knackeroo

March 20, 2023

Morning my friends,

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful weekend. How good was the weather!

I spent the entire weekend working and having fun at the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival. After two very hot days, I’m pretty knackered and still in bed writing this update - pretty rare these days but sometimes you need to listen to your body.

I still checked the sunrise from my windows and didn’t miss much. Even if I would have been down the beach, I wouldn’t have bothered taking photos anyway. However, because I don’t want you to miss out, here are some archive photos.

Today is another big day, I will be taking the stage at the ICC for the Marketing Live Conference to talk about how to win at LinkedIn. I know it’s a bit late notice but if it's of interest and you have nothing else to do, feel free to register via this link. It’s free and I will be there for the next 2 days. Wish me luck and hope to see you there!

Have a cracking week my friends and stay cool as always,

Xoxo

Amo

Full swing

March 17, 2023

Morning peeps,

What a start to the day!

The sunrise, surf, water, pool, and number of happy people all around. It was just nuts! It felt that the whole of Bondi was down there this morning.

After a pretty epic night celebrating the official launch of the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival, I was dying to jump in the water to recover.

I took some photos around the Icebergs with fellow Frenchy Diane Perreau, then walked down to the water edge for more. It was just glorious!

Have a cracking Friday and see you at the Festival this weekend. There are activities for pretty much everyone: music, yoga, beach clean-up, swimming, surfing competition, art, science, movies, docos, talks... Come down with your friends and family and enjoy yourself!

BOOM!

Amo

Double trouble (Dion Horstmans and Scotty Finz)

Maria & Jay (took a cute photos of them a few weeks ago and met them properly today - legends!)

Tony, the King of Burgers thinking about new recipes

Challenge

March 16, 2023

Morning gang,

How’s everyone today? Pumped?

This morning, I set myself a challenge to take the least amount of photos. The reason why you may ask? I have an early meeting on the other side over the bridge (yep, I have my passport ready) and don’t have time to go through hundreds of photos.

Here are the top ones. What do we think? Any good?

One last point before I rush to my meeting. I’ve been nominated as a finalist for the WeAre8 ‘See the Sea’ competition. You can see a photo of it from their outdoor exhibition down below and vote for my entry on the following link. It’s the 2nd photo on the second row, you can’t miss it - it’s called ‘Sunrise Surf’. Go nuts, my friends! If I win, I will organise some goodies, like a print giveaway and who knows a bottle of the Morning Bondi Gin could be nice too,

That’s all for today, chat tomorrow!

Xoxo

Amo

This place is going to go off this weekend. @OceanLoversFestival is ON my friends — This place is going to go off this weekend. **@OceanLoversFestival** is ON my friends

My WeAre8 ‘See the Sea’ entry, **Vote for me** and you can win big.

The new Bondi Pav is pretty spesh I reckon

Back baby

March 15, 2023

Morning gang,

How's everyone going? Did you miss your daily updates while I was away?

As mentioned, I was in Perth for a few days last week. OMG, Rottnest Island is a must. This place is heaven and the quokkas are the cutest. Of course, I took a selfie with them. I had to. Here it is in its full glory.

I'm now back in the bubble and ready to go back to my routine. The sunrise is so late these days around 6:45 am but well worth the wait.

The beach was packed, waves were rolling in, surfers were getting hammered and the water temperature was perfect.

Have a lovely day and if you don't know what to do this weekend, come to the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival down at the Pavilion - there will be a lot going on. I will be there for the next 4 days working. It's one of Bread Agency's first clients. 🍞🤟🏼🤩

BOOM!

Amaury

PS: Sorry for the late update but early meeting in Bondi

Pauline Gandolfini, nailing the shot on her last morning in Bondi

The Bondi Pavilion, where all the festivities will happen this weekend

Murray Cox always looking after the beach

10 minutes

March 7, 2023

That's how long it took me to take these photos this morning. Haters would say you can tell, others would appreciate the efficiency.

