We Walked The Famous Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk - Was It Worth It? | Australia 🇦🇺

[@simonbarry1886]

The way you 2 get excited gets me excited while sitting on my sofa.❤

[@Charmaine-ki9rb]

Wear hats folks 👍🏻

[@noelleggett5368]

If you’d walked into the centre of Waverley Cemetery, you’d have discovered the 1798 Monument: a huge (25m high) marble monument built over the graves of Michael and Mary Dwyer, who were transported from Ireland for their part in leading the Irish rebellion of 1798 in County Wicklow. It is the largest monument to Irish freedom in the world. It is a huge marble ‘stage’ topped with a Celtic Cross, and features a mosaic floor, portraits on brass plaques, brass sculptures of Irish hounds, ancient Irish shields and axes. On the back of the monument are inscribed the names of the leaders of the Irish independence moment who fought against British occupation in 1798, 1916 and 1981.

[@crackers562]

You folks are great Tour Ambassadors for Aussie.... thank you :-)

[@TY-ms1nf]

Thank you for sharing your walk with us! Great video!

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks for watching!💛

[@robert3987]

The Bondi to Coogee walk is wonderful.

[@davidjohnpaul333]

Nice vlog...Oh trust me, I never take for granted that I live in Sydney 😎

[@GlenAndMado]

@@davidjohnpaul333 awesome glad to hear David!

[@BenGoodbrand]

Just found your channel and loving it, including the pronunciations of the place names🤣

[@louise7552]

Love her pronounce Coogee Beach. ❤❤😂😂

[@BenGoodbrand]

@louise7552 Cohgey🤣

[@georginabrown1181]

Love your shows ...so positive and happy ❤❤❤

[@jaquespierre6460]

I smile throughout your entire videos. Such beautiful people you are. Love your videos. Please stay in Australia. Move here 😊

[@richardw64]

Coogee Rocks ! And I'm glad you think so, too.

[@christinecoombs3536]

There are free ocean pools at the north end of Bondi , suitable for children. It is the more protected end and locals call it “ Kiddies Corner”.

[@christinecoombs3536]

Mado your hair looks beautiful in this video ( it looks like it goes more and more blonde every day you are in the Australian sun).

[@brettevill9055]

Waverley Cemetery - for a tomb with a view.

[@DOG2345t]

People die to get a place in that cemetery.

[@fangerdanga]

I've already got my spot booking in Waverley Cemetery the family has a plot there since the 1890's. I hear people are dying to get in there. Everybody seems to stop at Coogee but I think the walk goes all the way to Maroubra Beach and there is another coastal walk on the northern beaches of Sydney.

[@GlenAndMado]

definitely the nicest Cemetery we‘ve ever seen! Yes I think walk walk continues past Coogee

[@DOG2345t]

That cemetery with that beautiful view. People die to get a place in there.!!!!.So beautiful.

[@MrSouthernlord]

Yes. Too good a place for a cemetery. Time to dig it up. So much land wasted on the dead.

[@krandlez]

You should see how many members only golf courses we have in Eastern Sydney

[@DOG2345t]

@@MrSouthernlord people unfortunately respect the dead and abuse the living ones.

[@garryhale4224]

This walk is my favourite part of Sydney.

[@eufrocinawakley2243]

Beautiful walk. I’ve been here for 40 years now and don’t have a chance to go for a walk Cogee to Bondi. Stunning views. Thanks for sharing.

[@GlenAndMado]

What happened!? Have you not walked it before?

[@lukehamilton5142]

The funniest bits are: - Mado's pronunciation of Coogee - "$2 to $5 million for...." an apartment along the Bondi to Coogee walk? The average $1.4 million for a unit, $3.8 million for a house in the AREA is for ones without that view. For ocean views add a zero. Love your videos guys, thanks heaps for letting me enjoy the city I love through the eyes of newcomers. Can I make one (serious) suggestion? The Australian sun is SO much easier to enjoy with a big, broad-brimmed hat. It's like taking shade with you everywhere. The Bunnings hats are crazy cheap (subsidized by having a Bunnings ad on them) and just perfect for Aussie conditions. I promise I'm not a Bunnings bot. But I used to be a skin-cancer doctor, so it pains me to see you wearing only baseball caps xx. Sunscreen does NOT cut it. An invasive SCC on the scalp has a lower 5 year survival than a melonoma. Slip - Slop - Slap. Slip on a shirt. Slop on sunscreen. SLAP ON A HAT!

