Blogs from Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

To all our loved ones all around the world.... Merry Christmas!! We hope you have a wonderful day whatever you're doing and wherever you may be. We miss you lots and Christmas isn't the same without you. We're off to a festival on Bondi beach, but its pouring with rain - feels like home really! muchos love mwah mwah mwah gsm... read more

The weather in Sydney today was rubbish!!! Raining and grey, I shouldn't really complain because you've all probably got the same weather in the UK or worse. Useless fact: Sydney has more rainfall each year than London. Regardless of the weather, I headed out nice and early and started the day by booking my greyhound hop on hop off tour bus to Cairns. It seems like a lot to do in only a few weeks. My first bus would leave at 11pm that evening and arrive at 11am in Byron Bay... nothing like a night bus to remind you you're a traveler!! After getting that sorted i found Paddy's market that sold the usual tat but I managed to resist the urge to buy ugh boots and Aussie tops. I walked to the quay and purchased ... read more

We beat the forces of jet lag, which tried to pin us down with a total of 23 hours of in-flight time. No after-effects, whatsoever. Jord is quite proud of that fact, as it's his first flight of any extended length. We made it through the airport, grabbed a SIM card for my phone along the way and took the airport train to Central Station. Our hostel was just down the road, luckily enough, so we unpacked early and headed out to beautiful Bondi Beach. We walked for hours along the cliffs and rocks, hopped into the crystalline waves, laid down on sand that was a brilliant white and finished by circling into town and ending up at the beachfront once again. Walking makes us hungry, (naturally) so we stopped at a quaint, little Italian restaurant ... read more

So arrived in Auckland airport ready for my flight to Sydney at 3am, so very tired but ready for the next chapter to begin. Now... know matter who you are when you board a flight and sit down you eye ball the isle to see who you'd like to sit next to you and who you most certainly wouldn't. I've never been lucky with this game, however as I sat in the middle seat I thought my luck had changed as a young blonde chick sat down next to me, happy days, then to add to this another blonde Aussie lady sat on the other side. I was already thinking in my head what openning lines I could use!! My luck soon when back to how it was when both girls simultaneously pulled out a vogue ... read more

G'day Folks!! I am sure that many of you were dreading this day, the day the email arrives telling you that oce more I am going to take up some of your valuable time with inane tales of our exotic travels...well, tough, you have had 4 months without an update so you have to take the rough with the smooth I'm afraid! The last time I posted anything was o December 24th and we were getting ready for Christmas Day Oz style - namely a BBQ and 35 degree heat! The obvious ext line is "well lots has happened since then...." but the truth is, not a great deal has really, but hopefully that is about to change. The original plan had been to spend a couple of weeks in Sydney, catch up with some friends ... read more

It was a tough day. A really tough day. You forget when you are booking everything that you have to check out of a hotel, with all your luggage, and get on the road to somewhere else.. Well the first rule of travelling anywhere should be that you can carry all that you possess. When two very tired children both need to sleep at the same time, and all you have is two pairs of arms and a single buggy (that won't be steered with one hand), it is nigh on impossible to carry two suitcases and three pieces of hand luggage (and I think we packed particularly light). The second rule of travelling with tired kids is that you should go directly to where you are staying. Do not try and fit in a post-wedding ... read more