Absolutely stellar experience. The instructors are friendly, knowledgeable, and handled our large…read moregroup quite well. We had so much fun that we went back a second time! They teach super well, even if you've never been surfing before. A must if in Sydney!

Hubby and I are, let's just say, not natural surfers, nor very good swimmers, but we try really,…read morereally hard. As in we have had a couple dozens of lessons across Hawaii, Southern California, Costa Rica, and now Australia. We've tried going out on our own with friends to a new spot before, and nearly drowned. So since then, we've decided to always get a lesson first in an unfamiliar beach to get some local insight, and, well, try not to die, plus maybe just get a tiny bit better at catching a few waves. We got 10 students to 2 instructors, not a bad ratio for a group lesson. Lenny and Fred were super laid back and friendly. It was 2 hour lesson, but we spent over half an hour of it just stretching and doing introductions. For another half an hour, we learned about how the waves are formed, the areas to avoid, where the riptides are, etc. All important information, don't get me wrong. Just know that 1 hour of active time is more than enough for most beginners. Our instructors were great at pushing us into the waves at the right time. Every time they gave me a push, I popped up with no problem. When I tried on my own, it was more failure than success. They gave me only a couple pointers as to what I could do to improve, but understandably they were busy with everyone else. I believe every single student had a good pop up by the end of the class. The only thing I was disappointed about was that we stuck to white water only and did not go to the line up for some green waves. However, we came back the next day on our own and rented boards from here at a very reasonable price (A$70 with wetsuit for 2 hours per person), carried it over to the beach, and I actually paddled out and got a great session in! At home, we still use foam boards, and there are signs everywhere on the beach that said foam boards only, I guess for safety reasons? Intermediate to pro surfers, I'm not sure if you'd get the same enjoyment out of Bondi, but maybe try Manly instead.

I studied Architecture at the Faculty of Built Environment here for 1 year, and then dropped out as…read moreI sucked at maths. It's a great university, for Architecture, and Sciences as the school of architecture was one of the founding schools of UNSW. Informally called New South of UNSW, we had a lot of fun studying in the large open fields, enjoying the grander of sandstone Romanesque architecture, and new modern buildings and investments in art that the university constantly made. The main UNSW campus is divided geographically into two areas: upper campus and lower campus, which often made it difficult to meet others who were studying different things, as the walk could take up to 15 minutes for either end, and can take even longer if the crowd of nearly 46,000 students block your way. My favourite part about this campus was the bars, cafe's and campus culture which was very prominent. The roundhouse often had great parties and events organised by students and councils, which went off the hook!

Emotions run high each time I walk past this place. Negative ones to be precise but I should not go…read moreinto details here. Generally, the school buildings are O.K. Nothing special. It seems like they are demolishing more lecture halls and turn them around to build student accommodation. A.R.G.H , alright, my blood is starting to boil, so I'm going to my next point. There are a few bars, food courts and restaurants around campus. There is also a small IGA supermarket on the lower campus (Gate 2 , High Street). OK I should stop here.