Manly

This is the place where Nicole Kidman was recently married, and at a later time i took a trip (but no photos) of the place where she tied the knot.

It is about a 20 min ferry journey from the city, and what an amazing contrast. The place is like a holiday village, if i lived here i would get no work done.
It is basically an outcrop of land that lies between Manly harbour (part of Sydney harbour) and the Pacific ocean. Which means ... beaches on both sides of the town!!

There was a great vibe in this place, with both young and old mixing well. Everyone is pretty chilled out and happy in the sunshine.

After dropping my bags off at my friends shop, i went for a walk to find a pub. After i had a beer or two, i headed out to the beach to watch the world go by, when i had a wierd experience....

..... back in Melbourne i went to the Australian Rules Football Game with the guy i am living with and a random other guy from the Netherlands (Sebastian) who was travelling alone around Oz and wanted to see a game. During the game we got on quite well and as he was heading up to Sydney, i said i would contact him in a week when i headed up there. We left it at that and due to a mistake on my behalf, i failed to get his number, which meant i wouldn't be able to meet up with him when i went to Sydney. So here i was sitting on a beach, a decent distance away from Sydney, in Manly, minding my own business, when along comes Sebastian, who just happened to be visiting Manly that day at that time!! (he was actually staying some 40 mins inland from Sydders, so that meant miles away from Manly). To cut along story short, once we had gotten over the whole unbelievable situation of the whole small world thing, we went for a pint.