We moved to Manly yesterday. We had to do it in two trips, I have no idea how on earth we have managed to accumulate so much stuff. Damien did drop off some things at the place in Cremorne as well though.
The Manly apartment is great, we are just opposite the Manly Ferry Wharf overlooking Manly Cove beach. So Mia and I have been exploring again today. We walked over to the main beach and sat in some shade and had our lunch. Mia loved the breeze blowing in her hair and pointing at all the seagulls.
Just found out that our furniture has cleared customs, so we will take delivery of it on 4th February, which means we get to move into our new place in Cremorne! Yay – at last we can sleep in our own bed and we don’t have to move for at least another year, thank god.
We are now in a rush to buy a fridge/freezer. We went over to the shopping mall in Bondi Junction at the weekend and some bloke in one of the shops attempted to try and hard sell us one, we managed to get a good price from him and then he found out he didn’t have any in stock, so he tried to sell us another one and his selling point was “yes, well this one will be better for you as it has a larger freezer section” ermm yes how on earth does he need know what we need?? We hardly use the freezer, so would probably only need a small freezer section. I think he could see his sale going, as he was getting desperate. Then he was trying to say, well pay today and on Tuesday you can come back in and find out whether we have anymore in stock. What planet was this guy on? Why would we pay now only to have to come back and possibly find out that there are no more in stock by the time we need it? Needless to say we walked away, only to go back to write down the name of the fridge/freezer we liked and he came running back over thinking we had changed our mind. Should have seen his face when he realized we were only there to write down the serial number.
It’s been a long weekend this weekend because of Australia Day on Saturday. It is their national day. It’s the day that 220 years ago the first European settlers arrived in Sydney Cove. There were lots of kids things going on in Darling Harbour, so we went to have a look and watched Spot the Dog singing and Fireman Sam on stage. Mia seemed to like it, we were waiting for Bananas in Pyjamas but Mia was getting a bit irritable and fell asleep so we missed them. We wandered over to the Opera House to see the end of the Tall Ships race; the finish line was the Harbour Bridge. I managed to get a few photos over the tops of people’s heads as it was really crowded with people watching the ships.
There was a fireworks display to finish off Australia Day in Darling Harbour. So whilst Damien babysat I went out to watch the fireworks. It was really packed; I just about managed to find a spot on Pyrmont Bridge to watch them. The Australians certainly know how to put on a good firework display!
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