Visitors and Kayaks

Steven arrived on Monday night to stay with us for the week. We met him at the airport at 7:30pm and he brought the English rain and drizzle with him! Jo was very happy though as he came bearing gifts of PG Tips :)

I took Wednesday off work and the weather was much better so we decided to get the ferry over to Manly and do some kayaking. The queue for the ferry was ridiculous! I've never seen it so busy, but luckily the ferry can take about 1100 passengers so were able to get on board. The trip takes around 35 minutes and after arriving at Manly we took a walk down the Corso to the beach and then to find somewhere to have some lunch.


After lunch and some walking around we found our way to the kayaking place - it's not far from the Wharf and only cost us $15 for an hour (each). After a brief introduction (which consisted of "Don't go near the wharf or ferries" and "Do you know how to paddle?") we put our life jackets on and dragged our kayaks into the water.

Our sea kayaks at Manly

Steven then fell in while attempting to get into his kayak (I was already paddling out by this point) and managed to get in on his second attempt..hehehehe.

The water and weather was beautiful and calm, we paddled down past Fairlight beach and round to where the boats are moored and really just enjoyed being out on the water. We paddled back in an hour later and treated ourselves to a nice gelato as a reward for our efforts.