Shitney weather

October 6, 2022

Morning gang,

Hope you are all well.

My apologies for the radio silence but between the crappy weather, public holiday on Monday, a shoot on Tuesday and an early event on Wednesday, I haven't had a chance to post here.

On Wednesday morning before the weather turned sour, there were some epic colours in the sky for literally 15 mins, pretty much what happened this morning too. I was lucky enough to be down there shooting the Team One Fitness epic workout for my collaboration with ClassPass.

That's right, for the month of October (and hopefully beyond) I'm partnering with the legends at ClassPass.

ClassPass is an awesome business giving you access to thousands of gyms, fitness studios, spas all around Straya (and the world) without locking yourself into a contract with a specific venue. Awesome concept, especially for someone like me who gets bored quite quickly and likes the variety of workouts.

For the whole month of October, I'm going to do a few sessions from beach workouts, to training at VRTUS, probably one of the hottest gyms in Bondi right now to an infrared sauna session at Nimbus and plenty more. You too could give it a crack. Sign up by using that specific LINK during the month of October and get a month free. You can thank me later! #MorningBondiGoodies

Hope you like the photos and see you soon down the beach or at one of Bondi's ClassPass venues for a good sweat. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

BOOM!

Amo

PS: Sucker for a good pun, when my friend Bertie mentioned 'Shitney Weather' in one of our WhatsApp chats, I loved it so much that I had to use it somewhere. First blog post and here I am utilising it straight away. Thanks, Bertie boy!

The gigantic reflector that is the Icebergs

Yves Minten, the legend behind Team One Fitness

If you too want to be part of the ‘Tchou Tchou Train’, sign-up **HERE**

Trust me, rope workouts are way harder than they look!

What you don't see on that photo are the 100+kg of Kettlebells getting dragged behind...

Ducktober

September 29, 2022

Morning everyone,

Hope you’ve all a good night sleep or great day for my overseas friends. Mine? Pretty short to be honest!

After a pretty epic Midnight Oil concert last night, iconic Australian band, I couldn’t fall asleep so when the alarm clock went off at 5:10am, I almost rolled over.

Glad that I didn’t as the sunrise was pretty amazing (about to post a video on Instagram Story), but no photos of it I’m afraid. Then exercise with the Flintstones and headed to North Bondi Surf Lifesaving Club for an ice bath for Ducktober.

WTD (What The Duck) is Ducktober you might ask. Great question!

Ducktober is an initiative by Waves of Wellness (WOW) challenging people to immerse themselves in cold water and raise funds for WOW's mental health surf therapy programs which support those in our community who are struggling the most with mental fitness.

Alright enough blabla for today, enjoy your day my friends!

Amo

When I start taking photos of signs or seagulls, you know it was dead quiet!

Swim post-throwing rocks and building sand castles

What's your thing? Do you prefer throwing rocks or pulling tires?

Late shift

September 28, 2022

Bonjour gang,

Hope you are all well and had a good night sleep after last night’s storm.

I woke up early, it was pissing down. Stayed in bed and by 6:40ish it was glorious so headed down the beach.

Too late to exercise, I just went for coffee, photos, stroll along the beach and chit-chat with local legends.

Hope the rest of the week will look like this but it’s not looking too promising unfortunately.

Enjoy your day my friends,

Amo

My good mate Simon. He's as nice as he’s good-looking. Slide in my DMs if you want his deets. #MorningBondiMatchMaking

4:15am

September 27, 2022

Morning team,

I don’t want a medal but I did wake up at 4:15 am this morning and probably deserve one really. ;)

My poor daughter woke me up at that time as she was not feeling too well. I helped her out and tried to fall back asleep but that was me done for the night. She actually picked the right morning for it as it was glorious down there from 5:20 am till about 6:10 am and then all the beautiful colours were gone behind a blanket of grey clouds.

Hope you had a chance to see the sunrise this morning as it was pretty amazing. If not, don’t worry, that’s what I’m here for.

Have a lovely day gang and pending the weather chat with you tomorrow.

Cheers,

Amaury, pronounced just like that.

PS: I’ve said it better before but if you are keen to spend a fun day out of the office next week. You should check out Dmarge House. Incredible line-up of speakers and tickets are on sale. See you there my friends!

