Best Western Sydney

G'day everyone! welcome to our travelogue for our trip to oz - from perth to sydney in 16 weeks! How hard can that be for a family who have never done this before! We are about to find out...having spent the last 17 years renovating our house in Normandy ...

... i was straight back into the swing of things, nothing really happened over the next 2 weeks. We were staying in the house in western Sydney where 10 people were packed into a 3 bedroom house, basically the four of us slept in the lounge room and the ...

... the overtake lanes uphill and around sharp turns. No problems since. We pulled into Merimbula on the Saphire Coast and stayed at a Best Western on a hill overlooking water on 2 sides. The owners were feeding the birds and we got close up to ...

A huge dust storm hit Sydney over night and the City was covered in a haze - not very good for sight seeing. Plus, it was a bit cold and windy. We went for a walk after a sleep in and breakfast - through Hyde park again and past a number historic ...

... about was getting to see them at 4pm. They are staying at the UniLodge (the same place I stay at) while they are in Sydney. They are actually just three floors above me. It will be really nice having them at the same hotel because I can just call ...

... bottom he made a flying leap over the little stream there to catch up, which Gillian hadn't quite expected, though with a Western (cowboy style) saddle she had no difficulty staying on during this unexpected manoeuvre. The 3 hour trail ride passed through ...

... cloudy and rainy, but most of our activities were indoor-friendly.  We saw the giant sharks in the Sydney Aquarium.  These are the biggest and best sharks I have ever seen, aside from the ones we saw in South Africa during our scary ...

I really think I am in the best city in the world...Sydney, Australia.  From the landscape, the people, the weather, the architecture, and overall feeling....this city has it all.  I am lucky to see it from the top of the Sydney Harbor Bridge ...

... we left with full bellies.  On the recommendation of the hostel staff, we began the next morning with a trek to the Western Suburbs to a great wildlife park full of native Australian animals. It ended up being a longer journey than expected as train ...

... from Ireland and Kira and Leigh from Oz. They all made us welcome and gave us tips for getting around Sydney, like buses, places to go and the best prices for budget travellers, a good night. Sat 22nd Jan We walked up the road a little to catch the ...

... a relatively ordinary guy can achieve with dedication. I think his easy personality and simple ideas are able to transverse multiple (Western) cultures and culinary understandings, and evidently in such a way which few other chefs seem able. In the end I ...

... Thailand its impossible to differ a poor person from a homeless. The things i saw here in Sydney, i would call them the decay, the leftovers of western capitalism.   Finally i found the medical clinic in Surry Hills, another thing that ...

... on the city side is built on a rocky spur of land known as 'The Rocks', which encompasses the area on the western side of Sydney Cove. We spent several hours at the Rocks, which today is full of fine colonial buildings, converted warehouses, cobbled ...

... all soaked by the time we got back. The remainder of the day was spent viewing surfing beaches (some of the best ones in Australia are found in Western Australia) from the dry cocoon of the bus, visiting a cave (where we all had to wear very fetching ...

... beach. Juhu Beach, which sits just outside the city centre, is lined with Mumbai's best hotels. Best beach: Fringed by Marina Drive on the western side of the city, Chowpatty Beach is Mumbai's most charismatic. 10. Venice, Italy Venice's beaches ...

... place, which is hardly surprising as Perth is still very much a boom town, being the only major population centre in Western Australia, a region rich in natural resources and therefore also rich in jobs. That evening we spent time relaxing outdoors and ...

... rainforests, cliff faces and massive waterfalls. So am I currently trying to completely re-route my trip to take in Western Australia, which has a lot of similarities. Love the beaches and party scene of East Coast but can not seriously survive ...

... publicised at home how difficult it has been for the Aboriginal people and how little they have integrated into a western society. We spent the day walking around Sydney...there was a group of us exploring what was on offer. We started off in Hyde Park ...

... an image of idyllic nature was close enough to include a stop over. It would make a good winding down/reentry point into western society. And furthermore, Erin's parents Alice and Jim would maybe have the chance to meet with us there. So, the plan was ...

... ; who is a lounge singer from Hong Kong and with 2 children,  marries an American service man but who never adapts to western life. It is written by her son Tony Ayers who lives in England.  The entire cast, plus his sister who lives in the ...