Hundreds gather on Sydney’s Bondi Beach to mourn Westfield attack victims
Sydney, Australia Reuters Hundreds gathered on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, lighting candles as the sun set, to mourn the six people killed in a knife attack in the area’s Westfield shopping mall a week ago. Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old who had suffered with mental health issues, killed five women and a male security […]
Post-COVID plan for paid spots on Australia’s Bondi divides sunseekers
Thomson Reuters Foundation A proposal by a private club to cordon off a section of Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach has divided local residents and sparked a debate on changes to public spaces in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The Amalfi Beach Club, in a petition posted online earlier this month, proposed paid access to […]
Australian state permits home visits, opens beaches as coronavirus lockdown eases
Updated: 3.10pmSydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s most populous state said on Tuesday it will relax some restrictions on movement, as beaches reopened amid hopes a policy of widespread medical testing will help sustain a decline in new cases of the coronavirus. Bondi Beach and two neighbouring beaches in Sydney were reopened to local residents on Tuesday after […]
SNAPSHOT: BONDI BEACH, AUSTRALIA
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