Rather than taking a guided tour, the wives decided to grab a ferry to the furthest point the Sydney ferry went - which turned out to be Manly Beach, right near the Pacific coast.
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| On board the ferry, pulling away from the dock, the bridge on the left. | A look at the Opera House from the water as the ferry goes past on its way to Manly Beach. | |
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| Right in front of the Opera House, from the ferry. | Going past the Opera house... | |
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| Next pier over is a military pier, the USS Kitty Hawk was visiting the Australia on her training cruise. | The Kitty Hawk is a smaller American air craft carrier, the more modern Nimitz class carriers are huge. | |
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| One of the picket ships from the fleet that surrounds the Kitty Hawk. | Looking forward from the ferry to the end of the Sydney Harbour. | |
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| Looking at a marina on the north side of the harbour. | The Two Heads - the headlands of the Sydney Harbour, beyond which lies the Tasman Sea. | |
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| The northern head, left of this photo is Manly Beach. | The southern head, the outer stretch of Sydney. | |
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| Approaching the ferry dock at Manly Beach. | Walking down the main street at Manly Beach. | |
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| The beach part of Manly Beach, looking south down the coast to the northern head of the Sydney harbour. | Looking north up Manly Beach. | |
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| On the trip back, the wind picked up and the sailboats came out. | A boat tacks downwind behind the ferry. | |
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| A look at the sunset over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. | Looking over the main core of the city as the sun sets, the bridge is to the right. |
It was quickly getting dark when the wives arrived back at the ferry terminal, so they hurried back to the hotel to meet up with their husbands before the geeking got too thick.