Day 23 - 9th Mar 2009

Today is our last day in Sydney, which to be honest we found a bit sad. We both really like the city. After such a busy day yesterday we had a relaxing start to the day. We were able to leave our big bags at the hotel till later before setting off for the day. We decided to go to Manly on ferry and have a look round there. So we walked to Circular Quay to catch the ferry. I was hoping to find somewhere to get rid of my coat, like a charity shop or something but no luck so ended up carrying it around all day. Which wasn't too bad as it rained a fair bit but unfortunately it wasn't very cold so although I was dry also slightly too warm! The ferry ride over to Manly was really nice, you get to see some of the Sydney suburbs and it was sunny, so we sat outside and enjoyed the view. When we arrived we had lunch at the harbour then headed aacross to the beach. There were loads of surfers and people learning to surf. I guess the recent shark activities haven't put anybody off. We had a meander around the shops, Adam was searching for a hat. Eventually we found one he was happy with, and having looked round all the other shops we knew there wasn't anything better! We then headed back to Sydney. We walked back to our hotel through the botanical gardens, having said our goodbyes to the opera house and harbour bridge. We saw all the bats in the trees again and climbed the steps up to our hotel one more time. Although the hotel was really nice and the room was great with a nice view, I won't miss the steps you have to walk up to get to the area where the hotel is. It's at the top of a hill and there must be about 100 steps to climb to get up the hill! I guess that's the price of having a nice view! We decided to get a taxi over to the bus station as neither of us had the energy to walk to the nearest train station. The taxi was pretty cheap so we decided it was money well spent. We had a Hungry Jack's, same a Burger King, dinner before getting on our bus to Melbourne. A 12 hour journey leaving at 8pm. So we settled in our seats and tried to sleep!