Somethings to Shout About!

Wow! Our extended family here at Bondi Village Resort contains some amazingly wonderfully talented young people. We're always happy to showcase some of their magic!

We were delighted to feature Noam Bierstone, when, at age 18, he won the Canadian Music Awards, age 19 - 30 category in keyboard percussion. Yes, he's that good.  I, for one, had no idea that a xylophone could actually be played like that, and I'm still in awe.  Check out his videos, and prepare to be amazed.

Earlier this year, we were thrilled to feature Emily Swinkin's poem, The Children of Fishermen,  winner of the University of Toronto's Alumni Short Story and Poetry Contest.  This week, we got an email -- you never know who is reading this Blog!  An agent for a publishing company found her poem on the Bondi Resort Blog, and wants to include it in a new series of contemporary Canadian literature for high school students.  We were more than happy to pass the request along to Emily, and are hoping it all works out.

Owl feather, Quinn Dalgarno photo

Then, hard on the heels of that, we got a copy of a video about Nature Deficit Disorder that Quinn made for a Grade 11 Tech Class. His mom, Lesley, told me that she 'absolutely loved it' and just wanted to share. We feel the same way.   Of course, we share Quinn's passion for the Great Outdoors, for Nature, and we agree completely that people -- and especially a lot of children now -- just don't get enough time outside, unplugged.  Here at Bondi, we provide plenty of spaces and places where that magic can still happen -- a place to just chill, watch the wildlife, walk through the woods with only birdsong in your ears, smell the air in every season -- from the lilacs in spring, through summer's torrent of flowers and grass, autumn's cooler, earthier scent laced with evergreens, winters crisp bright air smelling of wind and snow -- We have places where you can laugh and shout, run, play, make your own fun and touch the earth. Places where you can be silent and let your soul catch up.  Room to let the kids be kids.

We are astonishingly proud of the accomplishments of these young people -- all of whom have spent many many summers here at Bondi, finding inspiration in the wild that surrounds us.  We are honoured that you are "Bondi Kids."


P.S. Emily just let us know that McGraw Hill has contracted to use her poem in an anthology -- so we have had to remove the link to the poem itself at this time.Trust us, it's lovely...