An afternoon in Sydney

Sunday was spent taking the ferry into Sydney from Manly Wharf. The walk down the hill from ICMS takes around 15 minutes. Manly Wharf is a friendly and quaint place that is tucked into the bay side of Manly. We took the 25 minute ferry ride and I captured a few pictures along the way.

Since I was the only one in our group that was somewhat familiar with Sydney, I was the acting tour guide. We first went to The Rocks Markets, a Friday/Saturday/Sunday market about a 5 minute walk from Circular Quay. They were cool, but nothing really too special.

I bought a bottle of water and split a $5 bag of cashews with John. We picked them up from a street vendor who had put some type of sugar on them, they were well worth it. We asked the snow cone vendor how to get to Darling Harbour, which is another harbour in Sydney. He told us that it would take around 20 minutes to get there, but we really didn't want to pay for a cab so we started walking.

Darling Harbour was packed with tourists, locals, and small children. There are endless options for food and drink, and lot's of other things like a mall, aquarium, IMAX theatre, and more. We split off into two separate groups at this point, people who needed food and people who wanted to walk around. Most of the girls wanted to stop and get food, so 3 others and myself went off in our small group just walking around. We came upon an Asian festival and a Brazilian festival. The Brazilian one was much bigger and way more interesting. It was in a park with tons of food vendors, and a big stage with music and dancers doing their routines.

We then headed back and met up with the rest of the girls who had finished eating. We weighed our options and decided it would be best if we all headed back to Circular Qauy, which is where the Manly ferry comes and goes. Here is a picture of our crew for the afternoon.