Home away from home

HERE IT IS – A BLOG POST!! It has been ages since we have posted but it doesn’t feel like we are traveling anymore... manly has become more of a second home. We live on the third floor of an apartment building between the beach and the wharf where the ferries come in. So whether we turn left or right when leaving our building we get to see the beautiful, beautiful ocean! Right now we live with the owner of the flat, Linda who rents out the 2 bedrooms of her home – one to us and one to our friend Elaine. There is a schnauzer dog, Max and a bird, called Birdie (who would have thought?). Definitely prime living quarters.  It is a daily occurrence to go for a walk or run along the beach and grab a tea at one of the cafes.

Since January Mike has been working for a quadriplegic man. The hours are short but the pay is awesome with some cool perks. Sam is still waitstaff at a restaurant right on the beach in Dee Why and has recently started taking on a Supervisor position. Both jobs pay enough to cover the bills and some wonderful nights out! 

The nightlife in Manly is pretty awesome because there are the key bars with a laid back feel and whenever we feel like heading home its only a 5 minute walk before we are in bed!! And there is a convenient late night bakery on the way with the best chocolate croissants one could ask for (he he he. ) Cheers to guilty pleasure!

And yessssssss we have tried surfing. We each have our own board. Mike is the only one to succeed. He has gotten quite good and is quite ambitious. He tries to surf everyday for a few hours. You all need to see the smile on that boy’s face when he has a good day on the surf. Sam is s***, aka struggling. Playing in the waves is a blast but the whole standing up is quite challenging. Also the idea of sharks being in the water has her resorting to staying in the extremely shallow waters. There is a shark alarm that goes off when the lifeguards manage to spot one and everyone clears the water. But obviously they don’t spot them all because Mike was in the water the other day and he saw a shark IN THE WAVE that he was catching. Thank God he rode the wave in and didn’t go back in. Heebiiiieee Jeeebiess.

We are still coming to terms with the fact we only have a month left in our manly home before our last waves of travel before we are HOMEEEEEE!!! We are super excited to finally be reunited with family and friends, yet there is an ache at the thought of leaving as well.

We have an AMAZING travel plan for our way home. We are super super excited for all that is planned. Starting July we will be hitting: Bali, North and Central Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii and then HOME!!

LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU ALL!