What living Down Under really feels! by Darren Mansfield

you blink, you will miss it

September 21, 2022

Morning gang,

You blink, you will miss it… yep, I’m talking about the sun.

As I posted in my Instagram Stories earlier this morning, it was looking pretty rubbish today. I’m quite often asked why am I not posting photos of Bondi when it’s overcast. It’s simply not my jam.

When I started Morning Bondi twelve years ago, I used to take photos every single day of the week regardless of the weather but I became a bit fussier over the years - typical French poshness. Today, I made an exception, here is just one photo of this morning when the sun appeared for a total of a minute.

The rest are all the photos that you might recognise from my interview with Marley from Exceptional Alien. If you haven’t checked it out, you should watch it as I reveal some of my favourite spots in Bondi.

Finally, talking of ‘French poshness’, as some of you might be aware I’m part of the Board of The Alliance Française, promoting French culture in Australia. This includes how to impress your friends at a dinner table by knowing everything about Champagne. We are organising an event in exactly a week just for that. Check out all the details here and learn how to say Moët properly. Spoiler alert, it’s not “Moo-é” but “Mo-WeT”. You can thank me later.

On that note, have a great day gang and stay warm,

Amaury

The Morning Bondi crew on Morning Bondi HQ - catching up most days since 2011

You sleep, you lose

September 19, 2022

Morning my friends,

I know the title is a bit harsh but that’s pretty much the reality. What a morning my friends but you had to be down there between 5:30am and 6ish, then it was all gone. As they say, early birds catch the worms.

And if you think that 5:30 am is early, some have already done a 1.6 km run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups and 300 air squats with a 10kg weight vest by that time. That’s right, Team Murph Bondi is doing a ‘murph workout’ every day in September in honour of fallen commandos. Check their Instagram and feel free to donate right HERE. Good on you gang, you should be very proud of yourselves. Keep up the great work!

Have a lovely week and I might not be able to chat tomorrow as early meeting in the city to meet a French Minister. Yeah I know, pretty big deal! ;)

Ciao,

Amo

Team Murph Bondi - what a bunch of legends!

Bondi Lifeguards setting-up the beach for the day

FriYay!

September 16, 2022

Morning my friends,

Now that’s the type of Friday that I like: beautiful weather, happy people all around and bumping into local legends.

There is never a dull moment in Bondi, two shoots, 5 metres apart from each other. I felt like I was right in the middle of an ad for ‘Influencer in the Wild’. One of my favourite accounts on the Internet, if you don’t follow it yet, get amongst it @influencersinthewild

By the way, thank you so much for all the birthday wishes yesterday, so much love. You guys rock!

A massive thank you again to Shuk Bondi for the birthday lunch and Yes You Can Drinks for the drink delivery too. Legends all around.

Have a cracking weekend, it’s meant to be good weather so you know where to find me.

Xoxo

Amo

I have something for the sunrise reflection on buildings...

Happy Hump Day!

September 14, 2022

Morning gang,

How’s everyone today?

Personally, I’m super pumped for a few reasons: this morning was glorious, I’m about to officially launch my Social Media Agency in a few days (follow me on LinkedIn to watch it unfold) and tomorrow is my birthday. #TripleWinning. BOOM!

Back to what you came up for, this morning was unreal. The colours at sunrise were spectacular, it was pretty warm and the surf was kinda alright in the middle and North Bondi.

That’s it for today, enjoy the photos and chat with you tomorrow,

Cheerio,

Amo

Bondi Icebergs Gym has to be one of the best gyms in town

North vs South

September 12, 2022

Morning crew,

Hope you are all well and had a great weekend. How packed was Bondi yesterday? Cray-cray! It felt like Summertime, even the temperature outside was incredible.

As every Monday, we were down at the bars with the training gang - it was pretty quiet. Quite often people ask me why I am not shooting more often down on the north end. Here are just a few reasons, sunrise is not as spectacular, and you see it much later, fewer people ie. fewer photo subjects and usually smaller surf too.

Except on Mondays, I actually never hang out down in North Bondi. South, all the way every day! Which camp are ya? North vs South. Weigh in down in the comments section.

