We are timeshare members and so we swapped our 2 bedroom 4 star resort
apartment at Silver Sands in Mandurah, Western Australia for a weeks stay in a 1 bedroom apartment at the Manly National apartments at Manly Beach just out of Sydney.

The best thing about the apartments is their central location - a five
minute walk to the Corso (central shopping) and beach and about a 7 minute walk to the harbourside Manly ferry which takes you direct to Sydney harbour - a half hour relaxing ride. Buy a weekly ticket (a big
saving) and you can ferry via Circular Quay (Sydney Harbour) to any destination on the harbour at any time as well as use it on all metropolitan busses and trains.

The apartment we had was on the 6th floor - about 3 1/2 stars in our opinion as far as an accommodation rating. The apartment is not as nice as the apartment featured on the official apartment website ([----]) however it was clean and neat - a main bedroom downstairs and ensuite... more