Manly Harbor

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Monday June 3, Ross took us out to Manly, an eastern suburb on Moreton Bay, for lunch. We ate at the Manly Harbor Boat Club and sat outside on the deck in the sun overlooking the harbor of pleasure boats.

The club, like the surf clubs, has a membership and we, as guests, just need to sign in. It's a very nice restaurant with an attached casino. There's an ATM, for those who are losing at the slots, so we get some cash here. Not that we need a lot of cash.

Ross picked us up at our AirBnB in his new car. He recently got a Tesla, there was a government incentive that he couldn't resist, and he's just figuring it out. He leans to the left, like us, but is willing to overlook the obvious — Elon Musk is an asshole (and even worse now that Trump has won the election and he's a major advisor to the Mara-Lardo gang). Ross says it's probably the only option in Australia if you want an electric vehicle. He's quite happy with the car but has noted one downside is the glass roof. In a hot sunny country like Australia it's not an asset.

There was an event on the harbor with many little sail boats. There's a small Moreton Bay Discovery Center at the harbor where we learn a bit about the wild life in the waters. All along the Moreton Bay the shoreline is fairly shallow, muddy and mangrove swamp. Here there's a pleasure boat harbor and the Brisbane Coast Guard.

Manly Harbor is due west of our place in New Farm but across the river and a bit over a half hour away. We cross the Story Bridge and Ross navigates us towards the water (or rather the onboard Tesla and Google maps takes us). We didn't have a particular destination in mind, we were just heading to the seaside. We had never been to this harbor before, nor explored this part of the coast. Further south along the coast is Cleveland where you catch the ferry over to North Stradbroke Island and we've been there a few times.

We enjoyed our lunch and our visit with Ross at the Manly Harbor.