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Travel Blogs from Sydney, Australia
G'day England!
This is a top pick! ... are in OZ!! Believe me, it is great to get back to civilisation after being in Asia!! So we arrived to a really warm Australia, but then i realised it was only 7 in the morning! The first couple of days were cloudy but still quite humid and the ...
Moving Day
This is a top pick! Today was moving day. We took our bags to the 'Original Backpackers Hostel' in Kings Cross. This took up most of the morning as it was a fair walk across town. We then did a small food shop and went back to the hostel for lunch. It was then a visit ...
Last night in Sydney - BIKINI CONTEST JUDGES!!!
This is a top pick! Hey everybody! We what can i say! since we have left sydney we have been up 2 quite alot! but i will split it into a few parts so it will show on the map. We met up with Tom, Chris and Shipley for a last night out before we left Sydney so we decided to go ...
Our stories from Sydney
This is a top pick! ... , Harbour Bridge, The Rocks (interesting to walk down through the narrow alleys and streets to see where the first immigrants lived in Sydney), Chinatown and the Darling Harbour area. We're staying in the King's Cross area which is very 'colourful' and ...
Luna Park Funfair
This is a top pick! We took Tim and Emily to Luna Park for a day at the funfair. I was a fantastic day out and we braved most of the rides, including the mouse, the tango, the spider and the dreaded vikcing ship! Tim and I had made a pact to go on the viking ship together ...
Queens and Poodles at Fair Day, Victoria Park
This is a top pick! Fair Day at Victoria Park is one of the events held in the run up to the Mardi Gras parade in March. It's basically an opportunity for everyone to get in the spirit and have a few drinks and a laugh. I was honestly astounded at the number of poodles ...
The Hibernation Ends
This is a top pick! ... day.... well, it ain't exactly living it up. Erin will tell you that it's like night and day seeing me here in Australia. The weather is beautiful -- warm during the day with a nice ocean breeze, then cooling off at night. We left these two swinging ...
One more sleep to go......
This is a top pick! ... we were (he is on the Gold Coast at the moment but lives in Sydney), he is still planning to meet up with us for a beer on Australia Day on the 26th Jan. We then moved on to O'Malleys Irish Bar. This place had a great atmosphere. It was packed, not too ...
Merry Christmas....from the Beach!!!
This is a top pick! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE Forget the Queen's Christmas Message, this is mine : Whenever you have a sad moment, or a bad moment, remember that it is only a moment in a very long lifetime. Pick yourself up and give it another shot. Try and smile ...
City architecture
This is a top pick! Pictured here are just some of Sydney's contrasting buildings and structures that I've captured on film...Well okay, not real film, the digital ...
Sydney
This is a top pick! Alex: We had a wonderful time in Sydney, didn't do much sightseeing but caught up with a few friends instead. We stayed with Janine and Sean who have just moved to Sydney, and being good hosts they whisked us to the pub as soon as we got to town, lunch ...
No Job!!
This is a top pick! ... attacks are on the increase here too, twice as many as normal). They even had a platypus tank which was cool. It really was fantastic, highly reccommended. Anyway, thats the story here in Sydney. There's some photos attached if you're ...
Sydney - Day 245-249
This is a top pick! ... , even for someone as clueless as me. Certainly a good way to spend my last night in Australia! I walked back to the hostel and enjoyed the beautiful Sydney harbour cityscape at night for one last time. Well for this trip anyway. I've really enjoyed ...
Sydney - Our Third Visit, Part One
This is a top pick! ... became interested in the information and the sights within. The main draw for me, was the chance to tour round inside Stadium Australia, now known as the Telstra Stadium. This was the venue for the athletic events of the Sydney Olympics, and of course ...
Australia - Sydney
This is a top pick! ... . We got even further behind schedule as we bumped into Aaron and Lisa (couple previously spoke to) over breakfast and chatted about Australia and our travels for an hour. Leaving a bit later than planned we made our way to Circular Quay to catch the ...
We are sailing, we are sailing......
This is a top pick! ... they stopped people getting on - and went for a swim in our pool. I then watched some of the Boxing Day Test Match between Australia & South Africa on the TV. It's played in Melbourne. I'm looking forward to the two One Day Internationals that we've got ...
Australia - Part 1
This is a top pick! ... . Also quickly caught up and went for a run with Emma, her mum and friends. Everyone seems good. Initial impressions of Australia are of a spacious, well treed (it has a reasonable number of trees in the suburban areas), clean and quite wealthy ...
Ahhhhhh (Said in Opera voice)
This is a top pick! ... and had coffee and read my book until it calmed down. Today is nice and sunny though , and when I get back to Sydney after New Zealand I will really start sightseeing and museum trotting and garden walking , and everything. I'm off to ChristChurch! If ...
Sydney Baby! The Real Australia!
This is a top pick! ... ! It was a relatively short flight to Sydney. It all started to become real when we flew over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House. Yes I had been in Australia for nearly 3 weeks now, but it hadn't felt like I had arrived. We were barely in ...
Enlightened by the arts
This is a top pick! ... in the Gujarat state so there's not much digging around I have to do if I wanted to delve into my family history more than I already know off. The HPB place a great perspective on the journey that built Australia (or at least Sydney) to how it is today. ...
Update from Down Under
This is a top pick! ... is ARE YOU ON BUDGET? YES, annoyingly so, smack on the budget. I was going well behind budget, but New Zealand and especially Australia are bloody expensive. I'm cutting it a bit short in Australia, so I can spend more time in Asia - a lot better ...
Week Twenty Eight - Sydney
This is a top pick! ... In'. Sit eating it on the water side surrounded by hungry gulls. Over the other side we head into Australia's Number One Tourist Attraction - The Sydney Aquarium. It costs $24 each and we meet Kendra from our bus trip from Melbourne in the queue. Apart ...
Working 9 - 5 its so hard to make a living!!!
This is a top pick! ... our way back down the scenic road home stopping at Wollombi, a little village, for lunch. We got back to Sydney in time to see the Australia Day firweorks from our balcony with a bottle of HV wine! Tuesday 27th January Back to work and nothing else ...
Sydney's Temporary Contemporariness
This is a top pick! ... . . When we were sinking our chorizo-chomping neighbours from the Iberian Peninsula in their speed-challenged overweight galleons, Australia wasn't even invented. . . . and fade out. Moored in the harbour by the museum was a soggy slice of ...
Last day in Sydney for a while.
This is a top pick! ... leave our hostel at 4am for our flight - so the outlook is for a grumpy Lorna tomorrow!! We have really enjoyed our time in Sydney much more than we could have expected. We are looking forward to coming back on the 21st for a week. Over the past two ...
Asia Observations and Travel Tips
This is a top pick! Well, I'm stuck for writing about Sydney. Don't know where to begin. And so, I'll get all my last Asia observations out of my head and give some important travel tips to anyone thinking of making the trek. Observations: Hygiene -- The more time you ...
Noosa to Sydney
This is a top pick! ... bus to Sydney to get our flight. 15 hours to Sydney, 18hours travel on a bus in total. nice! 13th July 2005. We arrived in Sydney at 6am and went back to our old house to see Leanne and Richie. Richie was off to work and Leanne got up to gossip ...
Paradise City
This is a top pick! ... King's Cross has for a long time been known to most Australians as the drugs and red light capital of Australia. Most Australians who have visited Sydney at one time or another have wandered through the Cross, if only for a look at how the "other ...
Bye bye campervan - hello big apartment!!
This is a top pick! ... go!! We ended up paying the toll and going over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Got to say it was a great way to enter Sydney! Mmm, never thought I would say it was great to enter Sydney, or any bloke for that matter!! We checked into Parkridge Apartments ...
Sydney - Our Third Visit, Part Two
This is a top pick! ... , thoroughly enjoying the New Zealand v South Africa game, and with Andrea riding a roller coaster of emotion as Scotland took on Australia - and lost! On my recommendation, Andrea herself visited the pylon, that I had done the previous day, and we met ...