I used to get tuppence for each returned bottle. I also used to dive for money from the Manly Wharf.  The tourists used to throw in coins and we would dive for them.  Dangerous when the ferry was coming in. We stored the coins in our cheeks.  I was only a kid.  If my mother had known she would have had a fit.

I remember the kids diving for money off the Manly wharf.  Wuz one of 'em you freshwater 🙂  I used to 'ferry hop' going from Neutral Bay where we lived and changing ferries all round the harbour not paying anything - that was fun.

Who remembers the war ships arriving in Sydney?