That’s it for today, have a cracking week my friends and chat tomorrow!

Amo

The only perks of being down in the north end is seeing the sunrise reflection on the south end

The Frenchies hard at work - Bertrand Pithioud and Alexis Delloye

Hannah Cates burning off the Burning Man Partying

I was inspired to start boxing from movies. It’s been a bit Rocky. 🤪

R U OK?

September 8, 2022

Morning beautiful people,

Today is a special day, it’s R U OK? day. A day to ask your family, friends, colleagues, neighbours, and pretty much anyone that you know if they are OK? It’s the perfect day to reconnect with loved ones that you haven’t chatted to for a little while.

Whoever will be reading this today or any day really, my question to you is: ARE YOU OK?

If you are struggling and feel like talking to someone, I’m not a healthcare professional but always happy to have a chat and see if I can help in any shape or form. Feel free to contact me via email or give me a call on +61 416 732 272 and I will try my best to help out. I mean it.

The guys from OneWave were here this morning to open conversations about mental health. I also strongly encourage you to check this page on R U OK Day website to seek professional help.

That’s it for today, have a lovely day and stay strong!

Sending love and happiness…

Amo

Sam Schumacher and Grant Trebilco from OneWave

Double trouble: Dion Horstmans & Scott Findlay

Hide & Seek

September 5, 2022

Morning gang,

Hope you all had a good weekend and a great Father’s Day for the dads out there.

Mine was just brilliant, spent a fair bit of time working on a couple of presentations for tomorrow and Wednesday. By the way, please don’t expect photos, newsletters and tutti quanti for the next two days as I will be busy chairing a conference and running a few sessions too. It’s the perfect opportunity for my soon-to-be-launched Social Media Agency - stay tuned for that!

Alright enough about me, today the sun played pretty much hide & seek all morning so I played exercise & photos all morning too. It was a bit chilly but well worth waking up and braving the cold!

Enjoy your week and chat to you on Thursday weather permitting,

Amaury

North Bondi f — South Bondi from North Bondi

“It's so fluffy, I'm gonna die” - **HERE** is the reference

Running out

September 1, 2022

Morning peeps,

I will soon run out of archive photos if the weather continues to play up like that - just joking I have accumulated terabytes of photos over the past 11+ years of Morning Bondi so we are safe.

That’s right, I’m one of the OGs when it comes to taking photos of Bondi in the morning. It started with Eugene Tan from Aquabumps, then the Frothers crew (Brad Malyon, Bill Morris and Franck Gazzola) and then Morning Bondi I reckon. All this, way before Instagram was even a thing.

Alright enough old stories, this morning was pretty 💩. When I arrived down, it was all grey and drizzling (check my Instagram Stories if you’re super keen) then 5 minutes of hope and back to rain. Super! We trained in the sand like maniacs, we got wet training, then wet swimming and coffee.

What else can I say except that Sunday is Father’s Day. If you are stuck with ideas, I have three ideas of present for you:

A family photoshoot, picture yourself and your dad holding hands and looking pretty. Check some examples here
A nice bottle of Morning Bondi Saltwater Gin that you could pick up directly from the Bondi Liquor Co distillery bar on Hall Street or on their website.
Finally, if he’s sophisticated and fancy a day outside the office, you could get him tickets for the Dmarge House The guys from Dmarge are shaving $50 off the price for Morning Bondi Followers. VIP treatment right here my friends and I will see him there too. #Winwin

Don’t you worry, you can thank me later. 😅

Chat to you tomorrow,

Amaury

Messina Ice cream truck — Messina Ice creams

Morning Bronte

August 31, 2022

Morning team,

Hope you are all well and happy hump day as they say,

Let me tell you something, this morning was a real cracker my friends and for a change I spent my morning down in Bronte Beach. The temperatures outside and inside the water were balmy, especially considering the season.

I don’t have much to say this morning but as we say a picture is worth a thousand words so here are 110,000 words for you (ie. 11 photos if you are pretty good at maths, like I am).

BOOM!

