Wednesday January 27th
Rest day today after all the rushing around on Australia Day. My new b and b is really lovely, a huge room and a sitting room , the house built into the hillside and overlooking the harbour. My host is a retired music teacher, keen golfer and bridge player and we got on like the proverbial house right from the start. I went out on a short orienteering trip but otherwise have been catching up with some paperwork and generally sorting things out.
Thursday January 28th
I went on a challenging 10 km walk ; the Spit - Manly scenic walk. On the way from the house saw some wonderful houses, all built into the cliffs.
The blue line on this one is actually the glass side of the pool, I could see the pool robot at work!
Finding the path I went under the Spit bridge, then started on the walk.
With the sea twenty metres down on one side and the bush 20metres up the hill on the other it is very, very beautiful. It was also very hot! There were lots of steps but it had been carefully constructed to take advantage of the rocky terrain as well as the views. After some time I couldn't take any more photos, each vista seemed more lovely than the last. There were some lovely bays, some sandy, some rocky and I discovered a perfect barbecue beach.
When I arrived in Manly I was somewhat weary but pleased with myself (and my knee) for making it. Including walking to the beginning and back when I got off the bus at the wrong stop, it was ten miles.
Diana, my host had invited Charles for a barbecue so we had a good evening Aussie style.
Friday 29th January
Lost again today! I went for a walk in the morning down to the water, came back up a different set of steps and had no idea how to get back home. Unfortunately the heavens opened, the thunder cracked above my head and the lightening made me hurriedly lower my umbrella! I knocked on someone's door and asked for directions and a really kind young bloke took me home in his car!
This afternoon we left Sydney early for a weekend in the Blue Mountains, another stunning drive.
The campsite was ......different. It was attached to a hostel and all the hostel facilities were open to campers so ended the day with a multicultural group of backpackers, playing Jenga!
Rest day today after all the rushing around on Australia Day. My new b and b is really lovely, a huge room and a sitting room , the house built into the hillside and overlooking the harbour. My host is a retired music teacher, keen golfer and bridge player and we got on like the proverbial house right from the start. I went out on a short orienteering trip but otherwise have been catching up with some paperwork and generally sorting things out.
Thursday January 28th
I went on a challenging 10 km walk ; the Spit - Manly scenic walk. On the way from the house saw some wonderful houses, all built into the cliffs.
The blue line on this one is actually the glass side of the pool, I could see the pool robot at work!
Finding the path I went under the Spit bridge, then started on the walk.
With the sea twenty metres down on one side and the bush 20metres up the hill on the other it is very, very beautiful. It was also very hot! There were lots of steps but it had been carefully constructed to take advantage of the rocky terrain as well as the views. After some time I couldn't take any more photos, each vista seemed more lovely than the last. There were some lovely bays, some sandy, some rocky and I discovered a perfect barbecue beach.
When I arrived in Manly I was somewhat weary but pleased with myself (and my knee) for making it. Including walking to the beginning and back when I got off the bus at the wrong stop, it was ten miles.
Diana, my host had invited Charles for a barbecue so we had a good evening Aussie style.
Friday 29th January
Lost again today! I went for a walk in the morning down to the water, came back up a different set of steps and had no idea how to get back home. Unfortunately the heavens opened, the thunder cracked above my head and the lightening made me hurriedly lower my umbrella! I knocked on someone's door and asked for directions and a really kind young bloke took me home in his car!
This afternoon we left Sydney early for a weekend in the Blue Mountains, another stunning drive.
The campsite was ......different. It was attached to a hostel and all the hostel facilities were open to campers so ended the day with a multicultural group of backpackers, playing Jenga!
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