Gemini Sydney

... which date they will promptly fire me - ok not fire but my contract will be up and I will be migrating (I think that's the word...) to Melbourne. BUT there may be some ideas of a little bit of travelling in between growing in my head shh..) - many of my many housemates have travelled up and down the east coast which seems to be the done thing here - but more of that later! For the moment I'm staying put in Sydney and living and working here. More on the house - I ...

... As if this isn’t enough, the Opera House is having an open day also, with free tours all day, and fun stuff on the plaza. I had signed up for priority passes for the Opera House, but couldn’t print anything but as usual the Aussies are accommodating and gave me another pass which entitled us to the VIP line. People started queuing and we were able to go through all parts of the complex, including backstage ...

... ate some sushi, went to a museum, wangled some ludicrously cheap Opera tickets, went to dinner and then the highlight of Sydney - went to the Opera at the Sydney Opera house!
Of course that’s a highly condensed version of my 2 and a half days in Sydney! We also got lost a few times wandering the streets and not wanting to look like tourists and so refusing to get a map out, I somehow managed to run out of camera battery on arrival at the Harbour bridge which resulted ...

... cheapest route that we've found so far. So we go up to the landlords Penthouse on top of the complex, and omfg, beautiful! something you'd see out of a movie, they have a garden and greenhouse on the rooftop, and a scene that you'd kill for of the ocean and surrounding area. Well, one problem, all of us had our funds tied up in transfer from our home countries to our banks to Australia, well Eric, our landlord and his wife, are very old, retired ...

... from a great day out on the water. On the way back, I took the side track to Soldiers Point. This track goes along the ridge tops with great views across to The Basin. While I was walking on the Bairne Track it very soon became evident that I not alone... this was the only track where I encountered quite a few kangaroos. Love keeping up with nature!

I'll definitely be back to explore more great tracks and I'll take photo's next time.

... tower, went to the Aquarium and the harbors, walked through the botanical garden, and went on a wine tour. I bought a couple of great bottles of wine that I brought back to Korea with me and even had Kangaroo steak, which was incredible! One night we missed seeing Will Ferrell by about 5 minutes, but saw some Australian celebrities at a movie premier and caught a private pre-release party at and Ipod store for a band called ...

... absolutely filthy but it is a hostel and so 5 star luxury shouldn't be expected. The girls, howev**, who have been roughing it more than me are far from impressed. Upon ent**ing their room they are hit with a laundry mound and a young irish fella who appears to think hygiene is something to do with rolling around in his own ****. Defeated, tired and ratty we negotiate a refund which we got and set back towards the point of arrival to find anoth** hostel ...

... ich nur einmal an dem am Flughafen angrenzendem Busbahnhof auf und ab und verschwand nach fuenf Minuten dann wieder im Flughafengebaeude. Dort verbrachte ich die Zeit in einem Wartesaal. Gegen Ende der acht Stunden lernte ich den Suedkoreaner Tiau kennen, der auch work&travel in Australien machen moechte. Der Flieger ab Incheon hatte eine Verspaetung von einer halben Stunde. Um 20.30h Ortszeit ging es dann endlich los. Noch mal an die 10 Stunden Flug ...

I arrived in Sydney yesterday and jumped straight into training. The script for the whodunnit has been changed 6 times, and now I have very little idea of what I am really supposed to be saying. There is a HUGE amount of equipment, and I am having serious doubts that it will fit in my car...
I am finding out that YHAs (Youth Hostels) book out really early, and I am going to have to start planning ahead more than I have been.
As well as being ...