Venture to Australia

Trip to Sydney – Day 3: Christmas at Manly Beach

Christmas in Australia is a funny thing, they don't really celebrate it like we do back home; in fact, they don't really celebrate it at all. The popular thing for Australian's to do is to go to the beach on Christmas day, so you know what they say, when in Rome�


In Sydney the popular beach to go to is Bondi Beach (pronounced Bond-eye Beach), so Craig and I decided to go to the slightly less popular "Manly Beach". On our way to the train station we passed by the El Alamein Fountain and it looks like it was a white Christmas after all!


There were a fair amount of people traveling on the ferry to Manly Beach and I was a bit concerned that the beach would be crowded but it was fine. There were lots of people at the beach but there were plenty of places to sit.

The day was perfect, the sun was shining and not a cloud could be found in the sky. There were all sorts of people at the beach both young and old; some swimming in the ocean and others just lying around.

The waves were pretty big and it was a lot of fun bouncing around in them, and the ocean was, as expected - salty.

We had lunch at a restaurant by the beach, there's a 15% surcharge on public holidays, and the seagulls were particularly angry for some reason.

As the day wore on more and more people showed up and the beach got much busier. By that time Craig and I had left the beach for ice cream.

Overall it was a pretty good day. Merry Christmas!

posted by Compmouse @ 12/25/2005 07:51:00 PM