A leisurely start to the 26th with a pre-7.30am 10k run for Andy.

Michelle and Amelia had other ideas and had a more sedate start to the morning with a brief visit to the Corso for some post Xmas window shopping.

Our favourite store remains the budgy smuggler selling 1970’s styled tight swimming shorts for men.

We then idled over to Little Manly beach where we were meeting up with the ‘Manly massive’ for some beach workout, before heading to Jamie’s boat for an impromptu party.

As arrived at the beach we could hear overhead the sound of a small plane spelling out a word in the sky.

Today was a pure blue sky day, and one where red ‘overcooked’ bodies could be spotted across the beach and in the water.

After taxiing people from the beach to the boat in Jamie’s rib, the girls quickly settled in and started to make the most of messing around on the water.

The kids loved their time on the boat and we have to say a big thanks to Jamie and Tracy for their kind hospitality. Such a wonderful day with lots of fun and laughter.

After a fantastic afternoon on the boat and the rib, we returned to the beach and enjoyed the last few hours of sunshine.

Early evening we returned to the apartment for an alfresco dinner with Caroline, Charlie, Amelie and Eva before playing more party games with Amelie proving to be the winner for the second night running.

Tomorrow we plan to head back in Sydney for Andy’s pre-birthday lunch before picking up a hire car which we will then have for a week enabling us to explore the Northern Beaches and drop down to Coogee to do the coast walk up to Bondi.