Hidden behind clouds, we had a pretty shy sun today. I had a 10-minute window of glorious light to snap away like a maniac and that's exactly what I did.

The number of people around and the haze are making the photos pretty interesting, I think.

Then I cooled down in the water with a bit of body surfing action getting slammed on the shorey.

Today is a pretty special day with the official launch of the Alliance Française French Film Festival. The biggest French Film Festival outside of France, we are expecting 200,000 patrons this year. If you haven't booked your tickets yet, go quick as sessions are selling fast. If you are going to the Chauvel tonight, I will be delivering a speech so see you there.

That's all for today and this week I guess as I'm flying to Perth in the morning. If you crave photos while I’m away, you can check Aquabumps, he takes alright photos.

Take care and chat with you on Monday,

Xoxo

Amo

Andrew Becher, one of the most famous restauranteur in Sydney. Franca is a must. — Andrew Becher, one of the most famous restauranteurs in Sydney. Franca is a must.

Knee surfing, if you didn't know it was a sport - here you go

Future Olympians right there, trained by the best Neil Rogers

We don't call it the yoga wall for nothing

What can I say, like the colour green...

Train, stretch, photograph, relax... Life is better in the morning

Happy Monday

March 6, 2023

Morning gang,

Hope you all had a great weekend and are pumped for this week.

Mine was brilliant, as you would have seen in my Stories, I was kindly invited yesterday to try out the new restaurant Promenade Bondi Beach before it officially opens on Wednesday. We had a very good time, the venue is looking slick, the menu varied, the food is great and the staff was excellent. With a lot of Frenchies, I felt at home for a minute. Since my Stories, I’ve had a fair bit of DMs but mainly a lot of questions this morning. I might be quite influential - at least, I’d like to think so. Thanks again for the good time!

Today was just incredible, started with some pretty colours in the sky followed by the iconic Bondi Golden Light. The Waverley Council should trademark that colour - Pantone Bondi Gold or something like that. It’s pretty unique.

Alright, enough nonsense for this morning, enjoy the photos and if you like them, share the love with your mates, they deserve to see them. According to a very serious study, the people that subscribe to Morning Bondi have the highest level of happiness in the world. Fact.

Xoxo

Amo

...and the awards to the cute couple this morning goes to these two

Beau Walker in town - one of the most impressive surfers, 360's and all that...

Icebergs, pretty from every single angle

Moody Friday

March 3, 2023

Morning gang,

TGIF! Oh gosh, don’t tell me that you’ve used that stupid acronym. Yep!

Hope you’ve all had a great week and are ready for the weekend - I certainly am! Big week with heaps on so mucho relaxo this weekend before another epic week next week. By the way, I rather warn you right now so that you can mentally prepare, but I will not be posting from Wednesday until next Monday. I’m going to Perth - I’ve never been so I’m pretty stoked. If you have any advice, send them my way. Yep, Rotto Island is part of the trip, I want to capture a photo like that one.

Back to what I’m here for, today started pretty moodily but with some interesting pink/orange/turquoise colours so I bothered taking some photos. Hope you like them.

Have a lovely weekend,

Xoxo

Amo

Too late

March 2, 2023

Morning gang,

How’s everyone? We’re almost there, two more days and it’s the weekend!

I, unfortunately, didn’t take photos this morning as this sun of a beach was way too late. That’s right, it decided to pop around 7:45 am when it was time to head back home. Trust me, I wanted this to happen way earlier so badly so that I could stop training but that didn’t happen.

If you participated in the Spencer Tunick installation (or not) and/or like to get undressed, the world’s largest annual nude swimming race, Sydney Skinny, is returning on Sunday, 12th of March. If this is something that you fancy, check out all the details on their site. This year’s event will support the charity Skin Check Champions in its fight against skin cancer. Get your booty out to fundraise - what’s not to like about this?! I personally got undressed for less than this.

