Thursday:
The smoke/haze was quite heavy this morning so we decided to go to the mall at Warringah as it is air conditioned. This mall makes Cribbs Causeway look small, its massive so we were able to wander around, look at the shops and visit the food court.

Friday:
Off to the city, we arranged to meet Tim at his office, so we caught the bus and then walked to Darling Harbour to meet him. Then it was off to the Rocks, an historic area of Sydney where they hold markets three days a week. Christmas has already come to the Rocks and its still November - bah humbug!
In the Rocks is  a café that provides knitting for customers to add to whilst enjoying cream teas.
We had coffee and Claire's best smoothie of the trip at a small café in the Rocks before walking across Circular Quay to the Opera House. Very windy in places and overcast but still warm enough for shorts and T shirts, great views of the harbour and bridge, before catching the bus back to Dee Why.

On the bus we noticed the sky getting darker, it began to rain lightly, then got heavier. By the time we reached our stop it was hammering down so we got off the bus and stayed under the bus shelter for a while before picking our way from shelter to shelter back to the flat.

Saturday:
A quiet day in Dee Why, wandered down to the beach and around the shops.
In the evening Tim took us to the Harbor Diggers, a sort of British Legion club on steroids, its massive with bars, restaurants and lots more. We had a pleasant meal to end the day.