Blogs from Manly, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Hi all ( or few as the cse may be!) Today I went to Bondi beach to catch a glimpse of the surfers! It was another lovely sunny day, so we sat on the beach and had a picnic. Then had a quick paddle in the PAcific ocean. We also went to Manly, where there is another beach - a bit more upmarket than Bondi, well an older crowd, anyway. Felt more at home there, though there were more surfers - nearer to my age this time! The Ferry over to MAnly was good - got a great view of the other side of the opera house. We also visited Paddy's market - a huge collection of market stalls & picked up a couple of bargains. This evening, finished up the trip to Sydney with a ... read more

What a great day! We got in about 12 hours of sightseeing activity today. Although the early morning sky looked threatening we opted for travel by ferry today. A nice 30-minute ride from Sydney to Manly provided great views of the Sydney skyline and the many parks that line the shores. Once in Manly we got this bright idea to rent bicycles so we could see more of the area in a few hours than we could on foot. I think the young attendant at the bike hire shop was chuckling as he sent us out, with upside-down maps on the handlebars, on a route that started out with lots of hills. After viewing a couple of secluded coves and a lot of huffing and puffing, we abandoned the suggested route to the Sydney Harbor National ... read more

Another update from our now very occasional blog. Apologies for those who have been waiting in anticipation of a fresh installment. We are now in the depths of the Antipodean winter, which contrary to popular opinion is in fact very cold and very dark. Like England dusk is at about 4.30pm and it's invariably night by the time I (Will) gets back home. No more evening surfs, ultimate frisbee or picnics :( So we make do with heading over to the local "Veterans" sports centre ( http://www.harborddiggers.com.au ) for some training, swimming and a good long sauna. It's a great place to have near by and has a real sense of local charm, marred only slightly by the "Pokkie Room" next to the bar, which houses some 100 electronic poker machines designed solely to rob elderly ... read more

well I left the hostel and caught the early ferry to Manly at 9.30am, and was met by Karen my friend and ex-hairdresser, big hugs all round. She was kind enuff not only to invite me to spend the day wiht her but also stay overnight, plus a very very long overdue haircut. Her apartment is about 2 mins walk from the most amazing beach, it was just like you see on all the adverts and films, white sand, blue ocean with great waves, beachball and last but definaatly not least, hunky sexy lookin men !!!! everywhere you look theres another one !!!! We had a great day, we went all around Manly centre, strollin, browsing the market, people watching and eating of course !!!! I spent the day with Karen and all her friends, who ... read more

The Internet sort of says I’m a comedian: ------------------------------------- “One of Western Australia's leading funny men, John Robertson will also be on the bill to MC the very first heat of Quest for the Best '10, Australia's richest open mic competition in which the eventual winner takes home $5000. Contestants will be: • Sue Thomas • Kathy Smith • James Colley • Andrew Werczyk • James Calabrese • David Burke • Sean Ticehurst • Evan Ferguson Word of the week is Elvis. Tickets are $15 and available through Moshtix. Show starts at 8pm.” ---------------------------------------- Go to http://www.comedyontherox.com.au/ to see it for yourself. The show is Feb 3rd (tomorrow). As you can see, I have finally accomplished the almost impossible dream of having my name appear somewhere in the World Wide Web. How many of you can ... read more