Amo

PS: Are you following Morning Bondi on TikTok yet? This morning I take you for a swim with me down at Bronte Pool - people would pay for that sh*t! 😜

Trust me, I'm never going to far from Bondi

Bronte Pool rock formations are just unreal

5 minutes of gold

August 30, 2022

Morning my friends,

Hope you are well and had a good night's sleep or a great day for my overseas friends.

This morning, I went for a Bondi to Bronte run. Once I came back in Bondi, the sun finally decided to pop its face, for a brief 5 minutes and that was it for this morning.

The problem is that I didn’t have my camera with me and I was just chatting with good mate and legendary John Macarthur from Purl Harbour - this guy is the unofficial mayor of Bondi and an Australian fashion icon but too humble to brag about it. If it’s of interest, read this article written by MrTurner about him.

Anyway, back to what I was saying, only 5 minutes of sunshine that I had to capture with my phone quickly. You can find the result right there: ‘Five minutes of Gold’

Yes, that’s right, as of this morning, I’m officially a TikToker. The Instagram reach is so screwed that I need to give TikTok a go and let’s be honest I keep on recommending to my social clients how important TikTok is so it’s about time that I do what I preach.

Hoping for a better sunrise tomorrow morning, but here are a few archive photos for now.

Ciao,

Amo

That's John Macarthur - if you live around here, chances are that you've seen him before (not taken this morning obviously)

Sun-fire (taken during the massive bushfires a couple of years ago)

...and finally another of John Macarthur - love that one

Like a Moan-day...

August 29, 2022

Morning gang,

How was your weekend? What a glorious day yesterday, you could tell that Spring is around the corner!

After a pretty rough night, I bailed the training bit and just ventured down the beach for coffee, photos and a dip in the ocean - what I do best, to be honest.

It was pretty quiet down there but luckily they were a few swimmers around the Icebergs, otherwise it would have been photos of me, myself and I.

Have a great week my friends,

Amaury pronounced Amo-ree (as no one can say my name properly even my closest mates 🤦🏽‍♂️) The meaning? It’s French for ‘LOVE’. 🤪

The Icebergs Pool Club is stunning from all angle

Fridoona

August 26, 2022

Morning my friends,

Friday under my doona is 'Fridoona’. Yes, I like a good pun, if you can even qualify this as one?!

The weather forecast was planning some rain for this morning. Lucky, no rain but not necessarily great either, pretty grey and wet. As you know, when it’s uninspiring, I don’t really bother taking photos - this bit will never change. When I started Morning Bondi, 11+years ago, I used to shoot every single day: rain, hail or shine but let’s be honest, no one wants to see a grey sky and rain.

Instead, to brighten your day, here are some of the recent photos that I’ve uploaded to the Gallery page of the site. Hope you like them.

Enjoy your weekend my friends and chat to you on Monday,

Cheerio,

Amo

PS: Quick update, it's now 8 am, too late to take photos and the sun just popped in. Oh well, we can’t win all the time!

Peaceful Thursday

August 25, 2022

Morning gang,

How’s everyone today? I’m very well, thanks for asking!

During my 6-week holiday in Europe, I forgot how hard it was to come up with new things to say every day. Morning Bondi has always been a bit of my personal diary but shared publicly - #NoFilterMyFriends.

I’m always thinking that one day when I will be old and not able to come down the beach every morning, I will be able to go back in time by just reading my daily updates and seeing photos. I’m also thinking that my future grandkids will be able to read these and think that I had a capacity to talk absolute BS like no other.

Oh well… This morning, as every Thursday, we trained down on the sand and by “we” I mean “they” trained. I was just here busy taking photos and checking on them once in a while. There were not that many people down the beach - only a few brave souls freezing their butts off.

Chat to you tomorrow, weather permitting.

Amo

The 'Fitness Lunatics' that I was meant to join this morning

Sunrise meditation down in Bondi Beach is pretty special

what a pleasant surprise...

August 24, 2022

Morning peeps,

Hope you are all well and slept well despite all the rain last night.

Last night, I put my alarm clock at 5:40am, knowing that there was going to be a high chance of staying in bed due to the sh*te weather but guess what I was wrong. Love these type of surprises!

