St Patricks Day

Sue's brother Simon arrived here on Saturday night and so we've taken to the tourist trail again for the past few days. We started with a gentle day on Sunday, with a trip up onto North Head and then back into Manly for some time on the beach and lunch, before a leisurely afternoon at home watching the Grand Prix from Melbourne (the first and only one of the year that's shown at a decent time here!) and a roast dinner in the evening.

Today was St Patrick's Day, although the parade in the city took place yesterday. However, since the girls were back at school, the 3 of us caught the bus to Manly and the ferry into the city to visit the Rocks ands have a pint of Guinness at the main Irish pub there, which was packed and enjoying some live music inside. After lunch we took a walk across the bridge to Milson's Point and back again, before returning home. In the evening Laura was working at the newsagents but the rest of us went to Balmoral for a fish & chip supper on the beach as the sun went down.