Blogs from Bondi Junction, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 5

I didn't want to leave Sydney, so I didn'tDoug Pickles I’m sure it won’t come as a surprise to you when I say that Sydney is well known as one of the most beautiful cities on earth situated on a dramatic natural harbour with a fabulous year-round climate with activities and cuisine to suit every taste. But you do need to come here to see it with your own eyes and truly believe it and, thanks to my host and hostess Rory and Julie-Anne, I have just spent a very memorable five days falling in love with this paradise city. In true Sydney style, activity has been the order of every day. Day one was a walking tour of the historic Rocks district and a customary visit to a wildlife centre to marvel at the koalas, ... read more

Hey everyone! It's 5 hour epic update time again, hurrah I hear you cry, however it has been a month so a bit to fit in and all about nothing in particular, also loads of pictures so grab a cuppa and settle in if I was you!All the pictures are shown as usual but there are also more on the next page, you have to click on the tab at the bottom next to the last picture to see them. Today also marks my 3 month anniversary since leaving, to me its flown by, dunno about you lot! Now before I begin I must make some announcements regarding some newborn babies...deep breaths mum and dad, they are nothing to do with me (well I'm not amditting to anything without a DNA test anyways!) So first up ... read more

Well then, been here in Oz a year now pretty much and all's still going well. Finally moved out of 71 Old South Head Road and got me own flat with me mate Ivan and job's still going fine, just thought I'd give ya a quick update on what I've been doing in the past few months. Last time I did one of these things me Mum had just gone back to England and Olivia had completely fucked me hair up so I looked like Vanilla Ice so that was just before Christams, hmmm... For my birthday in December my Dad paid for me to go diving with sharks just off Maroubra beach which was quality but unfortunately I've not got any pics from that yet, still haven't finished using the underwater disposable camera I used ... read more

Hi people, you wait 3 weeks on the edge of your seat for a blog and then 2 come along in a week, very bus like! I had to blog this one though, so many pictures to show, oh yes we met the legend that is Alf Stewart, Toadie (yawn I've already met him before, we're like, best mates or something!) and Steph-hotter in the flesh than on TV which was a bit weird! Now the natural question is, what in Lords name was Alf Stewart, the Home and Away star and rival of Neighbours, doing at a Neighbours night. I don't know the answer, he was just there, and we were excited like school kids that he was, seriously it was embarassing. The guy was awesome though and even had a brief chat to us ... read more

Just finished two books, A Year In The Merde (lame, much fabricated account of some english guy moving to Paris and observing how fucked up french girls are, making the most lame attempts at droll humour ever) and The Motorcycle Diaries, the diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara and his buddy as they biked over South America. A lot of the places they visited and accounted, I will be going to. I loved the book (it's my favourite type of book after all - the biography). I think Guevara is a natural and fluid writer, obviously taken with what he sees, his observations of poverty and politics across the continent obviously his formative years in terms of what he became. His comments are so plainly made, the subject matter is centre stage instead of flowery or patronising ... read more