Depending on what part of Birkdale you're looking at it's anywhere between 18 and 20km (straight line distance) from the GPO and about 6 - 7km by road to Manly.
Hope you picked the right time if you were moving money from UK to OZ (Dec 02) ti finance the purchases. Now it seems the best time to move it back from OZ to UK.
Born and Bred in UK
Moved monies for deposit and purchase costs across at 2.6. Not as good as the 2.86 I got in September last year but better than the 2.38 I could get now.....