Blogs from Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 39

Good Day!! Greetings from Oz! We have had the most brilliant time in SYdney, we are both totally blown away by the place. We arrived to a rather chilli 17 degrees which was defibnately a shock to the system after Bali especially while Britain experiences the best heat waves in ages! Sod's Law! We arrived in our apartment to a fantastic view over Bondi beach and the bay. Every morning we watched the surfers as we ate breakfast! It was fantastic having cooking facilities again and I was overwhelmed with joy at the ability to have a cup of tea with real milk again...agh the simple pleasures! Due to this much time was spent walking around countless supermarkets looking for food which we "could" cook, only to leave with more pasta and bolognese sauce. Though having ... read more

Not much has changed since the last post...we're still working pretty much everyday...but in the long run, the extra money saved will last longer, and we hope to be out of here early July. The rain has stopped for the first time in the past two weeks; now it's just cold, instead of rain and cold. Can't wait to get out of Sydney as it looks like all the travellers have left. Anyway, I've attached a few pics (more to come soon...slow computer), so enjoy! and feel free to comment - Taker easy and we'll talk to everyone soon!... read more

-THIS BLOG HAS BEEN VERIFIED AND RECOMMENDED BY AN INDEPENDENT JURY AND HAS BEEN RATED WITH *****5 STARS *****------------------------------------------------ ¨The Author Jeremy Maki is one of Europe´s leading Adventure writer´s¨ - Daily Express (UK) Cette chronique d'un cauchemar annoncé se dévore comme un véritable thriller sous les tropiques. - Bernard Géniès, Le Nouvel Observateur G´day mates! (this means pleased to make your acquaintance) We arrived in Australia and checked into a very comfortable youth hostel with a huge Iron door. There was a nice hospitable Welsh owner who greeted us at the front with a ¨whadayawant??¨ (which we interpreted as - might I enquire about your needs?) actually it was more of a ¨alright bud!¨ this place immediately chilled us out after the long journey. The backp... read more

Hey guys, We went to Bondi Beach yesterday, which was really cool; it was nice and warm, clear blue skies (although it did cloud over later in the afternoon). While you guys were all stuck at work, we were lying on a beach getting very burnt. Yes, my face is red and lizzy has random red patches, and half a red face. Lizzy climbed the harbour bridge the day before, unfortunately she survived. I didnt really want to do it so I just sat in the sun by the harbour crossing my fingers. We are going off to our next hotel tonight, the check in time is of course later than the check out time, so we have to wander around with our big backpacks for a while. I think Lizzy can carry mine as well. ... read more

After my body recovered from the Milford Track, I made my way through Dunedin and on to Christchurch. Dunedin was definetly memorable because I met up with three friends from Chicago; Emily Fitzmaurice, Katie Pascente and Nora Houlihan. It was a lot of fun because I got to see the contrast between our two travel experiences. Whereas Rachel and I blitzkreiged our way throughout the whole country in two months, these girls settled in Dunedin for three months. They had their own room in a hostel, had a group of stable friends and had jobs. I had a great time hanging out with them. We went to the beach, talked about pastimes, got sick from eating too much chocolate on a Cadbury's chocolate tour and had a Mexican Fiesta Bon Voyage night. At this point ... read more