#SydneyStorm Swallows Parts Of Bondi-Bronte Walk, Closes It Indefinitely

Oh no. Oh no no no.

The #SydneyStorm has been devastating over the weekend, claiming several lives, rendering thousands without power, and completely obliterating Collaroy Beach. The clean up is ongoing, and the bill is still coming.

And while a lot of the media attention has focused on the Northern Beaches, and that now iconic photo of some poor (so-to-speak) bloke’s pool falling into the ocean, the Eastern Beaches have not been without their fair amount of destruction.

We’re talking about the now partially-destroyed Bondi-Bronte coastal walk.

Washed away: the iconic Bondi coastal walk has been destroyed in two places #bondibeach pic.twitter.com/jp1yQplVU3

— Kate McClymont (@Kate_McClymont) June 6, 2016

A tweet from the Sydney Morning Herald‘s Kate McClymont shows a section of the walk that has completely collapsed.


Waverley Council tells PEDESTRIAN.TV that the coastal walk is closed from Notts Avenue to Marks Park, and then again from Trafalgar Street to Boundary Street (adjacent to Waverley Cemetery). It’s too early to estimate how long it’ll be closed for or how much it’s going to cost, they tell us, but a coastal engineer has been brought in to sort it out.

Source: Facebook / Waverley Council.

Bronte is the worst hit of the Eastern Beaches. “Parts of the retaining wall have collapsed, and Bronte toilets (southern and northern amenities) were both flooded with the king tide,” said a spokesperson. “No internal damage to either has been reported.”

This is the very closed Bronte Beach at the ‘mo:

Tamarama is also closed, but Bondi is very much open. 

Keep an eye on Waverley Council’s Facebook page to find out when the coastal walk is back up and open for fitness again: https://www.facebook.com/WhatsOnWaverley

And I guess this is the end of my adventure for today. pic.twitter.com/OJJJH5yz78

— Chris Urquhart (@chrisurquhart) June 7, 2016

Photo: Twitter / @Kate_McClymont.