Off to Manly Beach

Today we planned to go to Manly Beach by ferry from Circular Quay.
However, before that and just as we had poured milk into our cereal the building fire alarm went off. Loud speakers were telling you to evacuate and lots of ringing alarms.
We got down stairs and waited for the fire department to arrive. It turned out to be a false alarm.

Anyway, after breakfast we headed off again on Bus #333 to downtown Sydney and got there in time to board the ferry to Manly Beach. The trip was on one of the fast ferry’s and it was very scenic with a great coastline and lots of harbour traffic criss crossing back and forth.

Manly Beach itself is a very picturesque smaller coastal community. Lots of shops, restaurants, souvenir stores, etc Once we arrived we did a short walk to enjoy the beach and then got one local bus that did a circle route of the area.

After lunch we shopped and then did a short hike to Shelley Beach. On the walking paths there were signs painted warning that penguins could be about.

Overall it was a beautiful day in a beautiful area of Sydney.

We caught Bus #333 back to Bondi Beach and since we were a little later in the day the bus was very crowded.