Manly Beach

The train chugged into Sydney Central just before midday. We had a coffee while we sorted out the best way to get to Manly, said goodbye to Murray for a couple of days and headed for Platform 21. After carrying our bags down lots of steps, then dragging them through a tunnel and along a long corridor we reached a sign pointing to Platform 20. That was the end of the corridor. Around the next corner were stairs going back up, and a sign pointing to Platforms 1-25. So we lugged our bags back up the stairs, and eventually on to the train.


Once at Circular Quay, we saw that the Manly Ferry was F1, so we set out for Wharf 1. We walked along past Wharf 2, and were almost at the Opera House before it finally dawned on us that there was no Wharf 1. We asked a local who told us we could catch the regular ferry at Wharf 3, and the fast ferry at Wharf 6. Even though it was further to walk, we thought the fast ferry would be good, so we walked all the way back to Wharf 6. But.... the fast ferry is run by a different company than the buses, trains and other ferries, so we couldn't use our newly purchased Opal cards. Back to Wharf 3 it was. Lots of steps though.


We found our hotel with no problems, and it was just what we had hoped for. A beautiful view straight out to the beach. There was a big storm a couple of days ago and the surf is good, in fact the ferry was quite exciting at the headlands. There were huge numbers of surfies lurking in the water. We are right opposite the beach volleyball courts, so young couples kept us entertained playing volleyball while we ate our fish and chips on the balcony.


Ann-a-Gram ;-)