[@RaySchriever]

There are lots of surf ocean pools in Sydney. All of them are beautiful. In fact there are many all over the country except Queensland. There is a great book, ‘places we swim’ which lists them. A great guide and momento of your visit to Oz.

[@richardcaldwell9160]

Aah Coogee Beach, I spent a Christmas Day with about 6 Irish travellers (friends) & about 6 Kiwis (also friends) on Coogee Beach back in the early 90's. We had a ball. Great memories G & M x

[@GlenAndMado]

@@richardcaldwell9160 Richard you have gotten around my friend! You have a lot of tails to tell! Brilliant to know that you got your fair share of experiences though!

[@richardcaldwell9160]

@@GlenAndMado ❤

[@nalie0]

I live an hour away from the eastern suburbs now. But I grew up around Bondi, Coogee, etc. I miss it sometimes and I definitely miss doing the coastal walk.

[@dcsc1]

Those rocks are actually sandstone and the beautiful erosion is from the wind and sea spray over time. It's all along the NSW coast. My father in law's coastal front property on a large block cost him $70,000 in the late 70's and is now valued at $3.5 million! Crazy how the housing costs have skyrocketed. It's out of reach for the younger generations to own a house or apartment now in Syd, even out in the Western suburbs, without having a huge mortgage that you end up paying for your entire life. You either inherit a home from your family or you never own a home outright. That's why I left Sydney, it's too unaffordable unless you want to slave away at work for the rest of your life. I moved down the south coast where it used to be very affordable but now is quite dear. Although it is still much cheaper than Syd. I then moved to Tassie to buy a 5 acre property and build a brand new house on it for literally three quarters of the price of the mainland. But unfortunately, Tassie is now too becoming very expensive to own a home as all the mainlanders are moving down here. I'm lucky to have got in in the right time back in 2017 and am now mortgage free. Australia is a magically beautiful place but it truly is becoming so very expensive, I feel sorry for the younger gens.

[@aussiehaven]

Randwick and Coogee are just next to each other. You walk down Coogee Bay Road from Randwick, it is Coogee :)

[@jameswillis8969]

Thanks for visiting, what a lovely couple!

[@GlenAndMado]

thanks for tuning in James :)

[@shinji112]

Lived in Sydney all my life but have never set foot on Bondi Beach. The coastal walk was the closest I've got. We have so many other beautiful beaches, I'll leave Bondi to the tourists.

[@classicjonesy]

The next time I go to Australia, I want to go Gold Coast, love that area of Au

[@logantawhiti55]

Glen needs to put on his red shorts and show us his David Hassalholf impression along the beach.🏖️👙☕🥐🥪🦘

[@GlenAndMado]

Maybe he will get around to that😂

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

Everyone will say something bad about certain areas but love there area. Not everyone will love the same place.

[@vs123]

Beautiful beach

[@coolzephyr1780]

Around Sydney and North towards the Central Coast there are many sandstone cliffs. The wind, rain and wave erosion creates the yellow sand.

[@aussiebg2628]

Tamarama is known as being one of the more dangerous ones in Sydney - large swell and small beach = lots of turbulence and rips. There's a famous rip called "backpacker's rip" that can carry people from the southern end of Bondi around to Tamarama when the conditions are right.

[@galaxyexplorer6189]

Pumping the vids out.YEAH!!😂

[@jackieharvey7440]

I’ve walked that beautiful walk so many times but live in Melbourne now. It was wonderful to experience it again with you guys. Thank you. ❤ Just for info. The Clovelly inlet starts shallow and gets deeper and with a snorkel you feel like you are in an aquarium. It’s safe as the rocks at the other end prevent bigger fish ie; (sharks😂). An amazing experience that tourists don’t often hear about. I’ll catch your next adventure.🫶

[@loisstanford8736]

Coojiee pronounced ❤️😊👏

[@aprilshakur7]

You guys missed Gordon’s Bay! It’s between Clovelly and Coogee

[@evaadams8298]

Need to do the Mosman to Manly walk as well…. It’s amazing too!

