Sky tower and Manly

Ellie slept in my room as I had foolishly put the cot up in my room then I wasn't sure how to get down but was fine. She woke up 6 but thought would put her in bed with mr and luckily we both went back to sleep I woke up 8.30 and Ellie 9. Made bacon sandwiches for us 3 and Ellie had weetabix had 2 spoonfuls then didn't want any more had satsuma. Sharon booked sky tower combo pass for her and Ben as cheaper in long run when also doing aquamarine and wildlife centre. But then couldn't get the email as hotmail not working so missed train at 11.20 and caught next one straight to town hall. First stop sky tower for Sharon and Ben to get there passes then do the sky tower with 4D cinema experience. Then to the observation deck which is 250 metres high and the Sydney Tower Eye is the tallest building in Sydney. It took 6 years to build and was when opened in September 1981 was the 4th tallest building in the world. The observation deck was not as big as I expected didn't take long to walk round but was a nice view. But Ellie wasn't really interested in the view much preferred to play in the play area. We left sky tower about 1.30 and walk to Circular Quay which didn't take as long as I expected and actually made Manly ferry at 2pm. Had got a multi pass 2 ticket this morning and thought included Manly but didn't but let us though since Rhodes conductor told us it did. Once at Manly was straight the sealife centre and just caught the end of the Penguin talk, were very cute. But Ellie seemed to enjoy walking through tunnel especially the stingray and making splashes in the rockpool. After walk own corso and go on a manly front to get something to eat went to Manly Grill just had chicken Caesar salad and Ellie liked chips. We then walked to a Shelley beach as Shaton recommend to go and trust Ellie to fall asleep so didn't get to go on the beach. But me and Sharon had paddle very cold sat on beach for abit as a lovely view then walk back dipped feet in rock pool still cold. Once back at Manly went to Ben & Jerrys for ice-cream we all had 2scoops  I had peanut and chunky monkey preferred the peanut one. Look in shops after as Ben wanted new top and shops ended up getting a top from ripcurl but couldn't find shoes. Ended up catching ferrying at 18.10 and let us go through free cause of mishap with the different zones. Got back to Circular Quay caught train to central and change there for Rhodes made train in 7 minutes with 2 lifts and even had 3 minutes to spare. By time got back was 7.30 Ellie had toast, strawberries, blueberries bath but didn't want to go to bed. We got take-away pizza fom eagel boys and at this point Ellie was still awake eventually went to sleep 9ish. Didn't end up going to bed til nearly 12 and Ellie was stearing so had to be very quiet.