I ventured down for a Bondi to Bronte run, then chit chat with all the local legends: Uge, Walt, Chris, Dion and Scott. That’s probably one of the the things that I like the most about my Morning Bondi routine is to meet all these people from all walks of life. Yeah, I’m what you call a “People Person” and would always welcome a chat.

Alright enough blabla for this morning, here are the photos. The last two are goodies for the ladies. Get in touch if you want their ‘04’ - #MorningBondiMatchMakingServices are back ON!

Ciao!
Amaury

The surf was hectic - only two guys out this morning.

IceSplash - the Icebergs getting hammered this morning

Ocean or Pool swim - same same this morning

Obsessed with the Icebergs - I even have a **full gallery** dedicated to it.

Dion Horstmans, local legend and sculptor

Scott Findlay, celebrity chef and owner of **Flave** - do me a 'flavour' and try their burgers.

hey Coogee

August 23, 2022

Morning my friends,

Have you all subscribed to the Newsletter yet? Remember, if you want to see your daily dose of sunrise photos, that’s the only way forward - HERE.

This morning for a change, I went to Coogee Beach to catch up with a mate. In the 11+ years that I have been running Morning Bondi, besides a photo shoot of a cute family, I think that’s actually the first time I have taken photos of Coogee Beach at sunrise - it didn’t disappoint!

Have a fantastic day my friends and chat to you tomorrow,

Amo

Water is still a bit cold (16.3 degrees)

The good looking Alexis Delloye - fellow Frenchman!

Beach volley before work - life is tough in Sydney!

On my way to Coogee, I quickly stopped by Bronte Pool - stunning!

I'm back baby

August 22, 2022

Morning my friends,

Hope you are well and you’ve not missed me too much for the past 8 weeks. That’s right, it’s been a long time, probably one of the longest I have ever done without posting a thing.

I’m back, refreshed, and energised after an awesome 6 weeks in Europe. So good to see my family and friends back home after 4 years - thank you very much Covid!

New Morning Bondi my friends. I’m back to my original formula: all the photos of the morning are posted on the blog, subscribe to the newsletter not to miss an update and only a few photos on the Socials. You may ask, why am I doing this? Fair question my friends! The Instagram and Facebook algorithm is sooo screwed that only a few of you get to see the photos every day and I don’t find this fair - so subscribe to the newsletter HERE and you won’t miss a Morning Bondi update ever. Pinky promise.

This morning was incredible - check all the photos below and hope you like the new formula. If not, you know the drill, you can address your complaints to customerservice@morningbondi.com

Have an awesome day and chat to you tomorrow,

xoxo

Amo

North Bondi Gym at sunrise - where my guns happen. 😜

Les archives. Another day, another rainy day… As I could see it was not raining, I ventured down much later than usual, around 6:45 am. I just arrived and a light drizzle started. What are the chances?! I joined my mates for a quick dip in the ocean and coffee at Chapter One (my unofficial gallery, they have five of my prints on the wall). Still worth going out, if you ask me… Have a great day my friends and stay warm as it’s a bit nippy at the moment. Ciao, Amo PS: I’m going camping this weekend with a bunch of mates but pretty sure I don’t have the right equipment to cope with the cold. I only have a summer sleeping bag… It’s going to be fun, they say. 🤦🏽‍♂️🥶

Rainy days. Do you know what rainy days mean? It means archive days. Here are photos from the past couple of months, most of them were my second favourite ones so you wouldn’t have seen them before. As you know, I love doing my Morning Bondi routine but it actually takes so much time. I’m talking about the photo bit especially. At the moment, I take photos from 6:30ish when the sun is up for roughly 30-40 minutes, then selection of the good photos for 20 mins, light edit the best ones for 10 mins, then write the morning blurb for 3-5 mins (I tend not to overthink this, as you can tell), then upload of each individual photos on the blog for 10 minutes, then newsletter for 5 minutes, then Instagram for 3 minutes, Facebook 3 minutes and Instagram Story 3 minutes. Basically, around 1.5 hours on average. So yes sometimes, I’m glad when it’s raining as I’m saving so much time. Have a beautiful day, despite the weather, and chat with you tomorrow, Xoxo Amo

