The morning was spent with a leisurely fried breakfast at a nearby cafe, before moving onto the Sydney Central YHA, arguably the biggest and best hostel in the country. We were certainly pleased with our en suite room and the facilities available (the only difference from this and a hotel was the lack of tv in the room!). Principles In Evidence....

So this is the beginning!!! LONG, LONG, LONG plane ride!! Slept, ate, and watched movies for 31 one hours! Not the greates but hey look where it got me!! We arrived in Sydney in the early morning so we had lots of time to kill the jet leg and try and stay awake!! We dropped our stuff off at Sydney Central YHA and then grabbed a Starbucks and tou...

Arrived back in Sydney - I'm only here for 5 days. Nothing planned when I got here I'm just going with the flow. First day got my bearings which was easy and spent the day mooching round the shops (what else can you do?) The weather was a bit dull but at least it's been dry. Had a mooch in the Chinese Market, then came out of a different exit th...

Sydney I AM DOWN UNDER!!! En dat is letterlijk, dat merk je aan alles: winter in juli, zomer in december, het water kolkt ondersom de afvoer in, als je naar het noorden reist, wordt het warmer. De Australiërs zijn gewelig, een beetje simpel net zoals de Amerikanen, maar hun motto "No worries!" neem je snel over, en dat is een heerlijke manier va...

22.11 - Had to be up at the reasonably early time of 08.00 this morning to give me time to have some breakfast and have a shower. We were off by 09.00 to get my 10.20 flight only we found out upon my arrival at the airport that this was the wrong time. In actual fact, 1020 was my flight number and the flight didn't depart until 11.05 so everythi...

20.13 - Today was a bit of a wasted day really. I had to get up early which I had no problems doing. My alarm was set for 08.00 but I was up and awake quite naturally before then which I was surprised and pleased about. Anyway, seen as I had a couple hours to kill, I made some phone calls to discuss my overdraft with Dad before checking my e-mai...

Today we checked out Darling Harbour. We got to walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge. We asked the security guard where do people bungee jump from and he said very bluntly "they dont". Good to know.... The most exciting point of the day was probably when we went to the Sydney Opera House. We bought the cheap seats to the Edward Scissorhands sho...

So we made it, over the ditch and into Australia. Not that a three hour plane ride is usually monumental but when you think that we left the UK three weeks before, it does seem like one really long journey. All the waiting around at Christchurch airport kind of left it mark though, as we were dead tired by the time we arrived in Sydney. After ha...

We left the mountains and its unpredictable weather, for the unpredictable weather of Sydney once again. It was decided that Sydney was probably the best base camp for us to plan our trip up to the coast (and a good place to rest our legs after all those stairs). So after a day or two of chilling out and not doing much, we decided to head over t...

Yeah so I decided that I would take a train from Melbourne to Sydney just to see what that was like. It was pretty cheap, 70 Australian dollars. The first 5 hours were good, I saw some really cool countryside, lots of sheep, fields, trees, more sheep. Then by about the 6th hour, the 75 yr old Asian guy sitting next to me starts trying to convinc...

Entry 32 of a trip titled: International Dee

Generic round the world trip.

Hi! Sorry for the delay in updating (and e-mailing, if I owe you one), but it's been an action-packed week and I've had very little internet time. First thing Monday morning I met the Autopia backpacker bus at the Pint on Punt pub near my hostel. The bus was a 21-seater from 1975 or so, and it towed a rickety old trailer containing all of our ba...

My first real day in Australia was spent trying to get my life in order. I went to the IEP office, got some info, set up a tax number, a bank account, got a cell phone chip and number and did various other stuff. Since then I've mostly been updating blogs, CVs, talking to recruiters and stuff. I did manage to get out the other day with someone f...

This morning we left Jervis Bay reluctantly. It was one of the more beautiful places we had been to. We only had 2 1/2 hrs. to drive to Sydney, our next stop. Driving into Sydney felt a little like driving into N.Y.C., only we can get around N.Y., Sydney was very stressful for us. Alot of one-way streets & of course going in the wrong direction ...

This morning we exercised. Been awhile, felt great. We went to the Imax Theatre tonight. Sydney IMAX - biggest IMAX in the world. The screen is 8 stories high. Of course we had to go. Who could resist - world's biggest screen. It was big. We saw Beowulf in 3D. Neither of us were really interested in seeing it - but it was the best of the lot. Tu...

Hi Everyone- Just uploaded about 30 pix to my travelblogs # 24 thru 29 When you have a chance take a look.

