Festival of the winds, hehe.
You can't tell me that you didn't laugh a little when you saw the title?!
Festival of the winds is not what every 10 year old thinks it is, it is a festival of kites as it is the most windy season here in Sydney. And by windy I don't mean cold, it was 30 degrees on Sat and Sunday this weekend, which is about 86 Fahrenheit or so. Not bad for the beginning of spring!
After heading down to Bondi beach, just a short walk down the road at an early 10am (it was already hot, so I had to get my sun-baking on early!) I was sad to see that the kites were not as plentiful as I had imagined (again like a 10 year old, when they say kite festival I immediately think A MILLION kites will be there) but luckily as the day progressed more and more kites came out.
The theme of the festival was "International" besides the hundreds of kites being flown (some professional some civilian) they had an international kite exhibit displaying kites from around the world, plus entertainment which included some folk dancing, Bolivian story telling dancers, and so much more. Plus, my personal favorite food stalls from around the world! yum!
After a day out in the sun, I spent the evening at Icebergs drinking and dancing. There was a great cover-band, and a 40 birthday going on, so it was my crowd! Lots of drunk crazy people, I even met my first Aussie celeb there, Dave Faulkner from the the Aussie Band Hoodoo Gurus, an 80's rock band! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kk3_FsqH3w (Please note, he no longer has the long flowing hair, it was short and balding...ahh would have loved to have met him 20 years ago!) so funny!
After the festival of the winds, I was quite winded, but well worth it!
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