I've been in Sydney for a little more than a week and I've already done tons of stuff.  However, this entry is only about my first week in Sydney.  I'll add a new entry on the other stuff that I've done by the end of this week.  I'm probably going to leave Sydney on Saturday and head up the East Coast to Byron's Bay. Crossing the ...

So a few weeks of being pampered by family and friends and its time to remind ourselves of the hardship of travel and its attendant discomforts.  It's not a holiday you know!  When in Australia, it would seem churlish not to see Sydney so off we flew, but not before Virg had pulled one out of the bag by finding a cheap (well not that c...

Unbelievable! We left our place around 6:30 knowing there would be know where to sit from the looks on TV.  All of the streets in downtown Sydney were closed so we walked a long ways to get to see the fireworks. There was a set at 9 that lasted about 5 minutes from where we were standing (same place I was yesterday) we could see t...

So, it's been a year! Well it's gone so fast it seems more like 12 months. It's been a fairly non-standard 365 days and we've basically forgotten to mark or celebrate this anniversary in anyway. In fact the date on this entry is a bit of a concoction with procrastination getting the better of us and we're now having to play catch up 2 weeks late...

Kids, you've got to love them, or do you? Now don't get me wrong, normally I like kids; as long as they're someone else's, as long as I can give them back at the end of the day, I'm fine. Normally. However when you are on the same plane for 25Hrs with the same 5 under 4's shouting, crying, fighting, more shouting, bawling (but never sleeping) th...

Afraid this wont be nearly as carefully crafted as the last one, but thought id throw an update your way. Only got time to do a few days so u'l have to imagine its about 2 weeks ago.. Arrived in Sydney Thursday(5th) and were supposed to be picked up from the airport in our passion wagon by Tim(our mate from Chesterfield for those of you who dont...

Today my parents and grandma did their tour of the Sydney Opera House, walked around Circular Quay and did some shopping. Tonight we arrived in Cairns at about 10pm at night. Because the plane wasn't full I got a whole three seats all to myself! I'm getting really lucky with this flying thing lately! It is much hotter and VERY humid here. Our ho...

Went to the cinema today, after getting my haircut in Wahroonga, and saw "Click". Went to Scott's house and met Dave for first time. Caught the train all over the place. Had first Aussie doner kebab, awesome takeaway style, from a "Leb" take away place. In cinema, the seats made good catapults so flicked sweets.

So we're finally on the highway, I think we only stopped once on the way to the NSW border, it took us about 3 hours to get to Albury/Wodonga, which is the NSW border. I'm not going to go into all the detail of the whole ride there, but at about 9:00 PM, we got to Sydney, I was truly amazed, I have never really seen such a huge dynamic city... t...

After a flight from Goa to Mumbai, a couple days spent in a right shit expensive hotel, which cost US$50 but was only worth $4.00, we jumped on a plane that would take us to Singapore. As soon as we were on it, there was a marked difference in the staff on the plane. The hostesses were happy to serve. After four hours, we were in Singapore. A qu...