Blogs from Manly, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 11

Ok, it's Wednesday morning, we are packed (well sort of) and we are thinking of the things we know we have forgotten. Lots of thanks to Lee Patrick for his help with moving all our belongings to a friend's garage, also thanks to Emma for providing the aforementioned garage. Lee, it's amazing how much effort you can put in outside of work hours :-) Thanks to Nicola and Owen for putting us up for a couple of days, check out the view from their place!! It's been hell staying here......not Last night we had a lovely evening at the local Manly Trivia night (pub quiz) it was great to see everyone before we left. Sharon won a spot prize, which was typical as we have packed everything! So presents were dished out to a lucky few ... read more

This is a test to see if this journal option is suitable for our new adventures..... Of course we are still loving it here in Manly but work is work, so even though we have good jobs, life is not just about working. Sharon has managed to get 6 months off and I've pretty much been guaranteed a job when I get back so we have an opportunity to get back to the old dart as they say here. We feel we are long overdue a visit to the relos and pomme mates so we are off soon! Now we couldn't go all that way without a little adventure so we are combining our trip with a south east asia travelling experience! (This means we are having a few months trying to live very cheaply sort ... read more

Jan 27. Woolahra. Stamped stickers. Found public hot shower. CYCA chanced upon sailing mate from RPYC. Very windy. Went to library. Email not working. Read. Hot shower. Went to parks facing harbour. Secluded and still. Very nice. Noisy miners, magpie larks, kookaburra. Days shortening! Jan 28. Over harbour bridge to the yachting scene on Pittwater. Forrest of masts. Avalon spruik good. Met supporters from last year. Had long lunch their house. They had large flag hung over dining table. Beachside met son of director of Ausflag who said he would sue me for being Ozflag. Seriously unpleasant fellow - rude, condescending, arrogant and threatening. Lives around here. Hopefully I won't meet him. Jan 29. Avalon spruik, swim. Water 20 degrees. Very nice. Went to Palm Beach. More beachs. Newport channel-billed cuckoo? Very large, grey, thick beak. ... read more

After yesterday's trip to Bondi, we had to go back to the beach again. Today it was back to the ferries and Manly Beach. Manly is not only a cool name, but also a cool beach. Not quite as nice as Bondi, but just as packed and great for people watching. Think Venice Beach, CA. There are a ton of shops and restaurants around as well. After today it's back to the USA (although not home quite yet!) We've had a great time in Sydney and definitely plan to return.... read more

We were going to walk around to Spit Point but it was raining. Instead we had a $10 steak and I had Apple Crumble as I miss it loads (nowhere near as good as my mums!) Dan went to the Aquarium and we watched him swim with the sharks - it was really cool! ... read more