Is Bondi Beach Really Worth The Hype? Sydney, Australia (First Impression) 🇦🇺

[@roger4mac]

Love your enthusiasm. I met my wife holidaying in London in 1974, and she brought me out here. It’s a new world. Was and is a breath of fresh air.

[@ginagriffith2846]

Bondi is beautiful. So close to the city, gorgeous sand and a great place to swim. No need to compare - all our beaches are special in their own way. It's not over rated. We are so lucky ❤

[@GlenAndMado]

Very lucky indeed!

[@t-dog8528]

It's got a city on its backdrop, that's 💩

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

@@t-dog8528 Better than Melbourne city

[@Bellas1717]

@@t-dog8528See, you look out, not in. Glass half full, beach in a city. Glass half empty, city on a beach.

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

❤😂❤

[@gregdarroch1946]

You guys are a lot of fun. Your excitement is infectious.

[@boppermacca9346]

I love watching the positive vibe you both have whilst discovering new places. I cant wait to see you discover the blue mountains & its beauty

[@dexterplameras3249]

Sydneysider here. Bondi is a historic beach because it is close to the city, but locals will tell you that Manly Beach is much better. If you go to Manly Beach take the SLOW ferry to Manly (30 minutes) and spend a day to 1/2 a day at Manly. Make sure to have lunch at the Manly Skiff Sailing Club, they have great views of the Harbour.

[@GlenAndMado]

that's exactly what locals told us😅 We went to Manly and filmed it, video is coming up soon🤗

[@ChristopherJewels]

Visitors to Manly should also walk south to Shelly Beach which is a very pleasant sheltered cove. So facing out to sea at Manly Beach, turn right. About 2 km or 10 mins walk.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

Nah Bondi is better

[@dexterplameras3249]

@@DanielKing-dk5nr Yeah, nahh

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

@@dexterplameras3249 nahh, yeah

[@DavidPerez-zt3qq]

TY for your videos. They are my comfort videos.

[@GlenAndMado]

aww thanks for watching, means a lot to us💛

[@pbvauxhall5920]

Finally Guys, Videos from Australia. Boy you have a big land to discover. Great to see.

[@GlenAndMado]

Tell me about it, so so much to see🤣 we will do our best though to see as much as we can in the year

[@theunknownunknowns256]

Kiwi here. Must watch The Castle (1997), Nice watch The Dish (2000). Also, aussies are just good blokes and shelias that talk funny.

[@ChristopherJewels]

It's mutual. Aussies love Kiwis too.

[@F0RTY4]

Finally you guys made it here to Sydney, been waiting since you guys left New Zealand, so glad you are here in my second home, cant wait for your content.

[@richardcaldwell9160]

Thanks G & M, a trip down memory lane for me. I used to live in an apartment opposite Wellington Cakes for a wee while, but rarely went to the beach. Sydney is such a great city & I loved every minute of my 10 or so years there. Happy travels x

[@endeavouringit]

Hi I'm from Sydney, ,moved to Queensland 9 years ago, you are making me miss Sydney. I'm loving your videos !!!!!!!!!! 💖❤🙏🏻 This is making me cry seeing your enthusiasm

[@GlenAndMado]

Aw thank you! We are so glad you are enjoying our videos.

[@Prince077Aussie]

Bondi is one of most beautiful beach in the world. I love it.

[@RidingRiver]

Australia is very clean

[@kjriwoutube]

Here's to another great series 🎉

[@colkellahan6676]

The east coast of Australia is one long 12,000 kilometer beach.

[@petesmith9472]

Welcome to Australia…Bondi is popular with tourists because it’s close to the city. But take the time to get to the northern beaches…get the ferry to manly and the 199 bus will take you to many beaches on the north. Get up to Manly, Dee Why, Avalon, Bilgola, Whale, Palm Beach.

[@LukyPhilo]

bah to north shore. head north way better no tree huggin hippys

[@alandavey3010]

as a aussie who lives inland i say its like everywhere its good to visit , all news places are good to see and explore then the ,,its familar ,,and time to visit somewhere else enjoy

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks! Australia is so big there is always something new to explore😅

[@will_274]

You’ll find the Miami of Australia is more commonly attributed to the Gold Coast.

[@BBox99]

If you get a chance make sure you go to the Glebe Markets in Glebe on Saturday just down by Broadway at the beginning of the CBD, this is one of the best markets in Sydney by my reckoning it has that bohemian or hippie feeling about it plus sometimes they have live music. And now being summer it is the best time to go.

