrees Celsius. The views at the beach were really amazing and the water so blue. I hope I will make it there myself some day.
Oh stop lying Jereon, everyone knows that there is no such number ! minus 19indeed ! It's all lies I tell you !
Wow that’s freezing!! Hope you’re keeping warm 🥶 it was such a beautiful beach and the coastal walk was so nice!
This winter wasn't cold 🙄 didn't even get a frost this year out in the western burbs. All you people who think it's cold close to Sydney "city" and the coast think how cold it is when out west it's 5-8 colder at nights in winter.
Remember to put on the 50+ sunscreen.
Look up how to do the tim tam slam
Its only just started getting hot around xmas with temps of 30 degrees and over. I’d expect bondi to be busy now!
Glad you enjoyed looking at Bronte, suggest you kept walking south past the cemetery to Clovelly and have a beer in the clifftop bowling club there, one of our better kept secrets.
And welcome to lesson 1 when visiting the beach, put on sunscreen 🥵😁😂🤣. The walk over the top of the bridge is absolutely worth it, after you’ve done it,you will smile every time you see a picture of it. Not cheap but well worth it, takes about four hours.
I absolutely agree with prior comment on Whitehaven beach Whitsundays NQ also Horseshoe bay in little know coastal town of Bowen is pretty special.
love your Aussie video adventures and embracing Aussie culture. re Tim tams i recommend the double choc variety - better biscuit to choc ratio.
The water is warmest in the first few months of the new year. It takes a few months for the water to warm up after winter. And the waves aren’t always that big
The water temp up North in Queensland is much warmer.
The water temp is also affected by the wind direction and how it interacts with the shore (Coriolis effect). North East (NE or Nor-easter) winds push the warm surface water offshore and the cold sub surface water replace it. I'm couple of hours up the coast from Sydney and after a few days of NE have had days where the air temp is 40 degrees and the water is 14 degrees. The warm current is pushed slightly offshore around Coffs Harbour about 1/2 way between Sydney and Brisbane this allows the cooler water to sit near the coast.
Great video, thanks folks. In my view Tim Tams are streets ahead of Penguin biscuits. You can also buy Penguin here in the international section of eg Coles or Woolies so you can compare side by side. When I lived in the UK (first 15 years of my life) I loved Penguins but, sorry, I deserted them long ago in favour of Tim Tams! 🙂
Chocolate in Australia has something in it to stop it melting I’ve heard
Really?! We didn’t know that!
Would love to see you guys head up to QLD! You guys will love the beaches there!
We hope to at some point during our time here ☺️ thanks for watching!
Yes that is where Bondi rescue is filmed. Warmest water temp is actually in autumn don't know why
Liked your Sydney videos. Westfield came into being in 1959 as a modest shopping mall in Blacktown, Sydney. You would have gone through Blacktown on your way to the Blue Mountains.
The water is warm further up north. Around Darwin, swimming in the ocean is like taking a hot bath. But watch out for Crocs.
I wish you could see other parts of sydney, northern beaches, also north shore of sydney. yes lots of great fish and chips shops here.
We’ll look into it definitely! The fish and chips are so delicious here 😀
@@AshandKels If you are ever in the Gordon area in Sydney Fish and chips shop Monday to Saturday open from 10:30am, I go there at least a couple of times a week. I would recommend you try, if you ever was on the North shore of Sydney. Their shop is called Gordon fish and chips shop, they are not open on public holidays. Take care.
@@TheBillABCTV derp
The water doesn't truly get warm until mid Jan all the way through to April, then the cold water will slowly come back through
"Thought they were going to come individually packed". Give us a break luv. They want you to eat WITH YOUR EYES, 3 or more so you buy more. And more packing would be just gratuirous. Fit indiv in perfect blown slot & least wrapping you can manage, better for environment.
You should take a ferry to Double bay and walk along to Redleaf beach, check out Nielsen Park, have a beer at the Australian Hotel in the Rocks or the Lord Nelson, visit the MCA or the Art Gallery of NSW, take the train to Stanwell Park, find the secret Harbour beaches on the north side..... - the list is endless.
Hi Ash & Kels, glad you're enjoying it! Actually the surf looks fairly flat to me which might explain the dearth of surfers. Bondi established Australia's first Lifesaving club and the story goes that their first rescue was a young boy whose name later created aviation history -- Charles Kingsford Smith. Having eaten Tim Tams you qualify for permanent resident status!! Glad to see you stayed sensibly dressed during the high-UV hours!