Yesterday we took the ferry across Sydney Harbor to Manly, an oceanside suburb. It was about 1/2 hr. with stunning views of the Sydney Opera House & the Sydney harbor bridge. We loved Manly . Alot less crowded than Sydney, beautiful beaches & lots of stores to browse thru on streets with no thru traffic. Again, the ferry back with beautiful view...

Digs We are staying at Sydney Central YHA. 11 Rawson Place, Corner of Pitt St and Rawson Place (opposite Central Station), Sydney 2000.

I have been exploring the downtown area of Sydney at a leisurely pace, enjoying the sights, drinking the beer, and enjoying the moments. It is a very scenic downtown and each corner can bring new views of the two biggest icons, and the downtown has a good balance between the towering office buildings, parks, and historic areas. There seems to b...

Stayed Sydney Central YHA. Clean and funnily enough - central $90 **** Sydney Oh my God! I have an announcement. I'm in love. His name is Sydney and I'm thinking of leaving Phil for him... Sydney is so cultured, he loves the opera and we even went to a gala night at the Opera House, Phil tagged along too. Sydney is very handsome - it doesn't mat...

Entry 27 of a trip titled: Backpacking the South Pacific - 4 island nations, 4 months...

...with a hobo pack on the end of a stick, a can of beans, and a pocket full of dreams (Family Guy reference, anyone?).

On arrival at Sydney Central YHA, feeling wretchedly tired now, I was conned by the taxi driver into paying almost double the fare. Horrid man, we had a great chat all the way in as well. Obviously taxis are not my forte, especially when so tired and not feeling that great. At the hostel my bed wasn't ready, but with a little light persuading I ...

Left Freemantle for Sydney on Sat. p.m. at 4:30 Virgin Blue airways, arrived Sydney at 10 p.m. and could not locate the Airport shuttle so went by subway. A little more expensive by 60 cents but got me to Sydney Central Railway station in 15 minutes. From there I wandered around, trying to find someone to ask where the Sydney Central YHA was, si...

Arrived in Sydney at 9am and hopped on the train into the city. Dropped off our bags in the hostel and went for a wander around. Sydney is beautiful and contrary to what we had heard, we found the people there really friendly, polite and approachable. It just goes to show you really have to experience a place for yourself to see what it's like a...

So before I begin my blog, I'd like to let everyone know that I don't really know where to begin. This is my first attempt at a blog so bare with me... Even though my travels have barely begun I am finding that in the moment of some experience or thought I often think about what I would say in this blog, but now that I sit down to write a couple...

I'm sorry for the delay since my last entry but I have been very busy! Peterman, Kei and I had an awesome time in Sydney! In case you haven't been, it's very similar to a big city in the US. We tried to think up the major differences between Sydney and a city like SF and we couldn't think of too many. Still confusing to us is the direction of tr...

I had one night to stay in Sydney before I boarded my flight to Phuket, Thailand (this is where I'm writing from now). I stayed in the same hostel as before so everything was very vanilla and easy. Pretty much I just needed a place to sleep for a 13 hour layover. I know everyone wants some photos. I'm having some problems finding good internet c...

Ah... so here it (finally) is, my last Australian entry... It's a time of mixed feelings really - despite having been so gutted to leave five years ago, I'm actually quite looking forward to it this time.  Don't get me wrong, I've had a great couple of months, but I'm just looking forward to a change.  The East Coast of Oz may have been a well t...

well i am finally here in sydney which i am made up about - left heathrow on wed 30th april at 6.30 pm ( not delayed or anything - shocking eh?? haha) to Hong Kong airport. The flight was very good - infact i would go as far as to say cathay pacific are the best airline i have ever flown with - i even had an empty seat next to me so i could spre...

well i have been here for nearly a week now and have seen loads of stuff, last sunday i decided to visit the Wildlife Park, aquarium and also sydney tower( absoloutley amazing , everything is so so overpriced in there but it's worth it). I got to stroke a koala and i got my photo taken with it as well ( can't recall its name , think it was angus...

Woke up to the sound of drilling at 7.30am this morning. I didn't ask for the alarm call but i sure wasn't going to tell a crew of 6 odd workmen to shut the smeg up. Tina and I decided to go out for a walk so quickly got ready and zipped out for the morning. We walked down the Esplanade which is the walk that heads south toward the National Park...