[@programminginc9162]

If you're still staying in Bondi Junction, i recommend walking a lap of Centennial Park

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

The chopper could have been shark spotting. The coast gets checked regularly for sharks.

[@justjade5598]

If it was black it was a joy flight chopper

[@coraliemoller3896]

Coogee isn’t really hidden. Behind the beach is the large suburb of Coogee. Further back is the Prince of Wales Hospital and beyond that is the University of New South Wales main campus and alongside is the Royal Randwick Racecourse. Most of Sydney’s ocean beaches are in built up areas, not far from the centre of the city on the south side of the Harbour Bridge. Main ones are North Bondi, Bondi, Tamarama, Bronte, Clovelly, Coogee. They face the Tasman Sea, which is part of the Pacific Ocean.

[@Davo-i1s]

Meat pies were in Australia long before NZ was even settled by Europeans. Pie carts were on the streets of Sydney as soon as the first steam powered flour mill was built at the start of the 1800s. Saying that we also have meat pies in this country is a bit of an insult 😃 You will find a lot of things they told you come from NZ actually migrated across the ditch but what do you expect when 10% of their population have moved here. A lot of slang they use also comes from Australia - that dosent include sweet as, Cuz, Jandals, chilly bin or fush and Chupps they can keep those.

[@Erik-ms3du]

None of theat matters when Kiwi pies are infinitely better 🤘

[@AnthonyRedpath-fe9gw]

New Zealanders say "Fish and Chips" but Australians say sex instead of six.

[@thrusta100]

What all A$ians etc , Albo has let in!? Conveniently forgot to mention them..🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@danicac.5746]

you guys should visit the royal national park and do the wattamolla beach to eagle rock walk. it was beautiful and we were also lucky to see dolphins.

[@peterdubois65]

If you like croissants and you visit Melbourne you need to go to Lune. Widely recognised as the best croissants on the planet

[@GlenAndMado]

Yes I have Lune on my list but I missed going there on our stop in Melbourne due to the opening hours.😢

[@go1794]

Did you go to Cronulla beach my old favourite as a child

[@galaxyexplorer6189]

Some beaches are more exposed to the swell that is why they get closed while others are protected and are safer to swim at.Whenever the flags are up you can swim and that means there are life guards on duty in case you get into trouble

[@loisstanford8736]

It was captain cook

[@GumnutLaneJewellery]

Did you say "where Columbus started his journey"?

[@christinecoombs3536]

I know I caught that too😂

[@brettevill9055]

Mads is right about the sun. You kids should get a bit serious about sun protection as your head into summer. Sleeves, hats, and sunscreen. And don't forget to protect your ears.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

The ears is most important, that's where people don't think to put sun screen on, skin cancer can also get behind and inside the ear.

[@christinecoombs3536]

Bowls is definitely not a rich person’s game. ☺️

[@RefurbIshment-z7l]

Did she say co gee. What happened to the "cudgee"

[@Innerlight320]

Surfers are on the board most of the time not swimming if they can help it . The wetsuit is helps you float

[@craigroyle860]

Bowls clubs are great for community

[@paulmoffatt3991]

You can swim everywhere you went must have been a bad day

[@cariaus3758]

I wish a sea facing property would cost 2 million dollars, my Mascot apartment facing the neighbour's balcony is over 1 million 🤣We're so lucky to live in Sydney, it's just stunning!!

[@GlenAndMado]

Wow very expensive! Your basically paying back for the rest of your life for a casual person living around there 😅

[@cariaus3758]

@@GlenAndMado I'm very lucky that I have finished paying my mortgage, I just don't have any water views.

[@davidlee2900]

Mado and Glen, the beach is Clovelly.....Clo. and velly like belly

[@suzannekeith68]

And Coogee is pronounced Coo (like cool without the L) and gee like gee whiz. Also, not Columbus, but Captain Cook.

[@sean_mac]

Bondi beach is amazing but so busy and lets face it is a bit like LA muscles and makeup. I prefer Rose Bay beach only 5 mins on the other side of the peninsula and much quieter and looks out towards the city and opera house instead of the open ocean. Love your work. It is Pronounced Cooo geee

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

but Rose Bay has no life guards

[@lilth501]

Glen is one of these supafit low carb men. Keeping right away from the pastries.

