Circle of life: Bondi dawn puts massacre victims in spotlight for final time
About 100 paddleboarders and surfboard riders have poured into the surf to honour the six victims of the Bondi stabbing attack.
Itās a setting best known for its throng of tourists, busy beaches and families out for the weekend.
But as the sun rose on Tuesday morning, a more sombre scene took shape as the paddle boarders formed a heart in the ocean to remember the six lives lost.
Organiser Vicky Austin said 12 local clubs came together to say goodbye at the ocean, a focal point for the community.
āEveryoneās feeling the after effects of Bondi Junction and it was just a way for us as a community to come together in solidarity in the ocean we all love,ā she told ABC TV.
āWe play, we compete, and we come here for solace and I think itās our way to say goodbye to those that we have lost.
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āItās solidarity and mateship and what weāre all about.ā
Six people died and four remain in hospital after 40-year-old Joel Cauchi went on a stabbing spree at Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydneyās east on April 13.
Under the spans of a botanic gardenās architectural centrepiece, an irreplaceable mother and architect killed in the Bondi stabbing massacre will be remembered separately later on Tuesday.
Friends and family of Jade Young, 47, will say their farewells at a service in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney.
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Mourners have been urged to wear colour in memory of the ādearly loved and irreplaceable wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt and beloved friend to manyā.
The venue for the memorial, the Calyx, is the gardensā architectural centrepiece and features one of the southern hemisphereās largest garden walls.
āShe was family. Anyone who knew Jade knew what a beautiful, kind and warm soul she was,ā the firmās managing director Georgina Wilson said last week.
Ms Youngās family at the weekend thanked those who donated more than $210,000 to a fundraiser dedicated to helping her husband and two daughters deal with their grief.
āEnsuring the financial security of the girls as they face a future without their mother is the familyās priority and theyāve been overwhelmed by peopleās generosity,ā Adam McLaughlin said.
Faraz Tahir, a 30-year-old security guard killed during his first shift at Westfield Bondi Junction, will be laid to rest on Friday at a mosque in Marsden Park in Sydneyās northwest.
The services for Australiaās worst mass killing in years follow a candlelight vigil at Bondi Beach at dusk on Sunday attended by hundreds of mourners.
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