Christmas in Australia is certainly different, we spent yesterday (Christmas eve) shopping for food for our dinner today. It seems that people here tend to shop almost daily for food, we went to one of the big malls and visited Woolworths (a food supermarket) to get most of our shopping, then back to manly for the meat and prawns.

In the evening we went out to dinner at Garnish, an award winning fish restaurant. Its difficult to choose what to et when you don't know what is on the menu.
Today began overcast but soon brightened up, we went for a long walk along the prom to North Steyne then back to Shelley Bay before walking to manly wharf. Lots of families were on the beach and grass with picnics and many new shiny surfboards were in evidence. We were surprised how many cafés and shops were open, though the sales start in earnest tomorrow.
This afternoon Tim went out for a ride on his bike, getting back before a big thunderstorm rolled in.

 

 Christmas day on Manly beach

Tim and Claire preparing Christmas lunch

 The Three Kings come to Manly

Christmas eve in Manly