Since Christmas was a bust for beach hanging out, we went on the 27th. It was sunny and 79. We got up early, made sandwiches and snacks and grabbed the Manly ferry. It has one job, shuttling people to and from Circular Quay and Manly Wharf. It is a huge ferry because it crosses the heads. Between the heads, the water from the Pacific is so strong the change in motion of the ferry is extremely noticeable.
As we pulled out of Circular Quay, this guy decided to hitch a ride.
These are the heads.
It's a short walk from the wharf over to the Pacific side.
When we got to the beach, it looked like this.
When we left, it looked like this.
We were very careful to reapply sunscreen, and equal our sun time with shade time.
Santa brought Christine and I some trendy retro bathing suits.
We planned to have a beach day the next day as well, so we kept this stay to 4 hours, and got back to the CBD in time for dinner at Jamie Oliver's. They don't take reservations and usually it's hard to get a table there, but we were there by 5:00, so we got a table right away.
We were starving from all our travels and the day in the sun. Toby and Christine both got veggie cannelloni three ways, Chris got clams and linguine, and I got truffled risotto. We also had an epic brownie for dessert. By the time we remembered to take a pic of the brownie, it was decimated.
The best part of the evening was that it was Friday night, and finally after a long time, we were having Friday night dinner with friends again! Ok, some of the usual suspects were missing, but we were happy.
We ended the night by walking down to the Harbour and watching the bats fly in from across the water at sunset. They were coming to rest in the tree right next to where we were sitting. It was a pretty amazing thing to see and Toby's favorite part of the day.
The next day was beach day too. Christine did a two for one post here.
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