An afternoon at Watsons Bay

Sydney weather seems to be quite clever – during the week, when Sydneysiders are at work, it usually rains, and at the weekends, the sun puts his hat on and comes out in all his glory. The last few weekends have been the equivalent of a beautiful English summer’s day so we have been making the most of this (before we come back home to, no doubt, rubbish weather) and spending lots of time outside.

One Saturday morning, after our usual breakfast of croissants and coffee, we decided a trip to Watsons Bay for their famed fish and chips was in order. Ask any Sydneysider what is worthwhile doing whilst here and this will usually be in their top ten – it’s been on our list of things to do since we arrived, and now 5 weeks before I leave, we finally get around to doing it! This particular day, everyone clearly had the same idea as us as the ferry was packed.

Arriving in Watsons Bay we headed straight for Doyles - http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/restaurants/sydneysbestfood/fish-and-chips.aspx - also known as Sydney’s best fish and chips. We joined the long, long queue, which luckily went quite quickly, and before we knew it we were sitting down at a table overlooking the bay with our food. 

I’m not the biggest fan of battered fish so I ordered grilled Mirror Dory with chips and salad, whilst Dave had the battered Barramundi, also with chips and salad. And the review? Good, but definitely not as good as fish and chips you get in England.

Tummies stuffed, we went for a walk around the head of the bay. This is where the story gets interesting. Watsons Bay is home to the only nudist beach in Sydney – Lady Jane Beach. And oh were we witness to something spectacular this lovely, sunny Saturday afternoon – a naked man (apart from a hat) of about 60 playing with himself. 

 We were both rooted to the spot in complete dismay; I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. And I’m still not sure what is more wrong – the fact that he was doing that in public, or the fact that we were watching him and carried on doing so for far too long!

After eventually dragging ourselves away from the scene, we managed to finish the walk and get the ferry back to Sydney, thankfully without any more disturbing incidents! A very interesting afternoon that’s for sure…