Not easy spending money on Good Friday

NSW has funny Easter Holiday opening hours, even stranger than the UK. On Good Friday Department stores, Supermarkets, Furniture, Clothing and Electrical Stores have to be closed. However small businesses, for example takeaway food, chemists & newsagents can be open. Unless you are in Central Sydney, then there are no restitrictions, as it is the Sydney Business District and has to be kept open.

In Manly, The book store was closed, as well as the larger clothes stores, but the the chemist which also sells clothes and the newsagent which also sells both books & clothes, maybe even as many as the book store, is open, but they cannot sell lottery tickets…
The restaurants do not open until 12, unless they serve breakfast, and the same goes for pubs. However we did finally manage to get to one of our favourites, the North Steyn Hotel roof terrace!