We explored Manly, checking out the cheap prices in the Corso, walking for miles along the beach, and stopping for a beer at the wharf. We ate a sandwich for lunch on our balcony - no restaurant has a better view!
We had thought about hiring some bikes, but Graham's knee hasn't fully recovered since his swim in the Murray river, so we sought out the free Hop, Skip and Jump bus instead. Free bus services have been going downhill since the excellent one in Perth. This was a minivan, used by some very strange locals. An elderly gentleman who was obviously a regular chatted away to our first driver as he was extracting himself from the driver's seat at the end of his shift. He was so rotund that this took some doing, and then when he finally managed it he could barely walk.
Our new driver was a lovely young woman who, several stops later when two women had been on and off the bus, turned to us and said, "Did that lady smell?" Apparently she had been told not to let her on the bus as there had been numerous complaints about her. Next there was an elderly gentleman with a walking frame. When Graham got up and offered to help him, he refused the help and then promptly fell on top of his frame which was half on a seat and took some time to get himself up again. And then there was the young man who was clearly several sandwiches short of a picnic who sat behind us muttering unintelligible things with his tongue flipping in and out of his mouth. By then we had had enough and made a hasty exit at the next stop, walking rather further than we had intended back to our hotel.
We picked up a delicious pizza for dinner and enjoyed the view from the balcony as we dined, feeling virtuous after our 16,700 steps.
Ann-a-Gram
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Location:North Steyne,Manly,Australia
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