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ktgw Mar 24th 2013 9:05 pm
Beach cafe
 
Hi all,
Just a small funny question ;)

My friend is living in Australia, and he claims that there is no Coffee house on the beach anywhere in Australia, so you can drink your coffee and watch and hear the ocean (coffee house with sea view from long distance doesn't count).

Is it really true?
or that you have a good example for such place.

Thanks.

spouse of scouse Mar 24th 2013 9:27 pm
Re: Beach cafe
 
Originally Posted by ktgw (Post 10622226)
Hi all,
Just a small funny question ;)

My friend is living in Australia, and he claims that there is no Coffee house on the beach anywhere in Australia, so you can drink your coffee and watch and hear the ocean (coffee house with sea view from long distance doesn't count).

Is it really true?
or that you have a good example for such place.

Thanks.
Your friend obviously lives in the Outback! In Perth and its surrounds alone, there are too many beach side cafes to count. From Freo, to Scarborough, Hillarys - there are tons!!!!

Jilliebee Mar 24th 2013 11:52 pm
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This is simply one of thousands. How close to the beach does your friend mean??

this is at St Kilda

Amazulu Mar 25th 2013 12:06 am
Re: Beach cafe
 
Originally Posted by ktgw (Post 10622226)
Hi all,
Just a small funny question ;)

My friend is living in Australia, and he claims that there is no Coffee house on the beach anywhere in Australia, so you can drink your coffee and watch and hear the ocean (coffee house with sea view from long distance doesn't count).

Is it really true?
or that you have a good example for such place.

Thanks.
Your mate is talking shite

odyssey Mar 25th 2013 12:11 am
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Sunshine Coast has lots

ktgw Mar 25th 2013 12:50 am
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My friend lives in Adelaide, maybe this is the problem.

Jilliebee Mar 25th 2013 1:17 am
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No, Adelaide has some fabulous beaches - and cafes. Not sure if your friend is just winding you up x

Grange Jetty Kiosk

moneypenny20 Mar 25th 2013 1:31 am
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There are surprisingly few on the Gold Coast strangely enough. However you can get a decent coffee at most of the surf clubs and they have bloody good sea views.

spouse of scouse Mar 25th 2013 1:51 am
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Originally Posted by moneypenny20 (Post 10622640)
There are surprisingly few on the Gold Coast strangely enough. However you can get a decent coffee at most of the surf clubs and they have bloody good sea views.
....and sometimes that's better than sitting in a cafe. My favourite thing is to get a take away coffee from what looks like a fairly grotty cafe over the road from Scarborough beach, but the Greek owner makes the best expresso, and then sit on a bench on the beach and enjoy it.

tina68 Mar 25th 2013 2:14 am
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How lucky you all are!! its about 3 degrees here today in the uk and its so cold.

ktgw Mar 25th 2013 2:20 am
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Thanks, you were very helpful :)

spouse of scouse Mar 25th 2013 2:34 am
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Originally Posted by tina68 (Post 10622713)
How lucky you all are!! its about 3 degrees here today in the uk and its so cold.
Tina, it's been so hot in Perth (hottest summer on record) that I've been quite envious when talking to the rellies in Liverpool, and they tell me how cold it is - I reckon the whole country should do a swap for a couple of months :D

spouse of scouse Mar 25th 2013 2:36 am
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Originally Posted by ktgw (Post 10622723)
Thanks, you were very helpful :)
You've got lots to tell your friend about!! :)

old.sparkles Mar 25th 2013 4:08 am
Re: Beach cafe
 
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 10622742)
Tina, it's been so hot in Perth (hottest summer on record) that I've been quite envious when talking to the rellies in Liverpool, and they tell me how cold it is - I reckon the whole country should do a swap for a couple of months :D
I'd go for the swap but only for the next 10 days or so - I'm hoping for some sun when we arrive.

