Starting at the southern end of Bondi, the path climbs past Icebergs and rolls on through Tamarama, Bronte, Clovelly and Gordons Bay before dropping into Coogee, sandstone cliffs on one side and the Pacific on the other. Whales pass close in winter and spring, and every beach along the way is a chance to swim.
Good to know: allow two to three hours one way, carry water, and buses run back from Coogee.
Just past Icebergs the path passes a rock formation locals have called the Boot for a century, carved by nature. Naturalists have recorded 380 species on this one stretch, from weedy seadragons and giant cuttlefish in the kelp to the grey nurse sharks that patrol the reef off Bondi, with humpbacks passing close in winter.