[@GlenAndMado]

most of the time😂

[@grahambuddery172]

We encourage the tourists to go to Bondi so that we can keep the rest of the jewels for ourselves haha

[@davexenos9196]

It cost me $7 to join my local Bowls club and it cost you nothing to play.

[@GlenAndMado]

oh that’s nice!

[@davexenos9196]

@@GlenAndMado What is better, is that they serve food and alcohol cheaper than a Pub.

[@michaelhodgson9081]

Hey G & M which month did you get to Sydney?

[@GlenAndMado]

that was mid September

[@jford8545]

It is pretty rare that the beaches are closed like that. Must’ve been just after a big East Coast low pressure system. Normally they’re quite safe to swim at especially if the lifeguard flags are up.

[@aussiebg2628]

Nearly every beachside pool in Australia is free, very few would charge entry.

[@wallywombat164]

Why didn't ya drop into the Coogee Bay hotel,relax and have a beer or two or three?

[@GlenAndMado]

We don’t really drink, only addicted to coffee and tea😅

[@dublblind]

Don't forget a chocolate ice cream!

[@wallywombat164]

@@GlenAndMado But I'm addicted to watching your enthusiasm

[@rv16ad]

sunny day dude wear a hat and sunnies , PLEASE enjoyed the video

[@lachiedwyer1946]

swimming in bad currents is far worse than surfing, most surfers are attached by a cord to their board, and having a big floating board helps a lot if you get caught in a rip. If you're a poor swimmer, you're very likely to drown if you get caught in a strong current. Surfers probably shouldn't be out there with the beach closed signs up, but they're much better off so people don't mind. Great vid.

[@lizkuisma238]

I think that the game of lawn bowls has traditionally been a working class game. All in a classless society of course.

[@TMarkLenthall]

The really sad part about Sydney is you are entitled to walk around the harbour, but it was never enforced, so over the development of the suburban sprawl, people develop their homes down to the waterfront denying this. The biggest issue is money and power is stopping it happening. 😢

[@eddielong8663]

Snotnose selfish NIMBY's. Can't stand them. 😠

[@planetcountryradio8622]

Coogee. Is pronounced like Could Gee, but say could fast and add gee without a gap. Couldgee.

[@debbielicis6257]

I was trying to think of how to write it like it’s said but couldn’t come up with it, good job.

[@aussiebg2628]

Could-ji?

[@JukeboxGothic]

I was born in Bondi and bought up in Coogee. Still live just up the hill from the Beach. Bondi was beautiful up until the end of the eighties. Then it turned to crap. Both my parents were from there. After my dad died my mum said she wanted to move back but decided against as the old Bondi was gone. I love my area but the people are not the same. Its all about how much their houses are worth and what they do. Most of them are in debt up to their eyeballs. Its sad but despite all this I wouldn't live anywhere else.

[@mmeaux201]

Glen, I don’t think you say “Cool” enough.

[@GlenAndMado]

It‘s cool, don’t worry about it😂

[@mmeaux201]

@@GlenAndMado😅

[@georginabrown1181]

Only 50% of people in Sydney are born in Australia....one of the most multi national countries in the world .......love it.....

[@lynnmoses3563]

Think m great grandfather may be buried there....Have rarely seen you eat, Glen!

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

Each to there own, that Aboriginal guy loves his area, he was there for 30 years, I grew up in Bondi, and I love it here more than Coogee. We all have our own favorite places. I find Coogee a bit downgraded than Bondi. But I love Bondi more because I love the tourists and a lot of people.

[@richardverren8121]

Surfers are safely attatched to their boards by a velcro legstrap and exension cord that allows them to pull themselves back onto their boards when they wipe out.

[@NeilHarvey-z8d]

I'm English/Irish background but the earliest one of us to arrived in Australia was in 1790 so we have been here a long time. That genetic background is vulnerable to sun cancer. My sister died of it when aged 40. My brother has had two melanomas resulting in half an ear being removed. My wife has had melanoma but so far all good. I have had BCCs removed etc. SO, put on a bloody hat!

