Manly Beach

  Up and out the door to retrieve some coffee's for Kelly and I... remember those muscles need caffeine! It is move day for us as we head over to Manly Beach for the rest of our stay in the Sydney area.

Using the Opal app we planned out the route and then headed downstairs for some breakfast. They gave us the Air Canada discount so we left very happy!

We finished packing,  loaded up our bags and after checking out of the hotel, headed over to the Museum Train station. With all our gear we used the lifts and it was pretty painless.  Once on the train we checked the ferry departure time and determined that this gave us just 6 minutes to get to Wharf 3!

In true Reaville fashion, we got off the train, took a lift down to street level and walked on to the ferry with a full minute to spare. :-) The ferry took 20 minutes and again offered fantastic views of the Sidney Opera House.

It is an amazing structure.

Sydney skyline.

Once in Manly we headed over to a park right beside the wharf. As our Air B&B is not ready till 12:30 we wanted to stretch the time out so we just sat in the park and enjoyed the views. It is a 14 minute walk according to Google maps so we will hoof it there. Our luggage wheels will earn their keep!

Manly Wharf

In time, we walked up the road and headed towards our Air B&B. Kelly’s phone buzzed with a message saying the place was ready. Perfect. We easily found it and Kelly was pretty excited having booked this spot around Christmas.

Happy girl!

We quickly unpacked the essentials and headed for the beach. Sunscreen on and we laid on the beach a good half hour before the skies clouded over and the darker rain clouds started to move in. Ok Kelly said..  off to the shops.

Pre-cloud view of Manly Beach! Lovely spot!

We stopped at the Four Pines Brewery to ascertain freshness and  tastability of the products… they passed! A quick stop at the local Coles Grocery store and we left with a supply of snacks and dinner items for tonight. Yep we are home cooking that BBQ chicken we bought :-)

Back “home” we had some snacks then took a long walk along the waterfront before it got too dark.

Evening walkabout.

Dinner at home and then it happened!!!!!  I turned on the TV and what was on? NHL Playoffs! Now when I do an overnight in Portland, OR the odds of getting NHL Hockey are pretty much zero… but here in OZ… no problem it seems!

Flyers go down 3-1

 Off to bed as we are hoping for a stress free sunny beach day tomorrow!  Blog update was giving me issues with font sizes due to copy & paste and picture placement I believe??? All fixed now I hope!