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| Beaches crowded for the New Years Holiday in Manly! |
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We left Sydney and crossed the Harbor Bridge to the beach town resort of Manly. This is where the action is! Families and surfers crowd the miles of white sand beaches and play in the turquoise blue-green water. The lifeguards constantly shooed the swimmers out of the surf where posted signs warned of strong currents!
As long as you had a paddle board of some kind, they let you swim beyond the break. We boogie boarded and had a great time. This is the kind of beaches I was expecting in Australia.
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| Under-tow was minor, but posted signs warned... |
We’ll spend New Year’s Eve here watching the local fireworks over the bay. We rented a room (airbnb.com) in a charming cottage right on the Manly beach walk. It was literally steps from our house to the park where we walked to the beach each day! It was like being in Santa Monica, Cailf...busy with vacationers at their summer homes. We thought we were renting a cottage, but turned out we rented only a room in a cottage so we shared the kitchen and bath with our gracious hostess, Isabella.
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| Boats in the Manly Harbor |
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| Watching the world go by... |
New Years celebration is a big deal in Sydney. Every hotel was booked months in advance…so our next choice was to try the online rental service, “airbnb.com” and it was hard to get a timely response from the owners…so if you try this type of service plan for some delay. We were almost homeless for two nights in Sydney!
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| Our room in a cute cottage on the beach. |
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| Our hostess, Isabella dressed for New Years party! |
Manly too, was packed with tourists and locals vacationing. We decided to buy food and eat in as the p restaurants raise their prices this time of year! On New Year’s Eve, we grabbed some chairs, snacks and champagne and toasted the New Years in!
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| Waiting for the fireworks overlooking Manly harbor |
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| Toasting to the New Year 2014! |
We parked on the hill just outside our cottage and waited with all the families for the fireworks show! It was a fun!
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| Fireworks shot from a barge in the Manly harbor |
We enjoyed our Manly stay.
Next morning, Jan 1 we will fly to Tasmania for more new adventures!
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