Back in Sydney - visiting Manly Beach

After a streneous busride with Premier Motorservices through the night (ie no sleep) we are now back in Sydney and are staying at YHA Glebe until Tuesday 19, when our flight leaves for home, sweet home.

Today we've been doing some xmas shopping and, as todays expedition, we took the ferry to Manly Beach, which is an approx 45 mins ferry ride from Sydney CBD. Situated seven miles north-east of Sydney on the lower Northern Beaches, Manly was named by Captain Arthur Phillip after his encounter with the confident and manly Aboriginal people of the Kay-ye-my clan who lived here. Surrounded on three sides by water, Manly is the perfect destination to enjoy both the habour and the 18 ocean beaches, coves and inlets to swim, sail and surf.

Nice view, eh?

The view you get of Manly Beach if you are really tall or take a chopper ride

After a couple of hours working on our tan and dehydrating we we had a little look around just to conclude that the only sort of residence we can afford at Manly as of today is a cardboard box - a used one.