More than half of the samples were contaminated with E. coli, which the investigators say comes from one primary source -- swimmers pooping in the pool.
The witty NEW MAjestic Hotel, with its ebullient murals, sleek furniture, exposed ceiling and glass-bottomed pool that lets swimmers view the restaurant downstairs, is a case in point.
Concrete clad and perennially crowded, Bondi's well-trodden stretch of sand presents a broad slice of modern Sydney life, from the weather-beaten lap swimmers at the Icebergs sea pool, to the Negroni-swilling regulars at North Bondi Italian.