Manly Beach Sydney

G'day!

We arrived in Oz early (very early) on Saturday morning after our night-time flight from Bangkok. Amazingly, the backpacks followed close behind having been in transit since check-in at Siem Reap airport the previous morning. The journey was a pretty smooth one (apart from a grumpy woman at the bureau de change), having decided …

Aujourd’hui je me suis décidé à aller à Manly. J’ai pris le train pour Circular quay, ou j’avais rendez-vous avec Jessica, une allemande que j’ai rencontré sur Facebook, et qui fait l’Aussie Explorer Tour avec moi à partir de dimanche. Elle était accompagnée de Tim, un californien qu’elle avait rencontré au dé …

Today is my 18th day away from home. Feels longer.

So today, the weather still wasn't great, but I'd decided I was going to Manly this afternoon no matter what. I started the day by going to the used bookshop up the road and buying two books. I then took a wander through the main strip of Kings Cross (I'm actually on the outskirts). This …

So, after another long but a little less terrifying flight we land in beautiful Oz and are met at the airport by Mark's aunt Julie. Very nice to see a friendly face after a long time of grumpy sweaty travelers (and that was just each other)! Drove about an hour and a half north to the Northern Beaches and Avalon (a normal commute in Syney terms!).< …

For our second day in the city, we decided we would take the Ferry from Circular Quay to Manly Beach. We took the 10:30am ferry. It took us about a half an hour to arrive. Manly was a nice little surf town. The first thing we did was walk down to take a look at the beach. It was a shame that it was winter time. It would have been really nice to …

We left Perth on an morning flight headed to the other side of the country and Sydney. A journey that at home would take about 15 minutes by air took 4 hours and involved a 3 hour time difference so as we descended into Sydney it was already early evening. For once we were on the correct side of the aircraft and not above a wing and we had the most …

Well I finally got onto the free "high speed" internet at the youth hostel. Here is the story.

When I was getting ready to leave I was talking to someone and she made the comment "Not all youth hostels are created equal." Well I now have living proof (in that I have lived in both) of that statement! When i was figuring out where to go next …

Yesterday I took the ferry to Manly Beach. This was in the other direction than the Olympic Park, so i now have seen almost the entire Sydney harbour. The ferry ride is 30 minutes and passes some really nice waterfront suburbs and I got some really great shots. Many is a thin peninsula northwest of Sydney and is only a few blocks from the harbour …

... the Middle East. Otherwise the city is dominated by old brick in the shade of eucalyptus. On Tuesday Vanessa and I took the ferry to Manly Beach, a route with a good view of the Opera House. Just as we reached the other side, it started to rain, then ...

... the Abel Tasman springs to mind!). After the 30 minute boat journey, we walked over to the gorgeous stretch of sand that is Manly Beach, and I cooled down by walking in the water. We found a nice shaded area and sat down for a while, gearing ...

... the Gap which are some famous cliffs. After that I headed back to the harbour, and caught another ferry to Manly beach, the second most famous beach in Sydney. Lot of backpackers and surfing there. I stayed till it was dark then came back on the ferry to ...

... we'd been to the one and only Bondi, we took a couple of photographs, but I tend to agree with Donna's assessment that Manly Beach is nicer. The walk followed the coast after Bondi, and we passed a couple of smaller, less crowded beaches that were ...

... huge lizards. Not sure what they are called but I will find out and let you know if they are poisonous! We walked through Manly to Manly beach which was rammed. You couldn't see any sand for beach towels. There were loads of surfers in the water. we ...

... kindly took a jet lagged and moody travelling scarborough on a guided tour past the harbour bridge, to the opera house and onto manly beach. All of which was good and it was cool to catch up with her. That evening cash saved on accomodation was well ...

... , looked at our Tibet photos, went to the movies and saw "Blood Diamond" which was way better than any of us expected, and explored Manly Beach. We had intended to make it to The Rocks to celebrate the holiday but later decided to hang out in Manly for a ...

... round some unknown suburb completely lost. It took roughly an hour or so for us to get our bearings and make our way over to Manly Beach. Manly beach was to be our home for the next week or so staying with a friend of mine, and it has to be said ...

... we have spent so much time. We know our way around but due to the weather, we unfortunately havnt been able to hit Manly Beach again, like last time, officially, the worlds best beach! (according to us). This week, admittedly, has consisted of ...

... one was swimming... probably due to the pollution although the water is see-through and the needles that wash up. We relaxed on Manly beach ocean side rather than the harbour side as it is a peninsula. We splashed out on the ferry back across the ...