Free Weekend Part 2- a Manly Day

Today a small group of us ventured over to Manly, an area about a half hour ferry ride from Circular Quay.  There, we layed out on the beach and went and played Frisbee in the shallow water of the ocean.  The ocean was so blue and clear and there were surfers taking advantage of the great weather (side note, I'm learning how to surf tomorrow; super excited!) We also checked out one of Manly's well-known microbreweries, 4 Pines.  Not too bad, although I'm not a huge fan of beer. 

Unrelated: did you know?
-Bathing suits are called "cozi's"
-they sell the discontinued pretzel m&m's here!
-there are a TON of "VIP" lounges scattered around the city, i.e. bars with some shady business upstairs, but rest assured, since prostitution is apparently legal, all sex stuff is constrained to a tiny district called king's cross, which I have yet to visit
-Aussie's don't say "to go", they say "take away"

Some pics from the weekend:

me and Danielle all dressed up in our gear for the Port Kembla Steel Works tour!

me and Hannah dressed up for the Sydney Opera!

Me and Greg high fiving in front of the Sydney Harbor bridge

Me, Hannah, and Danielle on a ferry to Darling Harbor to see...

A MASSIVE RUBBER DUCKY

Hannah, Greg, Danielle and me in front of the giant rubber duck!