Another nice day here. I’m smarter today and wore more clothes.

The tour guide at the botanic garden was nice, I guess. He sure didn’t know too much about plants. Nice setting though. Finally saw a kookaburra bird.

At the art gallery I treated myself to a nice lunch. Since the day hadn’t cost me anything so far, I even had dessert.

The art here is heavily weighted by Australians. Lots of good stuff. Even a couple of picassos. I found it easy to spend 3 hours here.

Froggy wanted to go to the beach, so we took the ferry to Manly. Its across the harbor and just delightful. There’s access to miles of hiking trails and a national park. I went as far as Shelly beach for the sunset and a snack. Protip: don’t open a crinkly wrapper in front of the local birds. They are relentless. Adorable, but relentless. Worse than gulls.

Tomorrow I’ll make a plan to see the Blue Mountains

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