Kangaroos, what Kangaroos?

Sydney in 45 seconds ( link to Den's You Tube video of Sydney)

Two days since we last blogged.  On our last day in Australia we decided to visit Manly Beach. It was a lovely day in Sydney (or was it?…..)  and we started the day with breakfast in a café near the hotel. We caught the free shuttle bus down to Circular Quay and caught the ferry to Manly, passing the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge.

Manly has a large sweeping expansive beach, with waves made for surfing. Darn it ! We had left our surfboards back in the hotel room, so there was nothing for it but to go for a walk through the bush.

# I come from a land up over, where men are white .... #

Lots of photos later, we found ourselves at the former school of Artillery, which sadly had nothing going for it, so we walked back down towards Manly. It was at that point we noticed the ominous clouds over Sydney some miles south of us. Thinking the rain would be upon us soon, we found a quiet restaurant and ate a cheap, delicious meal. Now the word cheap and Australia don’t go hand in hand, but they messed up the order and so were falling over themselves to compensate us even though we were so laid back we had hardly noticed.  A free dessert and coffee followed and they charged me half price for my main course. Result !



Abergele Beach......?



The ferry back was uneventful, if a little rocky. Back in Sydney we did the tour of the Ugg Boot shops (too late for orders folks) where even in the tourist shops they are half the price of the UK. Xmas pressies duly purchased (not giving anything away here) we started the long walk back to the hotel.  Den commented about the light show that was obviously taking place, as the dark night sky seemed permanently lit up. It was only later that we realised that this was no light show but thunder and lightening in the Sydney suburbs south of the city.  We got back to the hotel minutes before the heavens opened. It was raining Kangaroos and Koalas. So much so that Sydney International Airport was closed for several hours.

But it's always sunny in Australia.....

Back to the room and some hectic packing as we were due to leave the hotel at 6.00am the next morning…..

P.S We didn’t see a single kangaroo in all the time we were in Australia L

Overall we loved Australia. I liked Queensland most because it was sweltering and humid, Lucy preferred Sydney where humidity was pretty low. They drive on the correct side of the road and they drink lager. To top it off I didn’t have to learn a new languageJ. It is definitely a young person’s country so come on kids, get your arses out here.