[@Davo-i1s]

Is Bondi Beach worth the hype ? I guess that depends on what you are looking for. It is not the Miami of Australia it is the Bondi of Australia it is not a copy of anywhere in the world Bondi has its own personality. Millions of tourists love Bondi as do many Aussies but there are also those who prefer other beaches so for them maybe its not worth the hype. People can make their own call because at the end of the day its only your own personal opinion. Glad you guys are back in Australia and enjoying your experience I hope the summer heat doesnt get too much for you..

[@JohnCormier-be1oj]

You both have unique pleasant voices.

[@GlenAndMado]

haha a very pleasant comment! really appreciate it and we hope your having a wonderful week :)

[@markward573]

Love the vibes

[@AUmarcus]

Sydney itself has over 70 beaches. Bondi/Bronte is the birthplace of surf lifesaving worldwide and Speedo swimwear....it all started there.

[@GlenAndMado]

You can definitely feel the surfer vibes at Bondi & Bronte😅

[@arthurwatts1680]

Great visuals. I wish you could have seen it in the 80s - so much has changed since the 'bad old days', but Bondi definitely had character. It was rarely rough during the day though - that distinction went to Maroubra a few km south of Bondi.

[@Evie170]

Love Bondi. Has a really nice restaurant, Iceberg's, just above the Iceberg's pool club. One of Nigella Lawson's favourite restaurants...Has a really great view...I spotted some dolphins leaping around in the surf from there...Magical place...

[@skippyoz3366]

Where they stopped on Bondi Road to look at the food I’m right across the road NOW..on my iPad…I regularly buy take away there…it’s 3.19am Friday morning 15/11/2024 just couldn’t sleep…..love living here. It’s Paradise. there is nowhere I’d rather live. Sooo lucky.

[@yvetteclaire]

Wellington Cakes is a Hungarian owned cake shop. Please go back and get the chocolate kuglof OR the strudel. Best strudel ever in my life and we get it every Xmas.

[@skippyoz3366]

Hahaha I’m in Bondi now..live here. Love it

[@alexiszee5770]

property in all of Sydney is very expensive .Love your excitement and love for Australia ..Welcome to oz it make me proud of my country and all it has to offer is.

[@GlenAndMado]

yeah its really tough with the prices of houses these days for the younger generation! you live in the best country in the world when it comes to a work life balance!

[@alexiszee5770]

that is so true I don't think a lot of people really appreciate it until they travel to other countries enjoy the rest of your stay will be following your videos take care

[@JB-lx8cw]

There are nice beaches all around Australia. Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane (Queensland) and Sydney and in between een. Queensland has some beautiful beaches and is tropical, you cant make a judgement on one city as being representative of the entire country!

[@gypana]

But Sydney is the most beautiful city in Australia and Bondi has the most famous beach in Australia so it makes sense.

[@MarkSchwartzkopff-lz2ow]

Sorry but while Queensland and Sydney beaches are good, beaches in SA and WA way superior to Victorian beaches . Obviously haven't been anywhere west in Aus.

[@aseroxmilez]

Brother that is not white sand beach. Go down south towards Jervis bay and check out Hyams Beach very nice drive there and very nice beach

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

I prefer golden sand over white sand anyday

[@pauldickson2571]

Agree NSW's South Coast has some of the most beautiful beaches and National Parks. Even Kangaroos on many of the beaches in the Shoalhaven.

[@konini12]

Definitely recommend to head down to Hymes beach in Jervis Bay south of Sydney , you guys will love it there!!

[@dcsc1]

As an ex-Sydney sider who lived all over, I still think Manly is the best spot for tourists with a better coastal walk and better vibe ☺ All the Northern beaches are beautiful too, nice suburbs and real coasty feel with spectacular beaches.

[@PawesomeCatVideo]

I grew up in Bondi in the 1970's It was a working class suburb in my day.....the rich enclaves of Sydney were in the hills and pastoral suburbs far from the raffish beach culture..... Now the mega rich have taken over and Bondi is the most expensive real estate in the world

[@christinecoombs3536]

When my grandmother was a child in the early 1900’s she said there was nothing but miles and miles of sand dunes in Bondi. No shops and hardly any houses.

[@mariaslayqueen]

Best place for night life and a swim

[@overworlder]

When Australia and NZ were first settled the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars were the current crisis so a lot of things are named after successful generals (Wellington) and admirals (Nelson, Collingwood) and battles (Trafalgar, Waterloo) of the time. Later on the Crimean War (so many Alma, Sevastopol and Balaclava streets).

[@leahlapham5634]

The beautiful beaches are on the north and south coast. Newcastle/ Lake Macquarie is beautiful.

[@christinecoombs3536]

There is a very famous Vienna cafe and also a very good famous gelato place on the main road in Bondi.