Have a wonderful day my friends and chat tomorrow,

Xoxo

Amo

Matt Suleau, TV Presenter/ Model /Gym Enthusiast / Good bloke

Autumn Sepia

March 1, 2023

Morning my friends,

First day of Autumn in Australia and we were greeted by the perfect light to mark that first day - a sepia/brown leafy tone.

The sunrise was meant to be epic this morning but instead, we had a very shy sun that was trying to pop through the clouds. When the light was ON, it was magnificent but when it was hidden by the clouds, just a bit dull.

I spent a good portion of my morning with my good mate Mehdy, and fellow Frenchies Diane Perreau and Camille Schneiderlin. I have to say, even though I like to hang out with my Aussie friends, sometimes it’s bloody good to talk sh*t in French.

Talking about French, next week is the official launch of the Alliance Française French Film Festival. By being part of the Board of Directors of the Alliance Française and the sub-committee of the Film Festival (yes, all very fancy I know - that’s my middle name ;)) I have to talk about it. So here you go check the trailer of the Festival and the full program on the site. Well worth booking your tickets now if you ask me. I strongly recommend these two films at least: “Sugar and Stars” (watched it a couple of weeks ago and it’s amazing) and “November” with Jean Dujardin (love that guy) is apparently epic too.

I guess that’s enough of a sales pitch for one morning.

Have a lovely day and chat tomorrow,

Xoxo

Amo

A bunch of good looking Frenchies right there... (From left to right: Camille Schneiderlin, Dianne Perreau and Mehdy Chioub)

Surf in Bondi, it's gonna be fun they say...

Behind the scenes with Mehdy Chioub, Dianne Perreau and Camille Schneiderlin

FOMO

February 28, 2023

Morning everyone,

How’s everyone today?

After a pretty rough night, I couldn’t possibly wake up when the alarm clock when off at 5:20 am. Instead, I enjoyed a sleep-in up to 7:30 am, which never really happens to me during the week.

Did I miss much? Epic sunrise? Dolphins jumping in the bay? Any exciting stuff? The problem is once I step out of bed, I always have the biggest FOMO.

At the moment, we have fairly busy weeks with my agency Bread - we’re on a roll (sorry but not sorry about the pun) so if my body tells me that I need a beauty sleep. I listen. Talking about work, I just got quoted in an article about Meta Verified published this morning by Digital Nation. Yeah, sometimes I write semi-intelligent stuff. Interested to know, would you pay for this service?

I guess that’s enough for today,

Enjoy your day and chat tomorrow,

Amaury

Timing is everything (one of my favourite shots of the Icebergs)

Magnus Omme, one of my closest mates. People think that he looks like Brad Pitt. I think Brad Pitt looks like him.

Simon Debnam, another one of my closest mates

Boyfriend of Instagram (Grace Carr & Sean Syddall)

Sunrise surf, one of the best things to do

Franck Gazzola, another one of my closest mates - adventurer/photographer extraordinaire

My daughter Charlotte, back in 2018. She's now 7 year old. Time flies...

Between the flags

February 27, 2023

Morning gang,

How was your weekend? Any exciting stuff? Mine was pretty chilled - no Mardi Gras, no concert of Kylie Minogue, Ed Sheeran or Harry Styles (but that was certainly all over my feed)

As every Monday, exercised down at the bars in North Bondi with the crew and when it was getting too hard/the light was ON, I escaped to take photos in the water. The water was divine, I stayed a good 45 mins in it and took photos of what was going on around me. Let’s be honest, North Bondi is way more quiet than down South so if you went for a dip, I took a photo of you.

The perfect way to kick off the week if you ask me,

Have a wonderful week,

Ciao,

Amo

Technically awful, yet my favourite one of this morning

Happy Matt Pearce! He trained with me but go up to the end, you can tell.

It's Monday after all... I would happily stayed in bed too

Kim McIntosh, our extraordinaire trainer

Ryan Manente, getting that first splash!

