http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Uncommonlyjulz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Uncommonlyjulz en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:41:08 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:41:08 +0000 It was an eventful weekend. On the 15th of March I went with the girls Jes Cindy Janice and Sam to Star City Casino which is the only casino in New South Wales. We dressed up gambled a bit and paid a little too much for our cocktails but hey isn't that what gambling and casinos are all about For St. Patrick's Day I went out with Jes and Virginia on a little pub crawl. We started wit http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-259939.html I went to the Blue Mountains for a day trip. It was a sort of sampler trip I saw a lot in a really short amount of time. We boarded a nice tour coach at 8am and proceeded to visit Sydney Olympic Park Featherdale Wildlife Park Wentworth Falls Leura The Three Sistersand Katoomba Scenic Railway. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Blue-Mountains/blog-259932.html Sorry for the lack of updates A lot has been going on to prevent me from writing. The first week of March was both catastrophic and great. My computer crashed and I lost everything fortunately I backed up before I left the USA and the backup is safe and sound at home. The building I live in has also experienced a rash of mail theft and bank fraud which my flatmate Jes and I fell victim to. O http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-259926.html Sydney Uni started up today and my first day was FABULOUS Before class Jes and I went to campus and all over to buy books and a couple other necessary school supplies. Then we got delicious iced coffees at a cafe on campus. I find it interesting that Australians don't seem to believe in drip coffee...everywhere you go there is fancy lattes and cappuccinos and iced coffees and they don't a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Sydney-Uni/blog-252232.html Today started as a slow day in. I woke up around 930 am and just bummed around with my flatmate Jes while talking to family and friends from home online. Instead of seizing the day I was busy being concerned with what was going on with people at home. Finally decided to go out and Jes and I met up with Cindy and Janice to go to the Sydney Harbour and The Rocks. Upon arrival at the harbour Jes http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Sydney-Harbour/blog-251816.html