Rainy Winter's Day in Manly

Crashing waves on Manly Beach

We woke to a gorgeous morning, but unfortunately it didn't last long. By the time Lindsey & Stuart had left for work, miserable weather had set in and it was raining hard.

We gave Tom until 8am to sleep in and then had breakfast whilst enjoying the view from the apartment - we can see over the sea and best of all watch all the ferries coming and going - Tom strongly approves of this hotel!

View of a beach from the Walkway

Banksia

Matt did a couple of WASAs and then we decided to head out, so we walked down to the town centre, visited tourist information got given loads of flyers and then went for a stroll. The rain cleared up so we were able to enjoy it. Had a quick look in some souvineer shops, found a shop with a train play table and a suspended railway in it (were there quite a while!), then we watched the surfers playing on the big breaking waves on the main beach. We then had lunch - we decided on Japanese, but unfortunately didn't choose wisely - was very average.

On the Manly Scenic Walkway with a flowering Aloe

By now the sun was trying to break through so we decided to do some of the Manly Scenic Walkway. We were lucky, it didn't rain again, but both boys were beginning to flag so we made our way back. Funny, as always seems the case when you visit an English speaking country you don't feel immediately if you are in a different country. Clues here: the dawn chorus, the birds here sound very different to those back home, and the flora: huge Banksia trees (bottle brush trees as I call them), Aloe, Birds of Paradise - all plants that live in exotic glass houses at home.

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Location:Manly