The day started with a bargain buy; day long passes for buses, trains and ferries at only $2.50 each! We headed off to have a look at Surry Hills which our guidebook said was a trendy and upmarket area with lots of cafes. It didn't seem to be very upmarket to us and what few cafes we found were closed on Sundays.
The management committee was convened and after much debate it was agreed to take the ferry to Manly. The beautiful, long, beach was heaving with people and we had arrived at a surfing competition seemingly for the whole family. Just at we arrived the under 11s surfing relay race for girls was announced and clearly competition was taken very seriously. The lovely lady wife had to be forcibly restrained from entering the under ??s event.
It really was busy in the town and we were concerned about finding somewhere for Sunday lunch but we found a very pleasant, out of the way, "ouzeria" for a very good Greek meal.
Yet another huge cruise ship had arrived this time at Circular Quay and it was so big it blocked the view of the Opera House from a large part of the quay. We shall be writing to the Chairman of Carnival Cruises to protest.
The temperature today has been around 23C but quite humid so it felt hot. We were both amazed to realise that it was 23C cooler than Friday but still felt hot.
After a short break in our hotel we went to the aquarium on the assumption (correct) that Sunday evening at 6pm would be fairly quite. Very interesting and the large tanks were very impressive being submerged in Darling Harbour. It's a weird experience walking along the glass tunnels and seeing large sharks and rays swimming above your head.
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