Our fishing day ended in Epping, at the home of Viv and Chris. They had invited Martin, Fiona and me over for dinner.
We had a splendid meal and a lovely time eating outside on the balmy evening. Martin and Fiona were keen to see Vivienne’s jewellery creations and her well-appointed workshops.
The next day was another lovely Sydney sunny day – not too hot. Martin, Fiona and I took the rivercat ferry from Meadowbank to Circular Quay and then hopped on the Manly ferry for a trip to the famous beach. The journey on the ferry was splendid with the sun glinting on the pristine harbour. The ferry was full of tourists.
Manly beach was busy for a weekday. We didn’t go to swim, we just took in the ambience, watched the surfers and swimmers and had a stroll. We walked along the path to nearby Shelly beach, stopping to take some photos of a lovely water dragon. Someone had left it some tiny cubes of fruit so it stayed still for people to take pictures.
There were groups of people on the beach donning scuba gear . The area is a protected marine park famous for its big groupers and weedy sea dragons. I talked to one returning diver who told me he’d seen a big whaler shark out there!
We walked back to Manly for some lunch, then took the return ferry. We sat outside on the front of the ferry with wonderful views of the yachts racing on the harbour, then the Opera House and the bridge. It’s hard to beat the sights of Sydney harbour on a sunny day.
Then I drove Martin and Fiona to the airport for their journey to Perth. Bye!
Thanks for a memorable couple of days. It was great to be able to meet up again after so long .