The Victory Weekend

The weather was just about ideal for a weekend of milling about the harbour, taking walks through the bush, eating ice creams and fish and chips and getting slightly red from the sun. On Saturday I met with someone I didn’t even know, Caroline, a friend of a friend of a friend so to speak, but we met without hassle in Bondi Junction and went to check out some of the sights.

First off was a bus which took us down to Bondi Beach then along to Watsons Bay, at the southern tip of the harbour. Here there are lovely views back to the city and sheer cliffs dropping down to the pounding Pacific.

There was time for white chocolate and raspberry ice cream before catching a fast ferry from Watsons Bay to Circular Quay. A quick change onto the ever glorious Manly ferry led us to a spot of lunch and a walk around part of the middle harbour, across beaches and through bush reserves. It was pretty tiring actually, in the heat of the day, so it was nice to cool off my feet in the ocean at the end of the day, have a cold beer, eat some fish and chips and watch the sun go down from Manly Wharf.

The ferry back to Circular Quay as the lights came on was immensely soothing and relaxing and a long tiring day meant an early nights sleep!

On Sunday morning, I caught another ferry (it’s the way to go!) to Taronga, where the zoo is. However, I didn’t go to the zoo, just walked around from there through Bradleys Head, part of Sydney Harbour National Park. On boarding the ferry, I noticed a huge cruise liner docked in the quay, it was so huge it seemed to tower over the Harbour Bridge!

The walk around to Bradleys Head was pleasant, through shady bush with paths leading off to little sandy coves. The view is another good one.



And before you knew it, it was time to head back, the ferry retracing its wake to Circular Quay, passing the sights and the massive cruise ship, taking me onto a bus and a train and a plane and to the dusty heat of Canberra and a well earned late afternoon kip!