Manly

Thunderstorms were forecast for today but it looked reasonably bright when we drew back the curtains so we headed out to Circular Quay and took the 30min ferry ride to Manly. As it’s the bank holiday weekend there’s a Jazz Festival and lots of different music stages dotted around Manly today. We walked through the main shopping area and sat and watched people learning to surf for a while. After a very light rain shower, we went to 4 Pines which is a microbrewery bar/cafe opposite the ferry port that only opened in August/September last year. They do 6 different beers (we tried 4 of them) – much more like proper English ales than the usual lager that everywhere here tends to serve. All the beers were great (though maybe slightly too chilled for my liking) and the food was awesome (we had fish & chips but it all looked really good). This place is my highlight of Sydney so far!

Manly

The rain held off until the ferry ride back to Circular Quay and we then got another ferry back to Darling Harbour via Luna Park (which was closed by this time, but we had a quick walk around anyway).