One BIG community

February 24, 2023

Morning gang,

Happy Friday!

What a great way of wrapping up the week! This morning was just epic. The photos don’t really give justice to how good the morning was.

One of the things that I love about Bondi is that even though there are a lot of different communities, the Bondi Salties, OneWave Fluro Crew, Bondi Penguins, Friday Swim Club, the 440 run club, Team Murph… when comes a time to rally everyone together, they all turn up. This morning was for the Sea Sheperd #NetsOutNow gathering. Good on you guys!

As I was saying the photos don’t really give justice and being honest I don’t think they are that great but it doesn’t matter - I’m glad that I got to capture this. Alright, I think that’s enough rambling for this morning…

Keep up my friends, I’m proud of you!

Xoxo

Amo

Henry, one of the guy behind Bondi Salties

Out in the sun

February 23, 2023

Morning gang,

The weather forecast, unfortunately, got it right, another great day to stay in bed and dream of more sunny days. That’s exactly what I did and I have no regrets whatsoever.

Here is a selection of photos from picture-perfect Bondi. Yes, sometimes I change my identity to ‘Afternoon Bondi’ or ‘Evening Bondi’. Sh*t happens as they say. We live in Paradise, I can tell ya!

On a more serious note, due to the recent incident of the dolphin getting caught and dying in the shark net, you can see the very sad video on the Drone Shark App account, the guys from Sea Sheperd Australia are organising a gathering tomorrow at 6 am in front of the Bondi Pavilion. Watch this video by Hunter DeRusha, Sea Sheperd Australia’s NSW Shark Defence coordinator for all the details.

Shark nets are absolutely useless and unfortunately do not prevent sharks from coming close to the beach. The facts are here. Also, remember that video of the wobbegong shark getting very close to me when I was shooting only a few meters from the Icebergs. You see, absolutely pointless!

See you down there gang,

Xoxo

Amo

North Bondi boat ramp, a great place to hangout

Bondi Beach before the Cool Cabanas took over

David Finato, my first Aussie mate. I've known this guy for more than 20 years.

Julius Cruickshank, another of my oldest mates, part of the OG Morning Bondi crew

Brace yourself

February 22, 2023

Morning gang,

How’s everyone today?

What a wild weather, after yesterday’s crazy storm, this morning was full on wind. No point in going outside as I didn’t want it to mess up my hair. Just kidding, I was happy to sleep in for once.

Today and tomorrow are not going to be too nice but we should have a great end of the week and weekend according to the weather forecast. My advice to you, squeeze in as much work as possible in the next couple of days so that you can get in the sun once it’s back in town.

Here are some photos from the archives, all in portrait mode for a change.

Have a wonderful day my friends,

Ciaoooo,

Amo

BondEye - one of my most popular photos back in 2017 (Why? No idea)

Flat rock, best place to hangout at sunset if you don't mind the scratches

T-Yew-sday

February 21, 2023

Morning my friends,

OMG what a morning! Were you down there? It felt like the entire Eastern Suburbs were down there making the most of the morning before the rain comes later today.

I woke up early and squeezed a quick workout down at the bars in North Bondi, then I had to stop around 6:20 am when the light started to be good.

For a change, I walked along the promenade up to South Bondi and back to North via the beach. I stopped along the way to take photos and had a few chats with the usual suspects.

It was incredible, now I’m super pumped to carry on with the day.

Have a wonderful day,

Amo

Technically not a good photo but I love it

Charlotte Wearne, Jess Bodell and the little Pearl

Cheeky Friday

February 17, 2023

Morning gang,

How’s everyone today? How good was this morning!

For a change of angles, I took my sexy water housing for a swim with me - a perfect day for it, minus all the seaweed on the shore, which was not that pretty.