Golden Sea. Slow start this morning, it was pretty average unless you could wait up to 8am (I couldn’t) to see the sun popping out behind the curtain of clouds. It was all about the golden reflection of the hidden sun on the water. Gold 24-carat for a few minutes. I don’t have much to tell you today except that if you live locally and love ‘Shark Tank’ TV show, you will love the local version of it. It’s called the Bondi Innovation Shark Tank organised by the @bondichamber and it’s next Wednesday at @hotelravesis You can find all the deets in the media release and book your tickets on the blog. I’m going with my awesome business partner Mary Proulx and supporting Sam Cust, one of the sharks (I think that’s what we call them). If you come down, let’s have a beer and break bread (what I love the most about our business name is that the puns are endless). I loaf you! (see) Amo

Nothing to worry about, it's just a tornado off North Bondi, ... 🌪️😲 I took this photo this morning around 9:30 am. I was shooting with @versefinejewellery in South Bondi when we saw this waterspout tornado coming out of nowhere. Scary much? Look closely and you can see the person around Ben Buckler's cliffs running for his life... That's all folks!

Pure Heaven. What another beautiful start to the day! While yesterday was all about big waves, today was all about the mad reflo on the sand - absolutely stunning. I was sitting just next to Morning Bondi HQ and was snapping like a maniac. Have a cracking weekend and subscribe to the newsletter if you want to see the photos earlier in the day - new Morning Bondi formula. ;) Xoxo Amo

Bombastic. OMG, what an incredible morning! It's a very late update as I had a pretty busy day and didn't have a chance to post before now. The newsletter was out around 10am though, so subscribe to it if you want to see the photos before everyone else. It was honestly one of the best mornings we've had for a little while. The light, the waves and the surfers braving the waves. Xoxo Amo

Low-tide goodness. What a stunning morning! Today was all about the low-tide gold reflection. It was just the perfect conditions for photos. The problem, only a few people out including two metal hunters. I was with fellow Frenchy @dianeperreau all morning. I reckon she’s the most popular French person in Sydney. So many people are stopping her every morning to have a chat and take a selfie with her. Have a lovely day my friends, Ciao, Amo

Into the wild. What a cracker of a morning! For a change of scenery, I ventured down to Bronte this morning. I reckon I made the right choice, it was just an incredible show. I was with my mate @paolocattaneophoto for the entire morning and we were just looking at the waves rolling in. Bronte Pool was the best place in da house. If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen the very rare video of me talking to the camera. With @bread_agency, my agency, I recently started working with the team from @in2thewild.aus, the best tiny houses business around. In order to have a better understanding of the experience, the client kindly invited me to go for a couple of days with my wife and daughter. Real legends, best onboarding! The whole experience was amazing - especially for someone like me that is pretty hyperactive. I just ‘re-wilded’ for two days. Even though the network was working where we were, I put my phone in airplane mode the whole weekend and made the most of the experience. The tiny house was kitted with all the things that you need, all the products in there are premium and sourced from ethical brands. Let’s be honest the firepit and outdoor bath were the highlights for me. I would highly recommend it to anyone, especially if you are like me and struggle to switch off. They are running a Winter Campaign which is all about swapping your usual beach days for days in the wild. You can book one of the 46 cabins all around Australia using the link in my Stories to get up to 20% off this winter OR alternatively try your luck entering the simple giveaway that they are organising on their Insta. You can thank me later! Xoxo Amo

Monday Madness. This is a very late update compared to usual but busy day today. This morning was just nuts down the beach. I only took a few photos before having to rush to an early meeting in the city. The swell should still be here tomorrow, so go and have a look if you can. Xoxo Amo

FriYay. How’s everyone today? After two days in Melbs (Melbourne for the hipsters), I’m back in the hood. What a morning! Incredible light, the surf was ON and the Icebergs was packed - perfect for photo ops. This morning I caught up with my mate Ben, a fellow Frenchy that I haven’t seen for years. We hung out around the Bergs and finished with a swim in South Bondi - how original. Enjoy your weekends my friends. Mine is going to be pretty epic. I’m going into the wild, literally. That’s right, I’m going to one of @in2thewild.aus’s tiny houses. More on this subject later. Stay tuned people! Have a cracking weekend, Lots of love, Amo

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