Sydney, Australia Travel Blogs

... crawls along the edge of steep coastal cliffs, through vine-covered backyards and along secluded bays. We passed the old Sydney cemetery, which has a great cliffside view; the dead can stare out from their shining white crosses at the endless Pacific. Of ...

A travel blog entry by wanderlustcat
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... could we possibly want? The zoo is pretty fantastic, especially after zoos in India etc, and it has a fantastic view over Sydney harbor, lucky bloody giraffes, that's prime real estate! A great day was followed by a long night with Carl watching the ...

A travel blog entry by mills-mcshea
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Sydney fish market is about a 10 minute walk from our house and it is fantastic. Situated by the water (as you would expect!) it has everything you could want inside and tables to eat it on outside. We went there for dinner and ended up having tuna steak ...

A travel blog entry by carolandthomas
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... 's certainly a lovely part of the world and like I've said, I'll be back in the future... The train journey back to Sydney was enjoyable as amongst other things, Rie and I messed about writing Japanese on eachother's hands. For the umpteenth time, she ...

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... surpassed expectations. We sat down at Circular Quay for half an hour and took in the views, and already I had a good feeling about Sydney. The people I'd spoke to before either loved it or hated it, but how you can hate somewhere that is home to such a ...

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For a much needed weekend out of the forever hectic and buzzing city the Blue Mountains sounded perfect and it's only $11 dollars to get there on the train so we packed a bag and headed off. The area is known as the blue mountains due to the ...

A travel blog entry by carolandthomas
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... overcast skies and rain of Sydney. Like most travel days we didn?t do much sightseeing today, but rather got organized at the Sydney Westin for a four-night stay and tested out the hotel facilities. Simply put we had dinner at the hotel cafe?, which was ...

A travel blog entry by scott_and_amy
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... , in Australia. There's the proof, clad in white tile and spotlights. After dinner we did a bar tour of Sydney. It seems that bouncers in Australia frown on people who wear "thongs" (flip-flops) to the bar, despite it being the uniform footwear of all ...

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... , broken ankles, temp agencies) and the ugly (squished thorny devils, bedbugs, mozzie bites, cockroaches) and every minute of it has been an experience we don't ever want to forget. Thanks for everything Australia and maybe see you again sometime soon...?

A travel blog entry by carolandthomas
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After two days in Australia I've met no-one. I've been lying on the bed in the Sydney hostel thinking that if I had the option to jump back on the plane home right now, I'd take it; but I then I laugh at myself. First time abroad, first time travelling ...

A travel blog entry by wanderlustcat
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So this is it, we have officially finished the travelling thing and are heading for domesticity! No more globe-hopping flights, long bumpy bus journeys, scary driving, strange and wonderful food, foreign beers and generally making a nuisance of ourselves ...

A travel blog entry by mills-mcshea
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Just a few photos of the wildlife to expect in a day around Sydney... Still not used to seeing such amazing birds and animals within the city limits!

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... as we made the walk back to our hotel after the show. It was a fantastic night to end our journey in Australia! TRAVEL NOTES: Sydney is well documented and you should have no trouble planning your trip there, but the following are must do's 1. ...

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We have had three and a half months living in Sydney,most of that time spent in our little house in Ultimo with Tony, Sarah, Rob and Nic. And due to the fact that we had a leak in our room and the bathroom ceiling threatened to cave in we have been living ...

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Well, on the 9th January we said our farewells to New Zealand and caught our flight across the Tasman to Sydney, Australia! And it has certainly lived up to all of our expectations, with the sun, beaches and culture. We have visited a few of beaches ...

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This is Ben reporting. Sydney. Australia's largest city and, perhaps, it's most romanticised. With a population of 4.2 million and a size equal to that of greater London, Sydney truly is a place in Australia. I haven't visited Sydney, personally, in my ...

A travel blog entry by benleah
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... it was nice...despite someone being completely laid out on the grass in front of us, presumably after a heavy night! We'd passed the Australia Museum on the way to Kings Cross, and for the sake of $10 we decided to go inside on our return. I persuaded ...

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... , too, but today I just felt like being on my own for the day, for the first time since my second day in Australia. It was pouring rain in the morning but that quickly disappeared. I went for a long run to explore the neighbourhood, and then returned ...

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... ; So, about four weeks prior, we made the decision to make the most of this 'once in a lifetime' opportunity of being in Sydney at New Year and paid to spend the evening at the opera house. What an opportunity.  The itinerary for the night being - ...

A travel blog entry by marshallmatters
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... at the sun on a computer monitor I still feel as though I should be looking at the screen with sun-glasses on... View of Sydney from David's of course. Bit corny I know... but might as well have one with me in it too... Slept on the ...

A travel blog entry by budz888
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... with laughter at the repetition of Steve's call. Finally I had him call the Nomads Maze, where I stayed when I first arrived in Sydney, and they had enough space to squeeze us in for the night. The next day we went out to Coogee Beach for a last day ...

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... and the scenary was amazing. From Melbourne, we flew up to Brisbane to spend 2 days before driving to Sydney. One day we went to the famous Australia Zoo (Steve Irwin's aka the crocodile hunter), and the next we pottered around the city. We drove down ...

A travel blog entry by carjack83
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25th March - my 24th birthday and it was a rather eventful day: no of birthdays spent in souther hemisphere = 1 no of people on bondi - coogee walk = 4 no of daft boys on bondi - coogee walk = 2 no of people determined to steal my limelight = 1 no ...

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Just a few photographs of us playing and chilling out in and around Sydney. I will update this entry whenever I get photographs that suit so keep an eye out. We have moved in with 2 other British couples, Sarah and Toni and Nic and Rob and all getting ...

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... . They are such lovely people and again have been so welcoming and generous. Hopefully this friendship will last a long time. Sydney is an amazing city. Full of opportunity, fun and scenery. Like London, there are bars and restaurants of every culture ...

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... got lynched for complaining about the Guiness! The next day Thomas, Tony, Sarah and I hired a car to take us back to Sydney. We managed to amuse ourselves on the 12 hour journey with stops for fish feeding, mini golf (or putt putt as it's called ...

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... . A quick visit to the Queen Victoria Building for a smoothie and some photographs followed, before we returned to the hostel...via KFC! I was having a great time, and I already consider Sydney to be my favourite city in Australasia by a country mile.

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... one of our mates decided to go skinny dipping in after a night out. Thankfully he is still all in one piece! The great thing is that the beaches in Sydney has provided us with just a taster of what is to come throughout our trip around Australia...

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One of the summer highlights when living in Sydney is the annual Sydney Festival - a feast of Arts and Culture packed into twenty two days. I have been fortunate enough to have attended many of the events so far, including "The Lazy Kings" at the Olympic ...

A travel blog entry by jawad
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... current government had probably won the election. By the time we got to Manly in the evening to hear "plummEt" play at the Charlton, it was confirmed that John Howard would remain as Australia's leader. Let's hope the US elections do not follow suit...

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