Bundeena Information

Bundeena and Maianbar located on the Cronulla Coast in Southern Sydney, offer visitors a quick and easy escape from the fast pace of the city to a setting of secluded bays, beaches, and bushland.

Bundeena takes its name from an Aboriginal word meaning "noise like thunder" and has a distinct history.You will find traces of the original inhabitants, the Dharawal people, in rock carvings and middens(seafood shell piles).

There are four beaches within easy walking distance of the centre of Bundeena. Bonnie Vale Beach within the Royal National Park has a large car park, picnic tables, barbeques, campgrounds, and toilet facilities. Kayak rentals are available on the beach.

In the winter and spring months, you can catch a glimpse of the whale migration from the Coast Track, along the cliff tops just east of Bundeena.

There is a range of options to feed the hungry masses with tempting treats at the local cafes.

For a relaxed trip on a vintage ferry boat, visitors will enjoy a scenic 20 minute ride across Port Hacking between Cronulla and Bundeena. Ferries depart on the half hour from the public wharf at Gunnamatta Bay, located a short five minute walk from the Cronulla Train Station.

Superstitions in my hometown

In my country, there are a lot of superstitions. For example, if you hit a black cat when you are driving, that means you will be very unlucky the whole day.

People are very mindful of numbers in my country.The number "4" has the same pronunciation as "die" so "4" is usually unlucky. Some people don't like to use number "4" in their phone number or car number. On the other hand, numbers "6"and "8" indicate success and getting rich. This means you do everything very well.

My last Holiday!

I went to Gold Coast with my friends during last October. What's fantastic trip! We did a lot of work before the trip. Such as booked hotel, rent car, confirmed ticket and made trip plan etc. The first day, We got a city tour in Gold Coast. Although it's small City but we were very enjoy the city trip. We visited movie world at the second day. It was interested place. We took photos with kinds of cartoon character and enjoyed sight of performance. At the evening, we went shopping in main street that I bought some souvenir for my friends. Follow days we went to sea world and wild world. We were happy to saw dolphin and wild bird that gave me very deeply impression. That was excited trip.

About me !

Hi, I'm Cathy. I come from Beijing which is the capital of China. I'm very glad to join this class to get to know everybody. I first came to Australia about 2 years ago. It took almost 14 hours from my hometown to Australia. I was very happy once I came to Sydney. The air was fresh and the environment was beautiful. That time, I just stayed in Sydney for one month and then went back to China until last May. Then, I came back and really started my new life in Sydney. Anyway, I hope that my English will improve after this course.

Sculpture by the sea, Bondi 2008

I'm very excited to tell everyone that Sydney's 12th annual Sculpture by the Sea will beginning from 16 October-2 November. The event, which is one of the world's largest outdoor free art exhibitions, More than 100 sculptures will display between Bondi Beach and Tamarama coastal walk. I think it's very attractive event so people wandering around the sculpture and to understand different calture. I'm very expecting it.