Chilled Week in Manly
Now, I have not been on a bike for 6 years, but surely it's like riding a bike? Wrong. Wrong when the Balgowlah hills are involved. There's something demoralising about putting all your effort into a huge hill, to only get to the top see it's all downhill, with another huge hill once you reach the bottom. This went on for about 2 hours, all fun and games. Euan was extremely patient and the destination was a lovely quiet harbour beach by the Spit bridge (which joins Manly to Sydney city). We also stopped off to see Aboriginal carvings on the Manly Scenic Walk. I would highly recommend hiring a bike in Manly, even if you haven't cycled for 6 years. It's a perfect way to see views you wouldn't otherwise see, it's good exercise and the sense of achievement at the end is nice.
However I wouldn't recommend the route we did. I would head out to North Point through the Sydney National Park. The only reason we didn't do this is because we walked it the previous week. If you are an advanced cyclist then there is also a route to Manly Lagoon with an off road track. Maybe, we will try that next... We hired from Manly Bike Hire by the Wharf which was reasonably priced and good condition bikes. http://www.manlybiketours.com.au
Other favourites from this week: I have decided that drinking cold pale ale at dusk on rocks with sea spray hitting your feet is one of my all time best things to do and Euan bought goggles to look at fishes in the marine conservation area just off Shelley beach.
Lovely chilled week, next week is a little bit more adventurous.
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