I’m thinking of a time I went to Bronte Beach. I discovered, well it was the first time I saw it, a gully filled with a rainforest. It had recently rained. It was so unexpected in a beach in Sydney. I think of beaches as sand and concrete whereas this was beautiful and soft.

Plus the buses. The buses are really frequent. It’s the end of the line. If you have a coffee then the buses blow out their diesel exhaust and you have to deal with that.

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The saltwater, the rain, diesel from the buses and the smell of chips frying at the surf club.

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Jo Lilley