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I'm Eugene Tan. I run a Web site, which is called Aquabumps.com.

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I get up every morning and take pictures down the beach.

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I put those picture on my Web site and e-mail them out to my database,

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which is, you know, about 40,000 these days.

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And it's a great start to the day, especially when you see sunrises like this morning.

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I normally end up swimming.

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It's just after 6:00 in the morning.

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All these people down here right now all have a desk job or somewhere to go,

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so they can do an hour's exercise and,

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you know, do their normal routine in the morning -- exercise,

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they go for a swim, go to a cafe -- and they're in the city by 8:30,

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and they'll probably end up back on the beach by 7:00 tonight and they can do something else.

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It's a pretty good life.

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It's a good life balance I think.

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G'day, I'm Chris Radburn.

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We're here at Double Bay and this hotel is the Golden Sheaf Hotel.

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Let's go and have a look, and grab a beer.

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It's been here about... since about 1936, I guess, 1930s.

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And it's a place that everyone's always come to in Sydney.

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It's in the eastern suburbs.

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It's always been a place to have a... you know, have a drink.

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You can have a seat over here, which is the bistro, which is always some really good food.

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You can still come here with your family,

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because, you know, you got your little kids walking around, as well.

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So it caters for everybody. So this is a local place.

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My name is Laura Enever.

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I am 19-years-old and I'm from North Narrabeen in Sydney Australia.

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So, we're at Freshwater Beach right now,

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and this was pretty much the birthplace of surfing in Australia.

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They have this statue right here.And this is The Duke.

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The Duke came here from Hawaii in 1914, way back in the day.

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So he kind of started surfing in Australia.

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The first person to actually surf in Australia was a girl who The Duke actually picked up off Freshwater Beach

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and they went out and tandemed together.

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So that's pretty cool to know that the first surfer in Australia was actually a girl.

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It's a nice view from up here.

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And this is Freshwater Beach.

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That's where they went surfing for the very first time.

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A lot of people come to the tower and ask the life guards what's the best thing to do and first thing

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we say is you gotta do the Bondi to Bronte walk.

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It's sensational with the cliff faces and stairs.

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It's a good workout all at the same time.

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You know, the cool part about this cliff walk,

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as you can see, is looking back onto the cliff face,

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and it's from the wind carving out the rocks over all these years.

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And it's just a magnificent sort of sight.

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Bondi's so well known around the world

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that you do feel like you're a bit of an icon now working as a lifeguard,

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and yeah, well I mean we're a part of the Aussie culture.

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You know, we're icons and ambassadors for Australia in the ocean.