Today we took the ferry across Sydney harbour to Manly Beach. Whilst waiting for the ferry we saw six aeroplanes all in formation doing a display above the opera house and bridge, which was unexpected, but a great sight.
The cruise through the harbour allowed us to capture some amazing views of the opera house, bridge and city centre. It took only 20 minutes to get to Manly and when we got there we headed straight for the beach. Much like other beaches in Sydney, Manley Beach is a surfing beach and the waves were very big. Despite it being a weekday and early afternoon the beach was very busy but we were easily able to have a sit down on the sand and have some lunch.
We then walked up the length of the beach and had a paddle in the sea which was surprisingly cool at first. On the sand we saw a number of blue bottle jelly fish which have a nasty sting to them.
The weather started to change, with very black clouds threatening to rain on us and considering we didn't have an umbrella we decided to get the ferry back to the city.
Once back in Sydney we decided to treat ourselves to a nice cold beer on the waterfront. On the way home it started to rain but luckily we didn't get too wet, though all evening there were thunder and lightning storms which were very dramatic and looked amazing from our balcony. Not the weather you expect from Sydney!!