Taking photos in the water is by far the most challenging thing ever, there are so many things that you can’t control, the water on the lens, the sun flare, the fact that you are manically trying to stay afloat and all the surfers that want to kill you with their boards. But eh what a reward when you nail a good one.

After hanging out with all the surfers in South Bondi, I ventured to the Icebergs to take some photos. The water splashing on the edge was incredible, then climbed the stairs, and took a few more before being told off by the management that it wasn’t allowed. Obviously, not what you want to hear but eh I really like the photos and the Icebergs might do too so who knows I might be back but please don’t tell them, I don’t want to get in trouble. I reckon I should get a petition going to get VIP access to it. Would you sign it?

Have a cracking Friday my friends,

xoxo

Amo

Old mate Grant waiting for the Fluro Crew!

Sunrise from the surf brings the best colours

Maca Pineda from Chile, just arrived 2-weeks ago and is amazed by the number of surfers

The naughty corner (that's where I'm going to end-up if I climb the stairs again)

Out of this world

February 16, 2023

Morning my friends,

How’s everyone today?

Personally, I’m super pumped! After an awesome preview of the Alliance French Film Festival last night with my new bestie Guillaume Brahimi, I was already pretty excited but this morning top it up.

It was just out of this world, started with amazing first lights, then incredible sunrise and then four dolphins showed up and started jumping just next to the Icebergs. Trust me, it was dolphinitely flippin’ awesome!

Everyone had their phone out, no one was training at the Icebergs Gym - fair enough. I was also meant to exercise with my mates but bailed completely.

That’s all folks,

xoxo

Amo

PS: My apologies for the delayed update but amazeball sunrise and busy morning is never a good combo.

Not much working out going right there...

That feelin' when you didn't see the dolphins!

Valentine's Day

February 14, 2023

Morning my friends,

How’s everyone this morning?

When the alarm clock went off at 5:30 am, I had good intentions to go down the beach but changed my mind while looking at the weather outside - just not very inspiring and I have an early meeting so stayed in bed, worked a little and wrote this amazing prose that you are reading right now. 🤦🏽‍♂️

I will leave you with just that as clearly the inspiration is not there.

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone,

Lots of love,

Xoxo

Amo

Mark Fontela about to re-create the 'First in, first ripples'

When you forgot that it was Valentine’s Day and I’m here to remind you…

VERTICAL

February 13, 2023

Morning my friends,

Hope you’ve all had a great weekend.

After a pretty good weekend weather-wise, today was slightly different - it was grey, windy and we even coped with some light drizzle halfway through the workout session. Loving it! Unfortunately, no escape as we were already down there.

Today and tomorrow are meant to be pretty bad (perfect time to get work done) but hopefully sunshine is back on Wednesday morning.

Have a love week my friends and enjoy the archive photos all shots in portrait mode,

Ciao,

Amo

North Bondi at sunset is the equivalent of South Bondi at sunrise

Friday ⚡ Energy

February 10, 2023

Morning gang,

Happy Friday! How good was this morning!

After a fantastic event organised by the legends at Studiospace - pitched Bread Agency, got all excited and met a bunch of like-minded entrepreneurs, I went to bed way too late last night. So I had a bit of a slow morning, slept in up to 6 am (I know not that late but by my standards yes) then ventured down the beach. The sun only showed up around 6:40 am, plenty of time this morning to slowly wake up.

I had so many good chit-chats this morning, took some photos throughout, quick dip and back home for an early meeting. We are in full swing working on the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival down in Bondi. This thing is going to be epic! Get amongst it @OceanLoversFestival and share the love.

I think that’s enough blabla for one morning, enjoy the photos, if you don’t, you know the drill send all your complaints to customerservice@morningbondi.com, and someone might get back to you.

Xoxo

Amo

Friends who swim together, friends forever

Fridays at the Bergs are alway a bit hectic

Oli Coulthard - amazing car photographer. I put him on a Toyota job a bit more than 2 years ago and he’s still working with these guys since then.

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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