Landed in the Whitsunday Islands a couple of hours ago. Shortly after arriving we experienced an extraordinary tropical storm and it is still throwing it down. The flight was delayed for a couple of hours because of very high winds in Sydney.
Very sad to leave Sydney as we had three great days there. On our last day, Sunday. we spent the morning walking through the botanical gardens which were wonderful. We saw the flying foxes roosting high in the trees and some flying. The signs suggest that they are not welcome visitors because of the damage they do but they made an interesting spectacle. We saw our first lotus flowers, which are stunning. They filled a pond in the oriental garden. We walked down to Mrs Macquaries chair which has a lovely view of the harbour and back around Farm Cove to the Opera House and Circular Quay where we caught the ferry to Manly.
We walked to Manly beach via the Corso and spent a couple of hours there swimming and relaxing. Initially it was slightly cloudy but the sun came out later and we realised its strength. Beautiful beach and lovely clear waters. We then headed back across the Harbour on the Ferry and after a short rest we were out again by ferry to Watson's Bay to visit Geoff Norman and his family, for drinks at his house then dinner at a lovely restaurant in Rose Bay. After a very enjoyable evening we headed back to our hotel through the lights of Sydney.
Off to dinner now!!
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