Spit Bridge to Manley
On Sat. Mar. 18 we decided to take the highly recommended hike from Spit Bridge to Manley. Of course we could have gone Manley to Spit, but were told that most of the arduous part was near Spit so better to start there. We were so glad for the tip. Some of the walk/hike aka in Australia "bushwalking" was along the waterfront, but most was through the bush. Beautiful, lots of streams and tropical foliage. This first picture is the Spit Bridge.
Tom standing along side of the map. Fortunately, it was color coded for difficulty. The walk took about four hours(about 11 kilometers). Good thing that we found an ice cream truck about half way, conveniently park close to the trail. It was bright pink, so hard to miss.
The map indicated a refreshment stand near the Grotto Point Lighthouse, we only found a lizard who was alarmingly friendly. He boldly demanded lunch. I shared... no questions. (There was no sign of there ever being a refreshment stand)
From different vantage points along the walk, there were many great views of sailing boats, hang gliders, steamers and ferrys.
This is the Manly Ferry terminal with the ferry coming to port. That was our goal.
The North Head on the left and the South Head on the right ( where we earlier walked out to the Hornby Lighthouse on our Watson's Bay walk)
Area near to the Manly, one of the pools built along side the ocean/bay.
Terry with the Manley port in back ground. We actually made it.
As usual, we took the ferry back to the city, Circular Quay.
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