Several freak waves swept up on to Bondi Beach dragging beachgoers out into boiling seas. Life savers rescued more than 300 people that day. Five people drowned. The famous Bondi Icebergs Club is above the Bondi Baths at the southern end of the beach. The club has approximately 600 members.
Visitors are welcome.
Views from Mackenies Point south to Maroubra. B.C. Surrounding land, known as Mackenzies Waverley Dairy, was used for grazing in the 1880s. Aboriginal rock carvings in Marks Park were regrooved in 1962. Governor noted the Cadigal aboriginal people roamed the land from South Head at the harbour entrance, to Sydney Cove, including today's Waverley Municipality. Swimming at Mackenzies Bay is dangerous, the beach is not patrolled and there are hidden rocks.