[@Sivoangel]

Awesome video. If you have the time go to Palm Beach in Sydney.

[@annetteconroy6921]

Great atmosphere in the streets . Might have ho go back one day. Haven't been for 40 years

[@MNZGA57]

Yay youre in OZ : ) Just so you know - Australia and New Zealand dont have "Housing Estates" - we have Suburbs. Hope you do the Camel Trek across the desert. God bless you both with heaps of fun.

[@peepeetrain8755]

i recommend you go up to the tablelands, if it gets too hot for you in Summer, Armidale is a very nice get away with days rarely getting above 30c. Pretty and cute town, as much as i dig on my hometown and i can say it is objectively pretty and the natural landscape is a must when visiting the region. If you go during summer, go to Armidale then drive to Coffs and hang around there, and make sure you stop by Dangar Falls in Dorrigo for a very nice swim under a waterfall.

[@ChristopherJewels]

They could do the waterfall way and travel to Armidale via Dorrigo and Bellingen Valley, stopping at Wollomombi Falls enroute.

[@annabelmayo450]

And include Glen Innes!

[@ivano8]

When you have a coffee in Australia you sit down; have it in ceramic cup; and enjoy. We're not in New York. You don't need to walk with it. Enjoy.

[@AUmarcus]

The "birds in the background" were rainbow lorikeets....the birds in the small gum tree were noisy miner's.

[@peterg219]

Coogee beach is pronounced "Coo-gee". You guys are most welcome. (Now I'm hungry looking at your food coverage.) Cheers from Sydney.

[@deanmaynard8256]

Just remember - in Australia a Hotel can often mean a pub!

[@petermcculloch4933]

Also remember a pub is a good place to get a reasonably priced meal

[@scanspeak00]

The NSW town of Wellington was named after the Duke of Wellington (who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo) so I assume the street is the same.

[@robertwalker7924]

ahh Bondi Beach, I lived there in the 80,s.... Welcome back to Oz Glen And Mado, hope you get up to Northern NSW sometime..😀

[@GlenAndMado]

We try to see as much as we can!😊

[@ausmac5287]

Coogi is difficult to figure out how to say. The 'g' is a soft J sound, so its coo-jee. But you do very well with your descriptions and Im pleased you are enjoying yourself so much in our beautiful city. Hope you continue having fun.

[@irishluck9717]

Welcome to County Bondi the home for the Irish in Sydney ❤

[@GlenAndMado]

Indeed, we've seen lots of Irish in the area😅

[@planetocean]

price of apartments at 13:30 are $25m+

[@GlenAndMado]

that's crazy!

[@coopsnz1]

25 million bondi na in point piper yes

[@planetocean]

@@coopsnz1 you're correcting the wrong guy. 3/8-10 Notts Ave (3 bed) sold two years ago for $24m. Would be $30m+ now. A one bedder in same complex 1/8-10 Notts ave, on bottom floor sold for $11m last month. Point Piper has several houses for $100m+ and one currently on market for $250m. Eastern Suburbs of Sydney is very different to the rest of Sydney and Australia.

[@planetocean]

@@coopsnz1 then James Packer sold his run-down old apartment in Bondi across the road for $29m recently. These are only apartments btw. Some of the mansions on the cliffs in North Bondi are worth double and treble that. Seems like you're unfamiliar with the eastern suburbs of sydney. You're allowed to google any of this to fact check me before looking like an idiot like in your first comment.

[@Darryl_Frost]

Royal Hotel has not changed in 30 years, used to be my regular drinking hole (in the 80's!)

[@partypiano0729]

I think the bird you showed up close was a Lorikeet

[@AUmarcus]

The NSW coast has about 75% of all the ocean pools in the world.....some natural some man made.

[@GlenAndMado]

We went to a few along the NSW coast and absolutely loved them!

[@coraliemoller3896]

Noisy Miner bird is an Australian native separate from the Common Myna, which is an introduced species, and a pest.

[@glennkenny9810]

As a resident of Sydney and regular beach goer, the northern beaches are far better and more natural.😊

[@Prince077Aussie]

But no beach can match bondi because of its location and beauty.

[@petermcculloch4933]

​@@Prince077AussieHave you never been to Fremantle?

[@Prince077Aussie]

@@petermcculloch4933 Fremantle is beautiful. Infact all beaches in Australia are beautiful in their own ways including bondi. There is no competition.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

Tourists will always say Bondi

[@robman2095]

A lot of places were named Wellington and Waterloo after the battle of Waterloo in 1815 - we would never name anything after the New Zealand city 😂

[@jakehadlow5993]

Are you guys coming to Newcastle? I’d love to show you around.

