Brisbane Family Trip - Day 4 (Reckless)

My first visit to Sydney was made almost exactly ten years ago. Easter 2009, only a couple of months after the Black Saturday bushfires had tore through the Kinglake Ranges. The National Band Championships that year were in Sydney and Box Hill City Band decided to head north and try its  luck.  I did not enjoy that trip, for a variety of reasons, except for one afternoon where our bus dropped us off at Manly Wharf. We had a couple of beers and some pizza, then took the ferry back to the city. Seeing the famous Bridge and Opera House from the water was a special moment. I wanted to recreate that moment.

The trip from Katoomba to Manly took almost three hours. A combination of roadworks, a couple of misunderstandings of GPS directions and the notoriously bad Sydney traffic meant we didn’t arrive in Manly until early afternoon. We were thirsty, so found a Bavarian restaurant and ordered a couple of drinks.

The middle glass was lemonade. Lowenbrau on either side.

We then tucked into a shared Munich Brewers platter - sausages, schnitzel, pork knuckle, more pork, cabbage and potatoes. Lesley had fish and chips.

After lunch it was time to board the ferry. At Manly. Heading to the city. At Circular Quay.

I’ll let the photos take over from here.

From Circular Quay we walked over to Opera House, took a few more photos, then boarded another ferry back to Manly. The trip back to Katoomba only took to hours.

It was a good afternoon.

Big day of driving tomorrow.

Total Km 1,161

Total hours behind the wheel 15 1/2

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