Just to make sure I don't forget anything...here is a little blurb about what kept us busy Friday and Saturday. The weather was nice on Friday so we decided to take the day to visit Manly. Off we go on the ferry to cross over...oh...Tanya insisted we call it our Harbour Cruise....
Well, the views are spectacular, the sun is warm and we have front row seats on the front deck, what more could we ask for! The captain...I am sure his name was Captain Cook :) announces that we are going through the heads and that the swells are higher than normal today...hmmm...wonder what that means...as we suddenly start dipping and bobbing. Of course, Tanya and I pick the only day out of the year where the swells are the highest they have been!
We make it safely ashore and notice that Manly is all about food. My goodness! All these goody stores line the gateway. Hmmm...we are already planing on what flavors of ice cream we are going to get on our way back :) We head off down the Corso (street lined with shops and no cars allowed) and go down to the beach. Signs are posted everywhere that there is no swimming allowed because of the crazy waves so we sit and watch the surfers tackle the gigantic waves. We decide to plunge our feet...and misjudging how far out I was got soaked to my knees! No worries it was a bright sunny day.
We have lunch on the beach wall and head off for Ocean World. Small but with a cool shark tunnel we explore for about an hour and head off back to Circular Quay. The ferry....sorry...cruise...was cancelled due to 4 feet swells! So we head back on a crowded bus and make our way to the Sydney Tower..more appropriately known as the marshmallow in the sky.
We check out the views...hop on a movie ride that gave me motion sickness! And then headed over to Orbit Lounge for a cocktail. Orbit is in a high rise on the 47th floor and the floor goes around in a slow 360 so that you can have amazing views of the city. I order a Ruby Paradise and Tanya and dry martini. We sit back relax and enjoy our cocktails and the view. They had these amazing fried tortellini stuffed with goat cheese and pumpkin! MMM! But at $3 each...we only enjoyed a few.
After a beautiful sleep, we headed out to our final destinations in Sydney: the Aquarium, Wildlife World and Paddy's Market. Both aquarium and zoo were very cool...I want a koala...and our only advice to future visitors is to go during the week when there will be less screaming parents and children. Paddy's Market is flea market...not what we were expecting, but I got a quick massage for $20 from a very persuasive Chinese lady and we bought some cheep souvenirs.
That night we headed out for a very nice evening with Sandra and her son Brian (friends of Aunt Debbie and Uncle Bill) for a wonderful meal and conversation and then stumbled into our beds, sad that we were leaving the next day.
Voila! And with that our time in Sydney is already over!
I am off to get my clothes out of the drier and pack up everything for Part 2 of our adventure!
Miss you and love you all!
Angie
xxx
I get worn out just reading about your adventures. You'll have to get back home so you can rest up. LOL.
ReplyDelete