On our last day in Sydney we decided to head to Manly and take the ferry into the city, since several people had recommended it. It is a very scenic ride.
Manly beach is another in the long list of great Australian beaches.
After that we headed south to Wollongong, which is only 1-1.5 hours south of Sydney. After staying the night in Wollongong, we backtracked a bit, but not before a quick stop at a mall to buy a USB adapter for the car. We should have bought this back in New Zealand, since it has been an annoyance since then with our phones running low on charge. We use them for navigation. In New Zealand it wasn’t as bad because the RV had a GPS included. Anyway, while in the mall I lost my parking ticket somehow. Normally it is free parking if under 2 hours, which we definitely were, but the price for a lost ticket is $20. I wanted to pay the fee but Yanmei wanted to look for the ticket. We searched the electronics store twice without luck, I wanted to give up, but Yanmei remembered I went to the restroom, so we headed in that direction and miraculously I found the ticket in the main concourse near the restroom. Yanmei’s persistence saved us $20. 👍🏻
Then we headed to Sea Cliff Bridge, which is a new coastal bridge the only opened a couple of years ago.
After that we started to head south again, but as we drove along the coast just south of the bridge we saw a sign for an open house, from 1pm to 1:30pm. It was 1:30pm, so why not? We quickly pulled over and went to have a look.
The house was somewhat dated, but the design was good and view was incredible. We thought it was strange that the open house was only half an hour and we were lucky to just get there at the very end. The agent came over to talk to us, and it was a strange conversation.
Yanmei: “How old is the house?”
Agent: “I don’t know. From the construction I’d stay it was probably built in the ’70s.”
David: “How many square feet, I mean square meters, is it?”
Agent: “The lot is 950, the house I don’t know.”
Yanmei: “How much is the price?”
Agent (hesitation): “…2 million.”
It was bizarre, he doesn’t know the age or size of the house he is selling, and doesn’t even seem sure of the price. That, plus a half hour open house was a quite a contrast to how things work in the U.S., although to be fair this might not be typical since we’ve only looked at one house in Australia.
After the open house we continued down the coast to Narooma where we’ve stopped for the night.
David