[@doubledee9675]

I'd suggest that tourists should take the ferry to Manly, rather than the bus to Bondi. Firstly, it gives them a chance to experience a ferry, rather than a bus - which they can probably experience in their own home. The ferry gives lots of views of the harbourside suburbs and into the bays, views which no bus ride can give and a experience different to that which they could have elsewhere. And thirdly, we think that Manly is the better beach for those wanting a surf.

[@coopsnz1]

Manly better for shopping too

[@doubledee9675]

@@coopsnz1 Sorry, never thought of shopping. I'm not a shopper in the sense of liking to wander around shops. Shops are places I go to to do the weeks shopping - groceries, greengroceries, meat etc.

[@Prince077Aussie]

Bondi is still better.

[@doubledee9675]

@@Prince077Aussie Each to their own opinion.

[@petermcculloch4933]

As a semi regular visitor to Sydney I too rate the Ferry/Manly day trip way higher than Bondi.

[@MaraudersWorld]

Welcome to Oz. 😎

[@هشاممارديني]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Maneater1984]

My home!

[@linnightl9277]

Now you are in Australia - you have to experience a multi day camping summer bush music festival such as Esoteric Festival, Golden Plains, Pitch Music & Arts. Ask some folk your age what is going on. Dancing till dawn under the stars on a warm summer night is special.

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks, will look into those but we're not the big festival people, we like peace & quite in nature haha😅

[@philtierney4717]

Our new two Tourist Ambassidors

[@GlenAndMado]

you got that right lol

[@bevhowell7665]

I use to live in Bondi in a flat across the rd from Bondi beach in the 1980 it was ok not the most popular beach back then

[@wallywombat164]

HAHAHAHAHA. You'll ALWAYS find a good coffee, MOST of the time. HAHAHAHAHA. Gotta be Oirish. ❤❤❤❤

[@aussie1swfc]

Great vlog guys. But you might want to take a deep breath here. That block of apartments on Campbell Parade that you suggested would cost $1.5 to $2 million? Apartment 302 (2 bedroom, 2 bath 1parking spot) sold for $4.75 million in 2021. That's level 3, not the penthouse or the 2 sub - penthouses! Eastern Suburbs real estate prices are just about criminal. Worth it? Probs not, but that's how it is. Looking forward to next 8 months. Cheers!

[@GlenAndMado]

Thank you! oh wow the prices are insane!😳

[@coopsnz1]

1 bed apartment sold 2 million

[@Prince077Aussie]

Real estate prices are all about demand and supply. There is a demand, hence the prices are higher.

[@lesleyhughes3174]

Glen, when you speak of health and its importance, too many coffees are a real issue. If you also work out seriously, take serious notice of any palpitations. My eldest son had to stop the coffee forever, as has my youngest. It is something to really consider. Seriously. Many yrs ago, a late uncle got hooked on it so bad, he became chronically ill, for many many months. Take care Glen.

[@GlenAndMado]

Sorry to hear about your eldest son Lesley. You’re totally right now if you drink too much coffee it ain’t good like anything. I know it seems like I’m drinking it all day in the videos but I’ve a limit of how much I usually drink, most of the time I have two coffees a day and so much water throughout the day and sometimes 3 but not often. Usually a thing to keep me energised to keep us going on the road, we never take a break lol

[@Innerlight320]

You will see similar names in oz and Nz generally named after famous ,infamous English people or place names

[@GlenAndMado]

We have noticed that, pretty interesting as both countries were colonised around the same time so make sense lol

[@Mediawatcher2023]

Welcome to Australias famous beach

[@Mediawatcher2023]

Thai massage those places always have good story to tell they end with a happy ending lol

[@2021rep]

go to liverpool or campbelltown. see the other side of sydney

[@annabelmayo450]

Go to West Head or Scotland Island. You’ll get footage that other channels miss.

[@johncronin7875]

Just back from Hawaii and LA with their so called great beaches. While the experts here a rating Bondi alongside other Australian beaches (obviously they haven’t been to the Gold Coast), Bondi, and Australian beaches are light years ahead of these other so called great beaches in the rest of the world.

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Totally agree. I've been on beaches in Hawaii, California, and Fiji and mate my local beach here in old Tassie beats em hands down...👍

[@not_before_your_dinner]

Bondi isn't the Miami of Australia,.... that would be the Gold Coast in QLD. Also head south to Cronulla, ferry over to Bundeena in the Royal National Park and visit Wedding cake Rock and figure 8 pools further down the coastal walk. Karloo Pools are not far from Heathcote station (3klm walk) through the bush. Locals down there swim there.

