Strolling along the Bondi Beach promenade on a bright autumn morning, this man appeared blissfully unaware of the surprised stares from bystanders as he smoked a bizarre bong device.

Fit locals pounding the pavement on their morning exercise routines gawked on Thursday as the fellow relaxed and enjoyed a puff from his apparently homemade contraption.

'There were a few stares,' photographer Roland Walker told Daily Mail Australia. 'People in their lycra turning their heads.'

What do YOU want? On a bright, autumn morning at Bondi Beach, this man pulled out a bizarre homemade bong-like device and enjoyed a puff - as fit locals jogging nearby gawked

'There were a few stares,' photographer Roland Walker told Daily Mail Australia. The man was walking the famous strip around 10am on Thursday morning

Mr Walker spotted the man with a group on the famous tourist strip near the surf life saving club around 10am.

Many of the man's companions - believed to be tourists - were smoking, but only this fellow wielded this style of unique apparatus.

It was fashioned out of a half-full Cool Ridge plastic water bottle, a traditional tobacco cigarette and what appeared to be a small piece of connecting pipe.

'I've never seen that (type of device) before, with cigarettes poking out... Usually it's a different kind of cigarette coming out of a device like that,' Mr Walker said.

'It's just ironic, because Bondi's such a clean place, with lots of fresh air, while he's obviously taking his smoking to another level in this clean environment.'

The man cast a withering stare towards the photographer as he snapped a picture for posterity.

'He didn't say anything,' Mr Walker said 'Maybe he was trying to impress the ladies.'