Tim Tam's aren't individually wrapped because that would impede progress when scarfing the whole pack.
If you want a beach try Redhead or Stockton beach up near Newcastle. Dark chocolate Tim Tams are the best.
Do the timtam slam I love you vlogs keep them coming plz much love from Australia
Will have to remember to do the Tim Tam Slam in one of our upcoming videos 😅
Haha they are so cute. It was freezing when this was filmed in mid to early December...Unusually cold. Wait until Jan and the water will be a lot warmer and it will get a lot more crowded. But honestly, Bondi is not a good beach. One of my least favourite in Sydney. Should have gone to Manly across the bridge.
Head to Jervis Bay down the South Coast. 3 hrs from Sydney. Best beaches on the south coast. Trust me.
I go every morning from bondi to bronte and back at sunrise . It’s usually amazing ,if you can do it
That sounds like a dream 😍 we can’t wait to get back and see the east coast sunrises! Currently in the NT
@@AshandKels nice. Enjoy👍🏻🍻😎
I've never been in Westfield bondi and not got lost!
Is it really super super expensive. Specially nightlife?? Absolutely love swimming with waves. How can that water be freezing?? [ love swimming in cold water ] Absolutely loved seeing Kels running through the water. Amazing views of the water. Absolutely love fish and chips, big chunks and melting in your mouth. Take you 27 yrs to visit each beach, nope. Excellent from start to finish
It’s honestly not as expensive as we thought it would be! Very easy to be expensive but also really affordable options too 😀 we haven’t experienced the night life yet but I’m sure if we do we’ll let you know in a video how pricey it is! Thanks for watching ☺️
It's actually not that cold (current water temp is 20ºC) and getting warmer each day. But cold currents can come up the coast from down south, and alternatively, warm currents can come down the coast from up north making a trip tot he beach a bit of a hit and miss affair. The best thing to do is the swim each day and acclimatise to the water, then the experience is a much better one everyday! This is why you see people in the water every day on news and reviews of the city. Difficult when you are travelling, I know!
February is a better month for swimming at Bondi. I would think for you the water would seem warm being from England. I saw people swimming in Brighton during the summer and the water felt like ice to me.
unusual ,have a good da, broth, 👋
Thank you so much 😀
Not gonna be too many people at the beach on a week day. Water gets warmer from January onwards .
Yeah the reason the beach isn't busy is definitely because you were there on a Thursday which is obviously a workday. If it was the weekend and the weather was like that it would be packed.
You people crack me up with your first impressions of here, (cute). I love your enthusiasm and excitement. The water temperature obviously varies a lot in this country. In Qld, the water is not so cold for example. And yes you CAN swim in the ocean above the tropic of Capricorn (Rockhampton), in summer. Just swim between the flags and read the surf life saving signs on the beach. Some beaches further north, like the Daintree have crocs, so try to consult a few local people first. Its mainly about local knowledge.
I lived in north Qld for 4 years. You can swim in summer, but only inside stinger nets (unless you like jelly fish and have a death wish 😅) Also, the water is tepid in summer, with no waves, and you might as well be swimming in pea soup.
I'm from South East Qld and I can distinctly going to Sydney one summer. It was stinking hot so I jumped into the water and simply couldn't believe how cold it was compared to the Gold Coast. Sydney still gets a lot of water from the Southern Ocean I suspect.
The ocean in Sydney, Australia fluctuates from about 18 degrees Celsius to about 21 degrees Celsius
That’s quite warm but compared to the temperature outside it’s pretty cold haha!
Go back on a Saturday, then you'll see how busy it gets.
Good to see you enjoyed your day but how did you not get sunburnt. Down here it pays to take precautions against the sun.
We had factor 50 sunscreen on, we heard the UV is higher here!
Aussies are born with built in sun resilience
The water temp increases after Christmas as it does up the NSW coast
The water if warm in jan/feb
Thanks for letting us know, I’m sure we’ll go for a dip at some point!
