York Apartments Sydney

... going to the Turtle Bay apartments where the other secondees are staying so that I can finally have some friends here (the apartments aren't available till the 1st January). It does get pretty lonely doing all this stuff by myself. Coolest thing about ...

... effects of the previous night too much 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 ...

With half of our party back in Sydney, the remaining two of us found some interesting ways to entertain ourselves in the Big Apple.  Having briefly lived in the area previously, we decided we wanted to visit places we hadn't been to and to of course ...

... the area itself isn't great, not much to do etc, so if we had our time there again we'd probably live somewhere else. Sydney is a great city - clean, bright, beautiful. Circular Quay, although touristy (not that I am complaining, I am a tourist myself ...

... into lounge rooms of lots of people – now it was 12:30 am in the morning and it was weird, all the apartments were brightly lit with people dancing, playing Jenga (African game with blocks) some were smoking weed (Bill saw the baggie being passed ...

... any time soon - do it! After the musical we went and grabbed some dinner and then went to one of Perdie's friends apartments cos she was having a lil gathering/ college party at her place. It was actually groundhog day - not that I know ...

... rounds of fireworks, and had a really good view of the ones at midnight. Everyone was out on their balconys in the surrounding apartments so there was a great atmosphere and naturally we rang in the New Year with a few more bottles of Champers ( thanks to ...

... really enjoyed it.  (Bloody hell are we really becoming cultured in our old age!?).  By the way the Meriton Apartments are lovely, so again Freedom Australia have done us proud - living like Lords and also decided to eat like Lords tomorrow ...

... gay sex shops and small galleries that encapsulates Chelsea, and kept walking around. There are so many dogs here but everyone is in apartments. Weird. We had some pizza and beer and decided to go home as the next few nights will be actually ON the island ...

... sure why.  But it definitely had us lost.  We got back on track for the rest of the day, and saw two apartments that might be possibilities.  We're going to put in a couple of applications and see what happens. It is a little stressful not ...

... the harbour.   We spent the first part of the day in this small seaside resort at Manly Oceanworld  (similar to Sydney’s Aquarium but more based on conservation of the sharks and the local sea life).  Then I snacked on fish and ...

... Square, and when back at the apartment took some last photos of the city from the rooftop deck.   Our flight to Sydney via Frankfurt and Singapore was bound to leave NY close to midnight, but because of horrendous NY traffic and predictable airport ...

... 10 days there.  Instead I was recommended a website called Airbnb, one of several like it, which lets people rent out apartments to travelleres for long or short term use.  Some are just private studios, others full apartment or, like ours, a ...

... floor flat on campus, was by a forest.  So of course, on several occasions squirrels decided to wander into the apartments.  Now I must point out at this stage that squirrels in Vancouver aren't those cute little brown or grey things, they are ...

... to evert job i could possible think of, modelling, tv extras, you name it haha. We had organised to see this apartment, Peak Apartments, from and ad we found on a website, when we got there it looked amazing we totally got our hopes up, and there was no ...

... destinations including Barnys. Getting off a couple of stops before the Museum we wander along fifth, checking out all of the high-end apartments before heading to the Museum. I had been t o the Guggenheim in Bilbao and had hoped that the one here would ...

... for those who dislike museums Gossip Girl territory).  All very posh up here. I must say this is the  least favourite of our apartments.  Quite mad land lady who told us at the last minute that we had to come up with an $800 cash security ...

... in New York or Sydney. The streets were clean and wide, the foot paths were solid and glistening high rise apartments and businesses replaced the historic architecture elsewhere. The lovely "Ecological Reserve" was a huge green park where people ...

... car -with over 2600 kms extra on the milage - at the hire place and get my 5am flight back to Auckland in time for my early flight to Sydney. I need some hot weather !!!! P.S. it has now been over 72 hours since my last speeding ticket!! Bye ...