The visitors day 2

Manly was our destination for the next day, so again we took the ferry from Darling harbour to Circular quay where we had a spot of breakfast to take away. The ferry was very busy with day trippers, everyone wanted to be outside.
The ferry takes about 30 minutes and a great way to see the Sydney suburbs with their pools and private beaches!
Looking up Victoria Parade

We walked round to Shelly Beach which was much calmer and almost no waves. The parentals weren't tempted to go for a dip.Good views of the Opera house from the ferry.

We then decided to head out to visit Bondi in the car as we had to check out anyway, as it was getting later the beach had obviously cleared quite significantly, the wind had picked up and the spray was misting the southern edge. I think Bondi is rather hyped, it is a good beach in terms of the sand area and the waves but it is so popular you lose the picturesque nature of what I have come to think of as a typical Aussie beach.

We drove southwards along the beach road passing many really lovely beaches Tamarama and Bronte are really pretty. We decided to have dinner in Bronte in a great restaurant called Swell, lovely friendly atmosphere and white linen table cloths, I really enjoyed the 'amuse bouches' that are always unexpected yet a really nice touch for a resataurant. the food was great!