Sydney House Chelsea

May 22 - Nelson At 6am I was up like a shot, ready to watch Chelsea be crowned champions of Europe. Walking into the hostel's TV room it seemed a lot of others had the same idea (although most were reds). I'd love to say that Chelsea whooped the Manc's ...

... In the mean time Grant brought the issue of Yaan's unprofessionalism etc. to Greg the head honcho of Sleeping With the Enemy in Sydney. Yaan was fired as house captain of the zoo (my house) the next day and told never to step foot in the house again. The ...

... , but it did so comfortably. Four floors of diverse exhibits were spread over the area of Monaco (aaargh, taboo subject for a Chelsea fan), and a large proportion were interactive with mice to click, buttons to press and puzzles to handle. This is how ...

... the guy I have the hots for..the place reminds me of Jump in TO except this one had nice views of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House..Vince's friend Justin came up from Melbourne and we hung out with him for a bit. And lastly, Melissa arrived and ...

... Manu supporters club pub :-(  You should be proud of me Andrew and Stuart!!  I won't be supporting Manu though there's no doubt about that one, Chelsea is the lesser of the two evils; but really I don't care. Hope you are all well ...

... two walk routes that are planned out in my Oz guide book. The walk started at the harbour and went past Sydney Opera House, through the Royal Botanical Gardens and The Domain, here there were masses of enormous bats in the trees day sleeping and webs ...

... cheapest and easiest thing when traveling!!! After breakfast we walked to the train station and took the train to the Opera House and the Sydney Habour Bridge. First we headed to the Customs House to watch some opera House performers who were doing a ...

... have one whole day, and from what I've heard, that should be enough.  ;-)   The other day I went down to Sydney Harbour again and walked in the Royal Botanic Garden a bit.  I have seen so many unfamiliar birds!  As ...

... there lovey. Everyone is there 'on show' air kissing and generally looking loaded (except us). Most of the 4x4s are like the Chelsea tractors at home, never having been anywhere near the dirt and, instead of being patrols etc they're range rovers, porsche ...

... it out there and Seb and I had a great time and then had to head back for me to catch my flight to Melbourne.... So Sydney? It is a pretty great city....apart from the stunning sky line and the iconic opera house and bridge, there are really cool ...

... ! The next day the sun actually tried to get out and it was a perfect day for us to head out again. After watching the Newcastle v Chelsea game re-run we met a couple who gave us some free tickets to go up pylons on the bridge to get a ...

... to a roller coaster pulling you up but without the safety restraints....Anyway, long and short we decided not to go that way (Chelsea, traveling partner, does not like heights and I had already put her through the staircase) so we decided to walk back up ...

... time for Chelsea to hit bed leaving us to stay up all night chatting and drinking tea catching up on some 3 years of our lives. Chelsea goes Easter egg hunting With Easter the next day it was up at a reasonable time and off for an egg hunt! Kids make ...

... , Mike you're more than welcome matey! I got directions from the campest Aussie I'd ever met and found out he has a flat in Chelsea, spends half the year here, and half the year there, nice. Our housemates are cool, Owen, me and 4 other guys. Two Irish ...

... good with the hack now. Did a 16 hack combo the other day. In the evening, we had been invited round to Chelsea and Robin's house to celebrate her birthday. We all had chinese food, lots of wine and a butterscotch schnapps/baileys mix with ice, not ...

So Chelsea and I arrived in Sydney on the 10th of Jan on a beautiful summer day. Somehow we managed to find our way to our new hostel in Bondi, and after quickly getting settled in, we ran for the beach! The day had cooled off a bit by this point, so the ...

... and chip shop that supposedly dishes up Sydney’s finest fish and chips. The sights everyone comes to Sydney for though are the big two – the Opera house and the harbour bridge.  Much like meeting a film star in real life, we found the ...

... so that each bayside mansion has a view westwards back up the harbour to the famous harbour setting of the bridge, opera house and Sydney skyline.  I stop for breakfast in Double Bay.  In a place called Dee Bees - which is an unassuming ...

... to spend the next hour smoking and playing music. I left them fast asleep in the morning to explore downtown Sydney. Sauntering from the opera house, to an outdoor cafe to the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art, I felt like Stephen Fry must have done ...

... a good few days in Melbourne. Herdy had been down here for about 10 days helping his mates Woody and Chelsea move home and start renovations in their new house and it looked like they'd been pretty busy! Anuyway, as my DIY skills are a bit limited ...