To Manly by ferry

We got the public ferry across to Manly today and spent the day at Manly beach. The ferry was great - you get to see all the sights of Sydney from the sea along the way but much cheaper than a sightseeing trip (just seen your comment on our previous post James & Lou - looks like you had the same idea too!). The weather was ideal - not too hot (temp in early 20s again) and we enjoyed a picnic lunch on the beach (more sushi!). The waves were big and the currents strong though, with the lifeguards doing regular announcements about safety and moving the flags to indicate safe swimming areas surprisingly frequently. How they could tell from standing on the beach which areas were safe & which weren't is beyond me though.... We got 2 ferries to get all the way back to Darling Harbour, the second of which actually took us under the Harbour Bridge. Solana was tired out & napped all the way back, so she missed the ferry journeys... This evening we went out in Darling Harbour and treated ourselves to cocktails and a 2-course meal with a view. Solana wolfed a massive kids steak & chips for dinner (her vegetarianism turned out to be short-lived!). On the way back, we found an outdoor cinema along the harbour, which happened to be showing a kids film. We sat down and enjoyed the last 10 minutes of "Finding Dory" - a great idea, wish we'd got there sooner.Read more