Relaxing on the Manly Ferry!
Paddy's Market!
Day 351
Manly, Sydney, Australia
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DOCKERS ARE SUCH WINNERS!!!! 44 points! What legends! ;-) We're 'docked' about it! ha!
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Not everything is as it seems...........Our little room is gorgeous, with everything we need but we're sharing a bathroom with other's here in this Bungalow and they're honestly not what you'd call the best house guests.
Water everywhere on the floor, hand towel doubling up as a bath mat, toilet paper strewn on the floor, gritty beach sand littering the shower recess floor....i mean, why don't people treat their holiday bathrooms as they do their home bathroom. Or maybe they do? Maybe they live in Dirt street, Home Town.
We met up with Silvia and Graeme again this morning. They're staying in Darling Harbour region so we met there to go to Paddy's Market. I'd heard, from Silvia, who'd already bought a couple there, they have GREAT BAGS!!
And, I'm a bag freak! I've been deprived of a bag accessory for the last year, using only my grey front pack, and cotton Galapagos blue footed booby bag, which held my neck cushion, book and water bottle and slung over my shoulder for a lot of the 32 plane trips we've been on.
Paddy's Market lived up to all descriptions. It took a while to get there though! Somehow Graeme undertook the GPS (Global Positioning Position) role and led us there.
He marched out in front, reminding us he was a fit 62 year old, (he is!) with Greg, Silvia and i traipsing behind. This was no relaxing walk. This was more the case of Orienteering without a map. We did finally find it though, after consulting some locals. We'd gone the longest, course Paddy's Market that's for sure!
Once there, we saw BAGS!!! And FRUIT! I was in my element. Greg saw electronics he liked. Silvia saw BAGS and tops. Graeme saw WIGS and tattoos!!! haha What a funny day. We all bought stuff! And we bought fruit and ate it at the market.
Warwick The GRAEME Cappa!!!
If i had a bag big enough (and a big enough fridge) i would have loaded up with fruit and veges! Markets really do have great fruit and veges. I think when we get back to Perth, i might go to markets and get our fruit there. Freo has a great market.
That's something I've really been thinking about a lot. How will our lifestyle have changed? I think the way we lived before, will be exactly that, 'before'. And how we live now, is 'now'. I used to stock the cupboards and freezer. Now i think we'll
just buy what we need. Keep the fruit and vegetables fresh.
We're only planning to have one car between us, so our bikes will be used more. As will our legs. The habit of jumping into a car to go to the corner shop will be part of the 'before'. I know we will now live more in the 'present' and the 'current'. I think we will really enjoy just 'being' and appreciating what we have.
3 Days Till Perth!
Sydney is always bustling and full of energy. Darling Harbour today was no exception. On the way to Paddy's market we saw people in Dragon Boats racing in an event called 'Dragons Abreast Australia'. This event was put on to develop awareness of Breast Cancer and to celebrate Breast Cancer survivors during the Sydney Chinese New Year celebrations. Most people were dressed in Pink, the BC Colour.
Our goodbye to Silvia and Graeme ended with a bang!
It was a poignant parting at Darling Harbour. We all gave each other hugs and promises to see each other in Perth or Brisbane and we waved from the deck. Each couple taking photos of the other and our farewells. Graeme assimilated throwing a nectarine from the harbour....i assimilated catching it! Laughs galore.
The "bang" came in the form of a flying nectarine missile................Graeme, the good hearted prankster, transformed the assimilation to a reality and threw the nectarine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ouch. It splattered all over the stern of the boat!
Our meeting ended with a BANG!
I think he thought it would land in the water!!!
The ferry ride home, once again, was just gorgeous...