[@saltymonke3682]

Miami of Australia is Gold Coast. Bondi is like the Santa Monica beach of Australia.

[@garyjones4001]

There is a lot of better beaches in australia with out all the crowds

[@pinayladyoz8044]

Miami of Australia is Surfers paradise at Gold Coast. Bondi and Manly don't have plenty of high rise buildings and Manly and Bondi don't have very long beach.

[@elenawalker3746]

Go to South Australia or Tasmania the big two cities are over done by travellers.

[@durv13]

my shar pei's name is bondi . because shar pei means sand skin . he's a beautiful dog . and yes i live in sydney lol .

[@XTC065]

Surfers Paradise is the Miami of Australia, just saying. 😊

[@NickStevens-o7n]

Broadbeach taken over, Surfers a bit of desolate place now,

[@grahamchilton5403]

Get the 199 bus from manly to Palm beach i think its better than Bondi as are alot of beaches in Sydney

[@leechgully]

If the owner of the cake shop is from Budapest , I would guess they are part of the Jewish diaspora who have made their home in Australia. Bondi has a very large Jewish community that has lived in the area for a long time.

[@Dr_KAP]

My French teacher in high school was a Hungarian immigrant, he spoke 16 languages.. he used to smoke this huge pipe in class and tell us stories of the war and how his family escaped Nazi occupation. I didn’t appreciate his wisdom enough at the time!

[@Dr_KAP]

Correction- the English came in the 18th century not the 17th 😊 👍 ❤

[@Mediawatcher2023]

The Broker is actually called A real estate not a broker

[@petermcculloch4933]

You have nice accents

[@rongt859]

The answer is , it is over hyped because it is Sydney and it gets all the publicity , that dosent mean its bad , its just what the rest of the world thinks of when you say Australia , just like the Harbor Bridge and the Opera House

[@damianmcwilliams2371]

Sydney is awesome

[@damianmcwilliams2371]

Sydney is awesome get a life..

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

Was having dinner at Bondi Icebergs restaurant years ago and Leo Sayer was at the next table. He casually chatted to us the whole time. Nice bloke. 🇦🇺🦘👍

[@GlenAndMado]

Oh wow good times! I’m sure it was different back then! 🙌

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

@GlenAndMado that was around 2005.

[@JB-lx8cw]

There are also other stunning coastal walks around Australia. The Great Ocean Road; and throughout Queensland as an example. One comment about Sydney, doesnt make it correct.

[@sg5587]

Kogey Beach lol

[@richardbradshaw696]

As a local, Bondi is certainly the most famous beach in Australia, but it's not even close to being Sydney's nicest beach - pretty much any of the Northern Beaches arr so much more picturesque.

[@GlenAndMado]

Your totally right its just the reputation it has created and everyone around the world knows bondi that's why there's such a huge attraction. Its also a beach that's easily accessible by local transport from the city. but for sure so many better beaches out there!

[@user-lv5bt3nt3r]

LOL. Sydney beaches. Best bit about them is they have cafes.

[@dougdownunder5622]

No way. But I'm happy for them to congregate there.

[@CamperKev]

As many Sydney people well know, Manly is far better than Bondi. Manly is better laid out, it has the ferry service from the city, it has both the harbour and the ocean beaches. It has nearby Shelly Beach, more beautiful walks and the Corso. North Head lookout is up the hill with spectacular views. Bondi is no match for Manly and Bondi is certainly not worth the hype.

[@Alunticstalkedme4072]

The Dutch thought NW Australia was part of Indonesia.

[@Wilko11]

So many far better beaches in Sydney.

[@topoftherock3628]

I'm from the Northern beaches and whenever I needed to visit Bondi I never really liked it. It always seemed overcrowded and impersonal, and almost impossible to find a carspace!

[@pennynicholls1758]

Please never compare anywhere in Australia let alone Bondi to Miami. It’s not even slightly the same. It has its own unique culture as does Australia and that is not grotesque symbols of wealth and “ look at moi” like Miami.

[@louisaklimentos7583]

There are heaps better beaches in Australia . The ones in our national parks are very scenic and are more beautiful than Bondi beach .

[@coopsnz1]

Jervis bay great spot ! Im camping there in jan

[@louisaklimentos7583]

@ Good on you and enjoy !

[@Prince077Aussie]

I would rather go to bondi beach than a beach which 1000 kms away from the city. Bondi is beautiful, lively and in a good location.

[@dianneking3616]

Exactly.

[@louisaklimentos7583]

@@Prince077Aussie I can drive 1/2 an hour and visit a beach at the Royal NP . Each to their own anyway !