@@AshandKels Forster on the mid north coast is nice aswell
@@HI-pi1er true a foster is good on the mid north coast but down south we only drink VB
They have xxxx or fourex as they say up North though
@@nolesy34 u can drink 4x and vb anywhere in Australia u need to get out more
@@HI-pi1er i know that, was saying what we southerners prefer
Also james boags tiger great northern are great too
i used to swim a lot in the surf at cronulla and found if water temp 17 or below it too cold without a wet suit
Just two comments come to mind. Some days during summer Bondi can have between 30 and 40 thousand people on the beach. Second, not surprising about your comments on Westfield shopping centre being so big - after all it is an Australian company.
Not that I've been swimming everywhere, but it seems the Australian waters are freezing all year 'round. Probably to do with cold currents from the antarctic waters. But you go too far south, you're dealing with white pointer sharks... too far north in the warmer top-end and you have crocodiles. But the best swim I ever had was Little Salmon Bay on Rottnest Island. It was so peaceful & refreshing. Water as clear as glass.
The top end of Australia is tropical. Some of the warmest water in the world. Aust is a big place….
We have just had one of the coldest Novembers and Decembers on record... so the water will be cold for sure. Not cold - just "refreshing".
Yeah I’m sure when the weather warms up a bit more the cold sea will be lovely for a dip 😍 thanks for watching!
The beach is quiet because: it is too cold - Sydneysiders need at least 30 degrees to pack the beach and it is mid-week so people are working
Bondi is overrated, I would suggest visitors to take a ferry from circular quay to Manly and take a nice walk from Manly Warf through The Corso to Manly Beach and walk along the beach. Plenty of places to eat, drink, shop, enjoy the view and the fresh open air. I find it much more enjoyable than Bondi, maybe you will too. Then back again the same way to circular quay by ferry and enjoy the city views from the water as the sun sets, so beautiful!. Sydney has many beautiful beaches, there are walkways through nature that you can take from one beach to another, you may also want to do that as well.
My favourite was Coogee.
Rather than exploring fish shops, they should have done the Bondi-Coogee walk.
We did do that walk 🙂
Try lamingtons to snack on
Should of done the Tim Tam slam. That's a whole new level of oh my god.👍😜
What’s a Tim tam slam? 😅😅
@@AshandKels bite opposite corners off drink coffee or hot chocolate through it like a straw. Soon as you get some come through the Tim tam put the whole time tam in your mouth before it melts on your fingers. You won't regret the sensation you have given your taste buds. 👍❤️
@@dangermouse3619 will have to give it a go!
@@AshandKels yes you have too, it's a must. 😜
In the 1990s there was a proposal to extend the railway to Bondi Beach with a private company charging an extra fare but NIMBYs (not in my back yard) mainly made up of elites like actors and various artists campaigned to stop it, so the ludicrous situation of having to get on a crowded slow bus for the last couple of km, fighting through appalling congestion still exists. Sydney is held back a lot by special interests. Bondi used to have a tramway to the beach that was much better before they closed the system in 1960. That's another story.
Cronulla beach in the very south of Sydney remains the only beach in Sydney metropolitan area accessible by train.
Must have been good to visit a beach that didn’t look like a quarry 😉
I'm from Australia and a regular beach visiter, to us the beaches are chilly but we are used to them, in January with is the peak of summer they are still a tad cold but can warm up however we haven't had sun really at all this year until now so the water is freezing.
It’s just something we didn’t expect, we’re used to the water being cold in the UK! It makes sense that the water is still a bit cold at the moment, I’m sure we’ll go in for a dip in the next few weeks when it’s hopefully a bit warmer! Thanks for watching ☺️
@@AshandKels I have always lived in Australia and I STILL don't expect the water to be so chilly! 🤣🤣
Warm water is much further north
Try dunking the Tim Tam into coffee, the best way to eat 😊
We’re not really coffee drinkers but a few people have suggested this so we might have to! Thanks for the recommendation 😀
@@AshandKels Tea is also good 👍
try Monties...in my opinion a better biscuit...take a tiny tiny nibble at both ends and use it like a straw to suck up a coffee till its full of coffee , then eat....be very careful not to over suck and turn the biccy into mush....its an art ..they teach it in kindy...lol... they dont really , its a tradition handed down from elders to youngans...enjoy.
7:17 Westfield....
... like Speedo, has Sydney origins.
The founder, Frank Lowy opened his very first shopping centre in the suburb of Blacktown in Western Sydney. in 1959.
The name literally comes from the location: Westfield - comes from the fact it was built on a "field" in the "west" of Sydney.
It was an Australian only institution but did expand quickly.