Don't think it would go down that well over there tho - it's only 0 by me, and feels like -5 :eek:

spouse of scouse Mar 25th 2013 4:29 am
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Originally Posted by old.sparkles (Post 10622917)
I'd go for the swap but only for the next 10 days or so - I'm hoping for some sun when we arrive.

Don't think it would go down that well over there tho - it's only 0 by me, and feels like -5 :eek:
You'll get plenty of sun sparkles, although hopefully the 40+ days will be long gone - too much of a good thing, and all that!

tina68 Mar 25th 2013 5:27 am
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We are hoping to move to perth one day. We are doing the skill select visa. So confusing though .

aussietobe Mar 28th 2013 4:33 pm
Re: Beach cafe
 
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 10622742)
Tina, it's been so hot in Perth (hottest summer on record) that I've been quite envious when talking to the rellies in Liverpool, and they tell me how cold it is - I reckon the whole country should do a swap for a couple of months :D
I didn't find this summer in Perth hot at all...

spouse of scouse Mar 28th 2013 10:42 pm
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Originally Posted by aussietobe (Post 10630237)
I didn't find this summer in Perth hot at all...
I suppose some people might consider one day in three over 35c as not hot. I'm not one of them.

michael_w Mar 30th 2013 10:17 am
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Collaroy Beach is just one of many in Sydney that has a cafe right on the beachfront. Others that spring to mind are Redleaf, Clovelly, Clontarf and Tamarama., to name just a few.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3536/4...336da38553.jpg

asher Mar 30th 2013 11:21 am
Re: Beach cafe
 
Originally Posted by ktgw (Post 10622226)
Hi all,
Just a small funny question ;)

My friend is living in Australia, and he claims that there is no Coffee house on the beach anywhere in Australia, so you can drink your coffee and watch and hear the ocean (coffee house with sea view from long distance doesn't count).

Is it really true?
or that you have a good example for such place.

Thanks.
There are thousands all over Australia. Really your mate is spouting drivel :rofl:

northernbird Mar 30th 2013 9:42 pm
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Originally Posted by aussietobe (Post 10630237)
I didn't find this summer in Perth hot at all...
My electricity bill didn't agree!

Bermudashorts Mar 30th 2013 9:54 pm
Re: Beach cafe
 
Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 10622978)
You'll get plenty of sun sparkles, although hopefully the 40+ days will be long gone - too much of a good thing, and all that!
I don't know how you can cope with a week or more of 40 degrees in WA. We had one day like that in Sydney this year, still 39 deg at 2am. The next week another 40+ day was forecast so I booked us into a hotel! (We don't have air con). :D

Oh yes and to the thread, plenty of beach cafes. We like getting a takeout coffee and taking it to beach too, in milder weather or evenings /mornings that is.

northernbird Mar 30th 2013 9:59 pm
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Originally Posted by Bermudashorts (Post 10633130)
I don't know how you can cope with a week or more of 40 degrees in WA. We had one day like that in Sydney this year, still 39 deg at 2am. The next week another 40+ day was forecast so I booked us into a hotel! (We don't have air con). :D

Oh yes and to the thread, plenty of beach cafes. We like getting a takeout coffee and taking it to beach too, in milder weather or evenings /mornings that is.
In 8 years here I can't tell you when this happened. A few days of 40 has happened but not a week. Plus it's quite a dry heat so is, IMO, easier to cope with.

spouse of scouse Mar 30th 2013 10:31 pm
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Originally Posted by northernbird (Post 10633132)
In 8 years here I can't tell you when this happened. A few days of 40 has happened but not a week. Plus it's quite a dry heat so is, IMO, easier to cope with.
It felt like 40+ all summer to me! I know it wasn't, but it was one of hottest summers on record and I felt every bit of it.

BermudaShorts, if we weren't going to retire in the UK we'd move down to Albany, it always seems to be 10 degrees cooler than Perth. Laughing at you booking into a hotel, ya wuss :lol:


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