Coogee (Australia)

I have just stayed at surfside hostel in coogee for a week, please see my seperate review for that. Coogee is a eastern beach suburb, its below bondi. You can walk between bondi and coogee in about an hour on the coastal path walk. Its fairly easy and there arent too many steps or hills, I saw whales from the wooden view point half way along! Coogee has a mixture of residents, theres backpackers, tourists coming for the day and locals. The beach is beautiful, and packed on a weekend. I really loved being able to sit on the beach at night and just cross the road from my hostel to get there. Theres no surfing on this beach, but ...  Read the complete review

Though Bondi is better known to foreign tourists, Coogee, another eastern suburb is equally beautiful, and well worth a visit. I lived within sight of this beach for slightly more than 2 months - I was up a hill in a neighbouring suburb, but I lived in a high-rise block - and it didn't lose its charm during that time. The beach is large and sandy and the water is clear and free from fish (including, most of the time, sharks). It's not the busiest place in the area in terms of the number of people or the quantity of things to see and do, but it's a beautiful place to relax, and it's not entirely dead. For example you could... -- Go for a swim ...  Read the complete review