Manly and IMAX, Sydney - 27th Feb

We booked a trip to the Blue Mountains for tomorrow and then caught the ferry to Manly. As the sun was shining, the ferries were all very very busy; Manly is known for having a brilliant surf beach – some have said that it is better than Bondi beach because it is less commercialised. We didn’t have time/or good weather to be able to visit Bondi beach, and so we can’t make this comparison. Manly was brilliant though, after getting off the ferry, we had a pie! The first pie that we had eaten in Australia! They were quite tasty, but think we need to sample a few more to be able to judge them properly!

At Manly beach, we hired a bodyboard for an hour. Not really knowing if an hour was a long enough time for us both – we soon realised it was definitely more than enough. Amanda managed the whole of 10 mins and Gav 30 mins before we were tired of being bashed and hit by the very strong waves. We both had a great time though enjoying the sea properly.

The plan was to then go to Bondi beach but the weather wasn’t great, it had turned grey and we were both feeling sufficiently beached out. We went for a total change of tact and visited the biggest IMAX cinema in the world! It was a brilliant experience, the screen had so many seats and you really felt like you were in the film! We watched a short film on the history of reptiles, so it was quite educational – not our first choice, this just happened to be what was being shown at the time. There was a scene where you were flying over a gorge and some fields, and it made us both feel a bit dizzy.

Some great views on the way home...

Once we had caught the later ferry back to Lynda’s house, we were both very much in need of a shower. We had to find our way home because the ferry that runs a bit later was different to the one that we usually took. With the Gavnav's skills we found our way, but kept walking in to spider webs which freaked us both out! 

We opened Lynda's frontdoor and she had some surprise guests around to enjoy dinner with us. We had no idea that we would be having dinner with the local ‘Pearl’ shop owners! Very random, but great to get to know some new people! We had a great laugh.