The Russell Sydney

... Starting with flying in first class luxery to 2 months in a camper van! the plan so far is ...no plan. We are excited to be meeting up with old friends along the way - Ads in Bangkok, Lara in Sydney and Darren in Christchurch! Keep watching........

... , it's time to head to my next destination - NEW ZEALAND. Let's see what this country has to show me... Nach einigen Tagen Sydney bei der lieben Familie Femia ist es nun Zeit, mich zu meiner naechsten Destination zu bewegen - NEUSEELAND. Mal sehen, was ...

... , LA), Ecuador (Quito and a 7 day cruise around the Galapagos Islands), Cook Islands, New Zealand (a 5 week tour), Australia (mostly Sydney to see Nathan), Thailand, Singapore and Egypt (Cairo, Luxor, Abu Simbel). It's a bit scary, but exciting. At 15.30 ...

... in a revolving bar. Cool, top day!! (Al, you would have been proud of our decadence!) After a nice pleasant night in the Russell Hotel and a big brekkie (and an hour on the phone to Fletch with his free internet calls, tight sod) we headed off up the ...

We couldn't check in at the Russell - our room wasn't ready yet. It was about 9 in the morning so we went to the Sydney Visitors Center instead. We wanted to find out where we could pick up two green traveler's passes. Then we took the Ferry to Darling ...

... to appreciate it fully); and followed it with a trip to Woolloomooloo to see the boats and apartments of the rich and famous (incl. Russell Crowe) and taste apparently the best and most famous pies in the world. They weren't bad but the pies we got from ...

... 9:40 when we were surposed to be taking off so 20mins isnt to bad i mainly watched charlie boorman and robin hood with Russell crowe and slept on the flight down to Sydney, the food was good again i had chicken curry it was either ...

Flight from SFO to Sydney, NSW ...

Arrived back in beautiful and 'peaceful' sydney. Australia just smells ...

Departed from Sydney Australia on way to ...

... found the local microbrewery. After sampling a few of their choice wares and dismissing the menu as overpriced, Russell took us down the wharf towards Sydney centre to a bar/nightclub on the sea front where we snaffled a little lunch and organised our ...

... ?. However when 'The Souths' turned up at Manly, team owner Russell Crowe turned up to witness Manly give them a right drubbing. (Russell, "Owner of a crap rugby league team", they forgot to add that onto the end of your speech in Gladiator!). Go ...

... out again. Sydney has a great public transportation system which includes cheap ferries across the harbour and to many other local points. Russell suggested that we go over to to one of the beaches around the harbour called Manly. As it was Sunday the ...

... next day.  He sorted out the tickets through work, which was sweet.  We went to see Parramatta Eels versus South Sydney Rabbitohs, Russell Crowes team.  Obviously we were up for the Eels, not the fact that we lived there for a few weeks, ...

... area about 1.30 After lunch we continued on to Wilton and then across to Wollongong via Mt Ousley. We arrived at Turbo Glide in Russell Vale and after unhooking the van, we headed up to Stanwell Tops via the Seacliff Bridge. We went for a walk out to the ...

... north side of the harbour, plotting an evening that was to consist of an excellent movie (Robin Hood - Justyn meanly gave Russell two stars) and some lamb! Monday we lucked out with the weather again, taking a short walking tour to a ...

... cloudy skies we cruised past the Prime Minister's holiday pad, buildings of historical interest and most importantly one of Russell Crowe's million dollar properties, no photos were taken though for fear of him snorkelling out to us for some ...

... covered dining / play area, a garden and a fantastic swimming pool. Best of all though is the resident smooth haired Jack Russell called Tess, who danced on her hind legs whilst clapping her front paws with excitement when we arrived. Dogtastic. Being ...

... like it did at the cricket and the football i watched, it rained!! Was still good, the game was between Russell Crowes team he owns, South Sydney Rabbitohs and the St George Dragons. didn't really understand what was going on, it is so much harder when ...