Brock Family Adventures: From Sydney to Manley...another great day in Australia

Today, we started our day with breakfast in the hotel restaurant. It's a buffet that we get for free, so we've eaten there each morning. The buffet includes eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, breads, fruit, cooked to order pancakes and eggs, etc....but also has several items we found interesting such as sauteed mushrooms, grilled tomatoes, baked beans, and fried rice.
After breakfast, we walked to the Sydney harbor and went to a very neat marketplace called The Rocks. It was packed with people and vendors selling neat items, most made in Australia. We ate corn on the cob they were grilling. It was good. There were also great views of the Sydney Bridge and the Opera House.
After some shopping, we took a ferry to Manly. It was a 20-30 minute boat ride but it took us right by the Opera House. We arrived in Manly and had lunch at a local restaurant. Chris enjoyed the fish and chips. We saw the beach at Manly and found it interesting that people were swimming in the ocean and there were people on the beach in bathing suits and others in jeans and jackets. Guess it's only as cold as you think it is...we had on long sleeves and thought it was chilly.
We hiked around Manly for about two hours. We went up on a cliff and hiked through a pretty empty area. It was a nice break from tourist areas. Also, there were great views of the ocean from our hike.
We made our way back to the Manly harbor and took the ferry back to Sydney. We walked back to the hotel and had snacks from the Executive Room at the Hilton for dinner. We are in for the night as we leave for Cairns in the early morning...our flight leaves at 8am. Overall, it was another great day in Australia!