Term 2 School Holidays Part 2

Camp Cove Beach

Part 2

Day 4

This was our hump day of the trip where we traveled from one Airbnb to another. We spent the morning checking out and hanging out at Collaroy beach and watching the surfers. The kids just enjoyed playing in the sand. It wasn't very busy as this time of year is winter in Australia, but it was still around 18 degrees so as long as you were in the sun it was warm enough.

We took the bus again to Allambie Heights to our next stop and met another really nice couple who had kids that were around the same age as ours. This place was our kid's favourite as it had an outside play area and a trampoline.

I wanted to go to the local shops to pick up some food as we had eaten enough take away for the previous 3 days. The owners drove me down and gave me a shopping bag with wheels.

Day 5

This was Henry's favourite day as we finally did what he wanted. We got a good deal on a hop on hop off ferry and Sea life aquarium pass.

Circular Quay

Huge cruise ship

We got on the ferry at circular quay and took it the long way round to all of the stops before getting to Darling Harbour.









There were so many ferries and boats and there was a new cruise ship in the harbour this morning.

Harbour bridge

Opera house

$200 million mansions on the water

Shark island

South Head

Watson's Bay

clipper ship

Darling harbour

The views were spectacular and the weather was perfect. You could even see the people climbing the Sydney Harbour bridge at the top.







We spun by the Opera House several times and got some different views than the first day we came down.








The announcer let us know how much some of the property was worth on the water and who owned some of it. We went by Malcolm Turnbull's residence and some property owned by Disney.






One of the stops was Shark island, which is a small island you could have a picnic on. It used to be a quarantine island where animals would be dropped off. Naturally sharks would swarm the island as cows and sheep would walk off the edges.





We got to see the edge of the harbour and the rough seas of the ocean. There were a lot of whale watchers out, but we didn't get to see any.








Watson's Bay looked so nice that we came back here for our last day.






Darling harbour is a secondary, smaller harbour than Sydney harbour and has a military museum, the Sea Life Aquarium, Madame Toussauds and the Wildlife Zoo.







So many ways to get around the harbour. We saw an old sailing ship and several paddle wheelers.

 The kids had a great time on the ferry!

Military museum

Sydney Eye

 There were warships at the military museum as well as ships in service in the harbour.











Darling Harbour is mostly touristy and the prices for food is really high. We did find a deal at the Mexican restaurant in the mall where kids eat free.








The highlight of the day was the Sea Life Aquarium which was made famous in the movie Finding Dory. It wasn't exactly the same as the movie, but there were parts that definitely gave the movie its inspiration.

We took the ferry back to Manly and checked out the area. It seemed pretty trendy, but a little less hyper touristy like Circular Quay.

The area reminded me a bit of Vancouver, BC in a way.

The kids were getting a little crazy by the end of this long day!








Day 6

Our last day was another exploring day. We went back to Manly and puttered around for a bit until we could take a ferry to Watson's Bay. We walked through the Sydney Harbour National Park  and looked out onto the South Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean. We found a nice little beach called Camp Cove (haha) which we stayed at for quite a bit while the kids played. It was a small little private beach with a fantastic view of the city. After that we walked to the South Head and the old lighthouse at the edge of a cliff.

After Watson's Bay we decided that we needed to see one more iconic Sydney landmarks, Bondi Beach. The beach was huge, but I was a little disappointed. It was full of interesting characters from the muscle beach area to a random dancer guy. I think the beaches near Adelaide are much better though. This one seamed dirty in comparison.


On our way back I took us on a very long bus ride back to Circular Quay and then we walked to Barangaroo to take a free ferry back to Manly. We didn't get home until dark, but I got one more picture of the Sydney Opera House at night.