Hello, Everyone! Our last two days in Australia didn't see any slackening of pace! On Sunday, whilst Steve played football, Catherine drove us up to Katoomba to visit the Blue Mountains. The area was an important coal mining area until the late 1940s. There is plenty of evidence on the steep slopes amongst the almost impenetrable vegetation. We took the funicular railway down the mountainside into the forest below and walked the raised wooden walkways before r...

Today we had a very relaxing day. Catherine was at work and Steve was away doing a land survey, so we did some domestic duties and then went down to Manly to do some shopping and general wandering about. We walked the length of Manly Beach (barefoot in the sand) and then around the heads into Cabbage Tree Bay and Shelly Beach. The mandatory 'two flat whites with muffins' and macadamia nut icecreams were consumed. The beach was veryt quiet early in the morning bu...