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks for the insight of your background and glad that you could reach so far back to know the history of your family. Good call I need to get a hat asap!

[@NeilHarvey-z8d]

@@GlenAndMado I probably got a bit intense lol. But since I have your attention may I say well done on your videos. They give an excellent insight and I really enjoy watching them.

[@JeanetteGlacken]

Haha, the first few vids I watched I thought you were calling her madam, but her name is Mado….. lol

[@davidlee2900]

Coogee .. coo then gee

[@glennhumphries9444]

Convicts - Rock Choppers - Roman Catholics (RC) - Irish convicts

[@barryross8382]

Kobi beech?

[@RaySchriever]

Coogee

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

Coogee is pronounced coo-gee like saying could-ge.

[@TikTokvideos070]

❤❤

[@one2604]

surfers know the conditions and most have thousands of hours in the water

[@robynbowen7516]

Keep to the left when walking

[@GlenAndMado]

@@robynbowen7516 okay 🙂

[@LeonardSmith-qv8do]

The Australian Government REALLY should pay you guys for the way you are selling Australia, I know you are genuine in all your praise of "The Great Southland" and I'm so pleased you are having such a great time ,BUT living in Australia is vastly different to being a tourist here ,cost of living for MANY is a BIG problem for those who live at the bottom of the Pyramid and up to even above the middle of it , however LOL ,you continue with your journey and take away all the good memories you will be getting from this adventure you are experiencing.

[@petersaxby9302]

As a surfer the surf wasn't big, pretty average and it can get a hell of alot bigger. Also your attached to your board by a legrope and we all know how to swim so not much of a problem to be out there when nobody is allowed to swim basically happens most o the time outside of cities

[@ray.shoesmith]

could,gee

[@wallywombat164]

Bowl's, a rich person's game? Ya rong. 😊😊😊😊

[@coraliemoller3896]

Coogee is pronounced like Could-jee. (Wood-jee)

[@SaintSfefan]

I am Australian from Irish and English heritage I come from Galway Bay my name is Murnain Murnane O'Murnane they were sent to Australia in 1835 the Irish help build Australia made it the country it is today my family has well heroes in its heritage

[@GlenAndMado]

It’s insane how many Irish came over from such a small country, I feel at home here which is awesome!

[@petermcculloch4933]

Give some serious thought to buying yourself a hat mate

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

I prefer Bondi than Manly, Bondi is more popular.

[@georginabrown1181]

The beaches are rarely closed.....And closed means the rip and current that day are risky for casual to poor swimmers...i grew up in Bondi and swam winter summer and surfed never a problem because i learned to not panic and go with the rip...the ONLY people who drown are touristswho are new to the surf.....local kids get taught very young when to and where to swim.......surfers love closed beaches because no crowds and novice swimmers in the way....plus on those days the surf is bigger and better for surfing......beaches closed maybe 10 to 15 days a year based on surf conditions.....

[@tgward313]

a hat would improve your day

[@GlenAndMado]

@@tgward313 trust me we’re getting on top of that! 🤣

[@RidingRiver]

Ask a local how to pronounce Coogee...oo like in book.. soft g like gee wizz

[@dexterplameras3249]

The reason surfers can go out and not swimmers is that a surfboard will keep one above water. Swimmers face the dangers of being carried away by a rip's or being dunked under water in rough waves.

[@RD-xv5fn]

Stop worrying about sharks , if you get attacked by a shark , you are just as likely to get hit by lightning and that very very unlikely. Enjoy the beach and the waves.

[@thrusta100]

Tell that to the little Bay scuba diver...🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@mariaslayqueen]

its not Coby its coogge

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks for letting us know 🙌

[@colkellahan6676]

They stop swimming in beaches because of the rips, look it up if you don't know what a rip is

[@wallywombat164]

Go back in time, it would STILL be a STINKY PLACE.

[@DanielKing-dk5nr]

The stink pot is not as smelly as it was, at least its on top of the very big hill.

[@stevetaylor9926]

Please wear a hat . Cheers

[@Danger_Mouse_00]

You'll still see whales now heading south. Just keep an eye out.

[@GlenAndMado]

we‘ve seen some along the NSW coast😍