I can't believe it's my final weekend here! Yesterday I wandered around the CBD on a rather rainy/windy day (not typical of the weather I've experienced here!) to take some photos of some of my favourite haunts and to see a couple of new things. I started the day with a leisurely stop at one of the few remaining Starbucks in Australia (I've recently passed ones in Canberra, Bondi Junction, and Hobart that have all closed as of August 1 - is it much the same in North America?). I then decided to bit the bullet and buy a trip on [View Full Entry]

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As promised, here are some more pics of my place in Bondi Beach. Hopefully this weekend, I'll be here during daylight hours and can get a photo of the backyard. [View Full Entry]

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I can finally say I've been to all of Australia's states/territories! I spent this weekend in Canberra - which is in it's own state called the Australian Capital Territory. It's been the official capital of Australia since 1908 - although parliament has only sat there since 1927 (there were some delays in moving up from Melbourne thanks to the First World War) - are you getting the impression that I learned a lot during my 28 hours there? I took the 3.5 hour bus ride down from Sydney on Saturday morning - main highway the whole way there, so not a [View Full Entry]

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Here are a few pictures of my house in Bondi Beach. [View Full Entry]

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A few weeks ago, I managed to find cheap flights to Hobart, Tasmania and thus a three-day weekend trip was planned! As I only had such a short time (Saturday morning - Monday night), I had to limit by Tasmanian travels to just Hobart and it’s immediate surrounding area - however, now that I’ve been, I’d love to go back and see the rest. Definitely one of my favourite places I’ve been here. After arriving on Saturday and checking into my hostel (yes, back to the hostel lifestyle - but it didn’t seem so bad when I knew I’d be returning [View Full Entry]

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Hey! So just to make the rest of the world jealous, I thought I'd post a picture showing how close my new place is to the famous Bondi Beach!! Lol. I've lived here for a week so far and will be here for the next month until I return to Canada. I'm staying in a great little duplex with two other working professional girls, while their roommate is away in India. It's a beautiful little house and the neighbour is great! I haven't actually walked down to the beach yet - but have taken advantage of the proximity to Bondi Junction [View Full Entry]

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After a nice long three-week visit, my parents and sister returned to Canada this morning. We rented a van and travelled from Sydney up to the warm subtropics in Queensland and then back down. I've included a brief outline of where our travels took us (before I forget!) and a few pictures - thanks to Dad and Kristen I have about 2000 photos from the last three weeks, so it'll take me some time to sort through and post the highlights. Day 1: I met the family at Sydney airport, we picked up the rental car, and made the harrowing drive [View Full Entry]

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Here are some more pictures to go with the previous blog entry. [View Full Entry]

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My family arrived for a three-week visit and road trip up the coast. Here are some of the photos that my Dad's taken so far. [View Full Entry]

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Today our road trip brought us back to Coffs Harbour - where we stayed for a couple of nights about two months ago - it was kind of nice to be back in familiar territory - relatively speaking anyway! Weeks 4 & 5 of the road trip took us slightly north of Cairns to Port Douglas, and then south down the Queensland coast and into Northern New South Whales. We finally saw our first crocodile that was out in the wild (although safely on a river bank quite a distance away). Amazingly we spotted the croc while driving down a major [View Full Entry]

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