At one point in its history, Westfield owned more retail space in the USA than any other company. The most interesting property it owned in my opinion was purchasing the rights to retail to the World Trade Center in New York prior to 911. The space was obviously destroyed in the twin tower attacks, but eventually went on to be an architectural masterpiece well known in New York today. Westfield World Trade Center (also known as the Oculus), is the largest shopping complex in Manhattan.
The large Westfield development in London's White City was actually just immediately after Bondi Junction and took a lot of design elements from the success of Bondi. Westfield in London of course needed to be massive and impressive becoming the largest shopping centre in the UK at time of opening.
In 2018 massive French investment led to the creation of the Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield group, which is currently the largest real estate company in Europe.
To think that such a large company came from such humble beginnings from a more socio-economically challenged area of Sydney's west.
WA is the Indian Ocean and warmer water
Cant wait until we visit WA!
Don't forget we have experienced a relatively cool summer so far in Oz., hence the cooler water temp. Also the hotter it gets the more people come out, so more busy. Also Christmas Day and New Year's would be busier.
Yes we seen videos of Christmas Day and it was crazy busy!!
When you come out of Bondi Junction "Tube" station (our rail isn't a tube as the trains are big double-deckers) you then have to catch a bus to Bondi Beach because the locals didn't want the rail extended to the beach to bring all the riff-raff from less watery parts of the City! But to be fair, even as a biased Sydneysider, the bus trip is worth it as the beach is spectacular, and you can do a coastal walk to even prettier beaches. like Bronte, Coogee, Tamarama (danderous surf) and Clovelly. This is the hell Britain sent my ancestor to, and you two show our wonderful city to perfection. The water is 21 degrees at Bondi in summer. If you want warm go up to Queensland. Westfield is an Australian company. NSW Tourism should be paying you!
BTW Westfield started in Australia
The Penguin / TimTam comparison is spot on. I feel the Penguin is more lean and long, and leans more on being more biscuit and less chocolate. A lot harder.
TimTam is less biscuit, a tad fatter and relies more on the cream filling and more chocolate on the outside.
It's best trying them side by side as I have done on many occasions. Penguin is significantly harder but British chocolate is more creamy imho.
Both Arnotts in Australia (creator of TimTam) and McVities (creator of Penguin) are very well known companies in their respective homes and do great biscuits other than these hallmarks.
TimTam interesting was created after its maker had a UK trip eating Penguin, and wanted to use it as inspiration to make a better version. Of course this comes down to the consumer as both are also different enough to appeal to different people. Very similar to Marmite and Vegemite, where Vegemite was borne out of a desire to create something similar to the British Marmite.
It was at one point renamed to Parwill to try to beat its competitor with the slogan, "If Ma might, Pa will" - but this failed badly and the product was changed back to Vegemite.
In another UK link, back when the UK and Australia were strengthening trade ties, Boris Johnson said: "I want a world in which we send you Marmite, you send us Vegemite,. We send you Penguins and you send us, with reduced tariffs, these wonderful Arnott’s Tim Tams," (he held up the biggest family pack of TimTams while saying this).
Not a lot of people on the beach, must be early spring…….coldish.
Are you kidding.. my balls are coated in reef and sand its that hot
@@nolesy34 . No Einstein not ‘now’……..when the video was made.
@@richardl772 well im not looking at dates contantly sheesh
6 weeks out from visiting Oz for a month, doing a week in Sydney. Really good to know where to get good fish and chips from now. We'll see how they stack up against the best that Conwy had to offer! (that's a hard ask).
Hope you have an amazing time, it really is an awesome city! Honestly we were skeptical, but they really were so delicious 😍 thanks for watching!
The best beaches in Sydney are the northern beaches. I also recommend getting the ferry from Circular Quay to Manly 👌
See if you can get out of the city and experience the coastal beaches either north or south of it. Beaches are even better and so is the fish and chips. I'd recommend Caves Beach to the north near Swansea which has Lake Macquarie the largest salt water lake in the SH behind it and Gerringong Beach near Kiama to the south which also has an ocean pool near the boat ramp.
@@Anonymous-is2qb In FACT: the best beaches in Sydney are in the south. All 5 Cronulla beaches + Blackwoods, Shelley B., Oak Park, Salmon Haul Bay b., and Darook Park beach at among the best. The Durban Spit from Bundeena is also a fantastic beach/walk!!!