Sydney Ended up in the wrong bloody building - some flights to Sydney are classed as an international - God knows!! Got an earlier flight which was good and the guy didn't make us go to the other building - nice man. Flight was very rough but it wasn't long. Got a bus into town and checked into Sydney Central YHA - great place - very big. Had a ...

Sydney. Plus grande ville d'Australie. 4 milions d'habitants. Plus 1/3 provenant de d'autres pays, principalement d'Asie. C'est la ville la plus multiculturelle du pays. Si bien, qu'a notre arrivee, on s'est meme demande si on avait bien atterit dans le bon pays! Sydney est une ville tres <lay back> (relax) comme dirait les locaux. On ne s...

Sorry for the long delay with the updates. I was pretty busy with college after touring around New Zealand. I had some catching up to do before the mid term break. Thankfully I got all the necessary work done before I head off to Sydney on Thursday 17th April. Sydney is famous for a few things I guess, the opera house being the main attraction. ...

Hey everyone! Finally recovered from my massive hang-over in Byron Bay, went to a place called Belingen. Really nice small auzzie town, with only a few shops and a wicked YHA hostel. It was sooo easy to chill-out in, really nice staff and nice music. Went for a night-canoe ride down the river to see if we could see any Platapus's (or is it Plata...

I left Adelaide by train and was bound for Sydney. It was the last leg of my overland adventure from London and I felt good to be on the final "straight". The train was around 30 hours and dragged a little if I'm honest. It's fair to say in the last few days my plans have changed a bit but more about that in the next entry. I arrived in Sydney t...

Hi Everyone. Well I got here safe and sound...finally after a gruelling 22 hour flight! I only got about 3 hours sleep on the plane and my knees and ankles are aching really badly. I'm also absolutely nackered and my body clock is all over the place. I slept while all you lot were sleeping today, having intended to grab about 3 hrs sleep, I slep...

Right well here I am sat in front of a computer screen again! Anyway I'm well settled in here in Sydney, I really love it apart from the weather which has been absolutely ****. And when it rains here it really rains!!! On Wednesday though the clouds broke just long enough for me to go on the ferry across the harbour to Manly on the northshore. M...

Well here we are. Over a month has gone by since the last exciting instalment, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to update you all, on this, my last day of freedom before starting a job on Monday. We arrived in Sydney back on 11th December to the shittiest weather imaginable (I didn't think it was supposed to rain in Australia?!) - it was co...

Note to selves: NEVER FLY WITH VIRGIN BLUE AGAIN! All checked in with 10 minutes before boarding and annoucement came over the tannoy that out flight had been cancelled and we were told to collect our baggage from the carousell??? Fi didn't hear the announcement and it took Gaz a good five minutes to convince her that he wasn't joking. FI - "You...

so..... following our adventures in Manly, we decided to move back to the city due to the risk of the riots extending outside of Cronulla Beach and also because our accomdation was a bit rubbish. we moved into the Sydney Central YHA which is also very close to Sydney Central Station and is in a pretty good position. The room was so nice compared...

We just spent 5 days exploring the city of Kangaroos & Koalas - Sydney. Sydney definitely delivered on architecture, sunshine and mostly fun. First stop was of course the Sydney Opera House. Its actually not just one building but multiple different theatres and even several restaurants. Being at one of the wonders of the world, of course we ...

Yesterday, we took the ferry to Manly Beach. Another popular beach in Sydney. It took about 30 minutes to get there. Once we arrived, we thought to ourselves that the beach looked kind of small but got changed into our swimsuits anyway. We had fun in the water. We saw a few fish (only small ones) and even an octopus! The waves were small so we c...

Well in sydney now, saw the harbour bridge and Opera House yesterday, after 2 days of being here, i now feel like i am in sydney, before hand i could have been in any city. Also went to the Aquarium last night with some of the group i flow out with, which was a laugh and quite interesting. A group of 7 of us went to the Blue Mountains, it was so...

Last night I arrived at the Sydney Central YHA. The biggest hostel in the world I'm told. Eight floors of travelers with a swimming pool and BBQ on the roof. its a bit far from the harbor but still walkable. Friday night in Sydney is a lot like Friday night in any other big city. George street is the main road through the heart of the city to Ci...

May 15th I departed from Toronto to Los Angeles in the evening. To my great fortune, I was seated beside quite an unusual individual - he resembled Howard Stern in many ways (long hair, sunglasses, trench coat) except that he was wearing high-heeled, pointed women's shoes. Not only that, but he had a bag of about five pairs of high-heeled women'...