postcard | bondi beach {SYD141}

bondi beach {location} 7km east of sydney cbd {former site use} francis o’brien privately owned the land but allowed public access to beach + surrounding land - he threatened to close the beach due to increased popularity until the government made the beach a public reserve in 1882 {other} in 1907 the bondi surf bathers’ life saving club formed + became the first documented australian club of its kind