Travelodge Hotel Sydney

We returned to Sydney for our last 2 weeks in Sydney and booked into the Travelodge (our budget couldn't quite stretch to the Vibe for 2 weeks - 20/2/09 - 22/2/09 entry) and collected our luggage all safe and sound from the Backpackers centre (20/2/09 - 22/2/09 entry). Our 2 weeks in Sydney was action packed as followed: Hello Sailor (14/3/09) It was Navy Day on the first weekend of our return and the city was full of Sailors in very smart uniforms. There was a big parade around the main stre...

we arrived after an 8 hour flight on the most fantastic airline who offered innumerable bottles of wine as long as you looked sober. we had seats with the most fantastic legroom and no seats in front. this must have been a sick irony for the 6ft bloke sat behind me cramped into his space. it did occur to me after we landed that i could have offered to swap seats, but i didn't. on the approach into Sydney i had a slight panic over where was the land, it appeared to be all water either side. el...

Hallo hier mein 3 Tagesbericht von Sydney, hier eine kurze Zusammenfassung von meinem Sydney Aufenthalt. Das Hotel lag super Zentral gelegen. Alle Sehenswuerdigkeiten, mit Ausnahme der Straende, sind unmittelbar in der Naehe gewesen. Zum Hotel selber kann ich auch nichts negatives berichten da ich dort ja auch wirklich nur selten war. Wer keinen Wert auf Luxus legt ist damit gut bedient. Sydney erkundet man am besten mit den oeffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln die hier recht guenstig sind. Es empfi...

Happy New Year to you all - thanks for all your emails and texts. New Year was unbelievable in Sydney - all started from about 12.00 noon when people were streaming through the city with their ice boxes of beers and food to get a good spot for the New Year celebrations and to see the fireworks. We had booked a NYE Cruise, which was leaving from Circular Quay at 7.00 p.m. We made sure we were down there early to soak up the atmosphere - good planning due to the crowds, etc. The bus stopped hal...

We are now back in Sydney and have ventured further than the hospital this time!!!! Hope you all had a great Christmas. We had a lovely day. We decided against going to Bondi Beach, which was the original plan, as we went there on Xmas Eve and discovered that you were not allowed to take alchol with you (the plan was to have a picnic and a bottle of wine on the beach) and there was a huge event in the Pavilion from 12.00 noon to 2.00 a.m., but we were just out of the age category (under 25)!!...

An eventful few days since we left Hong Kong!: Saturday 6/12/08. Left Hong Kong for Australia. Travelled to the airport by the Airport Express (train) and was amazed when we got to the train station that we could check in our luggage there and travel to the airport with just hand luggage. The girl on the check-in desk must have thought we were right dumbos as we could not get our head round the fact that our luggage was going to go all the way from the Train Station to Sydney airport, but she...

Our two night stay in Sydney for a wedding was mostly unremarkable. Highlights: * John Howard´s former office (still empty) * Getting stuck in a shopping centre for 4 hours, courtesy of Kathmandu´s annual sale. * Making it to and from our suburban hotel by public transport. Struggling to remember how to be a backpacker. Coffee vs Beer: A tough one. I didn´t actually have any beer, but had one cup of negatively good coffee at the hotel (part of the free breakfast supposedly worth $16 - ugh). I...

Tony and Carol, two of Andrew's patients spend part of the year in Sydney having lived there for many years. They have a gorgeous apartment overlooking the harbour. We all drove up to the Blue Mountains in their 4x4. They were able to show us places off the main tourist route. Some of the public roads were designated 4x4 only and involved clambering in and out of significant gullies. Carol had prepared a great picnic. Tony made coffee on a bush kettle, a water heater that can be fuelled by dr...

We board the Manly Ferry (the Girlie one being full, ha,ha) for the 7mile journey to Manly just north of the harbour entrance. It is a Sunday, so the beach is busy with surfers, swimming clubs and beach volleyball tournaments. After an early lunch, we head off round the coast. There is a good path south to the harbour entrance with great clifftop views. At the visitor's centre, we identify the bandicoots, skinks and kookaburras that have crossed our path so far. Back through Manly, we pick up...

We walk for about 2 miles looking for the Paddington market and eventually stumble upon it more by good fortune than any map reading skill. The market is held every Saturday in a school playground. There is a range of stalls selling everything from clothes to crystals. In the afternoon, we take the ferry from Cenral Quay to Watson's Bay passing harbourside communities, yachts etc. On the recommendation of yesterday's bridge guide, we have fish and chips in Doyle's restaurant. We walk round th...