More Wanderings

After our day out touring around Sydney, I thought this poor body of mine would need a day's break, but that was not to be.  The following day was out again, this time to wander up through the streets of Glebe, a cosmopolitan bohemian-style suburb full of boutiques, foreign restaurants, coffee houses and tea gardens galore and some beautiful old terrace homes with 'broekie-lace' balconies.  Again, all the streets were lined with trees and, this time, some beautiful hanging baskets as well. 

Walking further took us to a large shopping mall which gave us some idea of Australian products and prices.  We've always been told how horrendously expensive Australia is and, to be honest, it isn't cheap but if you look around and shop carefully, you can certainly come up with some bargains.

We stopped at a little Turkish restaurant on our way back that afternoon as they'd advertised hamburgers for only $5.50.  Thinking that this was too good to be true, we just had to find out and were very pleasantly surprised to find that, not only was it cheap but it was a delicious home-made hamburger and chips with home-baked rolls.  Certainly excellent value as it was a sufficiently large portion that we didn't have to have dinner that evening.

 

Previously we'd had another meander around Manly, along the waterfront and the seaward paths.  Many of the rocky cliffs had interesting artwork embedded in them and, above, were many incredible cliff-hanging homes with spectacular views out to sea.  The weather was sunny and warm so the locals and tourists were out in full force on all the beautiful beaches.

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Around Glebe:

Around Manly seawalk: