As Dianne had had her Nanna nap yesterday afternoon, at 1am she was still wide awake and hearing little noises from beside her bed. It sounded like a mouse scratching around in a plastic bag and of course she had to wake Craig to open boxes and bags to see if there was anything there. It may just have been one plastic bag leaning on another as n...

Well after looking forward to cooler weather for sooooo long we were fed up of the rain after a couple of hours. It did not stop raining for pretty much all of our time in Sydney..... but we didn't lose heart (although there may have been a few grumbles)and walked everyyyyyywhere. One of the first things that hit us about Australia was how long ...

Well I finally got here. Ive come the round about way but no matter Im here. Sydney is an amazing city. I got some bad news again just after I got here which hasnt helped me to settle but ya still cant help but see this is one of the best cities in the world. Hoepfully things will be ok at home and I can give it a proper go out here like Id plan...

He says So I am finally here. 4 years in the planning and saving (on and off) and as it stands our first flight leaves in a little less than 2 hours. 21 hours stuck in close proximity to Gaynor will be the first big test of our relationship during the trip. I might slip her 1 (or 10) of her Panadeine Fortes (she has 1/2 a pharmacy in her day pac...

We did manage to get to Bondi besach yesterday afternoon as the weather was glorious all day. However today was a bit cloudier and a little cooler but with higher humidity. It seemed a good day for climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge. After a hearty full english breakfast that set us off in good stead we headed for the Bridge climb. Even at 1130 ...

Lucky... Mr. Englishman must have checked out. We woke around 8.00am and wandered down toward Star City Casino looking for a new breakfast venue. The Casino surrounds were surprisingly dead (compared to Crown) with only one cafe open but a little further along was an excellent one servicing the surrounding office blocks. It had the best coffee w...

Despite spending most of our two weeks holiday flat-hunting, we did manage to do a bit of sight-seeing as well. Nothing too strenuous mind - we tried to keep it to one sight a day so as not to over-exert ourselves. One day we took the boat over to Manly where they had a free jazz festival on. We also made it Darling Harbour and went to the aquar...

We arrived in Sydney early in the morning to 8 degree temperatures, it felt very cold after being in Asia and 30+ temps for the last 4 months. We made it to our hostel and had a nap before going out to explore the city and find out about changing our flights and whether we could afford to do an Uluru tour. After wondering around the harbour area...

Well I finally left Cairns, which was quite sad, saying goodbye to people and leaving the lovely, hot, sunny weather to arrive in a very cold and wet Sydney! But such is life (thankfully it's stopped raining now!). Due to the rain didn't do too much the first day I arrived but got myself out of bed bright and early the following day to walk arou...

Well, it's Good Friday and we are now off work until Tuesday. We are planning on having a cheap weekend in our efforts to save money. As such the weekend will most likely be spent taking in Sydney's free sights of which there are not a great deal. Our original plan had been to head to the beach this weekend but this falls away when we get up to ...