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Bondi Beach Makeover: Just in Time for Chinese Tourists

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Bondi Beach Makeover: Just in Time for Chinese Tourists

Bondi Beach stands to gain substantially from a tourism campaign in China and a planned facelift.

Bondi Beach, one of Australia’s best-known stretches of sand and Sydney’s third most visited spot, is about to become a lot greener. On Tuesday the Waverly Council unveiled an ambitious ten-year blueprint to replace the concrete aspects of the iconic spot with grass, trees and structures for shade. In particular, the areas of the swaths of the beach currently dedicated to parking will take on more natural contours.

"Just to spruce it up, can you imagine not having cars?" said Waverly mayor Sally Betts.

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