Holiday Monday

We arranged to go to Manly with Sharon & Holly and Steven, Janet, Kate and Georgia (Addison) for Monday. We arranged to get the 9:05 from Springwood. So with great difficulty we dragged ourselves out of bed and were almost ready to go out the door when Sharon rang to let us know the Addisons weren't ready, could we aim for the 10:05? So we all stood down for an hour. Only to get another call to say the Addisons weren't coming with us, the weather didn't look promising (it was overcast & spitting), Steven had hurt his back and Janet wasn't in a good mood. We took the train to the city then caught the ferry over to Manly. Manly was very busy, it always is but this weekend not only had Manly won the Rugby League Grand Final (40-0!) but there was a jazz festival on. There were several stages on the corso (which stretches between the harbour and sea) and more on the beach front where there was also a market. We got some fish and chips for lunch and sat dodging the seagulls on the beach wall. Then we walked round to Shelly Beach which is a nice little beach tucked into a corner south of Manly. There is a restaurant and cafe down there so we walked round for a coffee/hot chocolate.

By the time we got round to Shelly Beach the sun was out and we had to buy some sunscreen. Ishbel went for a swim but it was a bit tame for the boys who wanted to go back to the surf beach at Manly but by the time we'd walked back again not only had the clouds come over but the heavens opened and it chucked down for a while. We took refuge amongst the stalls of the street market.

After an icecream we headed back for the ferry. The sun came out again and we had a nice journey back to town. We took a picture of the sun on the water and sent it to the Addisons to tell them what a lovely day we'd had and when we got back to Springwood we went round to their place and cleaned them out of cheese, biscuits and pickled onions!

A good day!