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Greetings again from the great down under. The last week and a bit has been interesting. Getting jobs has been our main focus. After turning down that soliciting job, we were all back at the beginning. We were spending a lot of time and money at the internet cafe down the road so we decided to get our own internet (thanks to neils dad for the laptop). Getting the internet set up was a little expensive, but we crunched the numbers and figured out that if we were to stay with the cafe, altogether we would have been spending 200 a [View Full Entry]

down_under - Tyler Thielmann | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 23rd 2007 | 120 Views | [diary=121658]

goin to the beach
Cooking crew
hot cars

在悉尼,我最喜欢的就是去沙滩。那里的人们休闲自得,不分肤色(因为大家都喜欢把自己晒得很黑)。白人要花很多时间才能把自己晒黑,黄种人一晒就黑,而黑还没晒 [View Full Entry]

Xiang - Qin Qing Xiang | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 18th 2007 | 200 Views | [diary=120265]

Googee 海滩
裸晒

This morning we were up very early for a round of golf! Dan, Paul, Steve and Paul's friend John were all playing 9 holes at the local course, while Gloria and I went along for an early morning stroll and to keep score. Unfortunately Dan was playing with standard length clubs which are too short for him. After topping quite a few frustrated shots and not performing as he might well have done- but also realising that everyone was of a similar standard, it wasn't a serious game and we all had a great laugh. The rest of the day was [View Full Entry]

Clare and Dan - Clare and Dan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 11th 2007 | 101 Views | [diary=117951]


hey everybody... well it has been a crazy week...tuesday we got to the airport and actually ended up on an earlyer flight out of seattle, we were all searched at security (they say it was because we had one way tickets) but oh well it didn't take long and we pretty much just walked onto the plane; we didn't wait at all. The flight to san fran was really turbulent somewhat like a roller coaster. The next flight wasn't as turbulant but it was sooo long, i figured i would be able to sleep for at least 8 hours on the [View Full Entry]

down_under - Tyler Thielmann | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 11th 2007 | 140 Views | [diary=117239]

BONDI BEACH
dumb telephones
coffee break

After the long walk yesterday we were very tired, so slept in most of the morning. By lunch time we fancied a little walk, so from Paul's we walked to Coogie beach to explore our local area. The beach was exactly what we had come to expect of the east coast, lovely golden soft sand, the sun shining- so Dan couldnt help but jump straight in. As well as the beach, there was a small enclosed area to one end made of concrete that was like a 'safe' area to swim is maybe the surf was too strong or there were [View Full Entry]

Clare and Dan - Clare and Dan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 11th 2007 | 108 Views | [diary=117950]

The Ocean Pool at the beach

yes, i know i have done a terrible job of keeping you all up-to-date via the blog...happily the guilt has finally become too overwhelming to bear. excuses are lame, but there tends to be so much i want to tell that the task of writing it all out seems very daunting, particularly now that i've waited until 6 weeks into the trip to begin. but i know that if i don't just sit down and write something then it will never happen, so i'm going to be disciplined and do my best to fill you in thoroughly. to start, japan was [View Full Entry]

Kristin VT - Unemployment is Underrated | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 2nd 2007 | 36 Views | [diary=115379]


Today we returned from the Blue Mountains into Sydney. We have a new base for the next few days - in Edgecliff - the next village of Sydney! It is still close to the City Centre - but a much nicer area than King's Cross! In fact the view from the hotel room is out across the East of the Harbour - over an area called Double Bay - known to the locals as Double Pay due to the plethora of multi million dollar apartments and homes. After our train back into the city and some lunch, we relaxed a bit [View Full Entry]

Clare and Dan - Clare and Dan | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 2nd 2007 | 145 Views | [diary=115471]


I arrived in Sydney in the early afternoon on 20th December where the city looked huge! Skyscrapers everywhere. The city looked brilliant. Later that evening I met up with Andy my Canadian friend I had organised to meet up with again. We went for a drink at this bar called 'The Side Bar' which was a totally different night scene to anywhere in New Zealand, full of people all having a good time it was great! The next day I went to explore the city and visit the sites. I went to the botanic gardens, the harbour bridge and the Opera [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 12th 2007 | 94 Views | [diary=113637]

Sydney Opera House
Surf Camp
Kimbo And Surf Instructors

Thankfully the weather finally sorted itself out and we managed the obligatory English ex pat christmas down under. Christmas eve was spent wandering around the city centre, which was a bit on the quiet side with almost nothing happening bar a group of keen carol singers , singing their hearts out to a crowd of fifty. But its pretty nice to see the harbour lit up. Still not feeling very festive though. The big day was much better, we met up with three friends we met in the south pacific (Paul, Brendan and Vikky) and their friend Ang. They are renting [View Full Entry]

John and Claire - John and Claire Wood | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 28th 2006 | 75 Views | [diary=113624]

Christmas dinner
Sydney  - hobart boat race
Darling Harbour

Hey everyone, Hope you are all well, i've had a very busy week so i'll try and pic up where i left off!!! The place I arrived is called Coogee Beach and its about 10 mins from Sydney City Centre and has quite possibly the best view going (for a hostel anyway - see pictures!!). Monday 11th Dec - The rest of my group arrived at about midday and we went into Sydney to the botanical gardens where there is an amazing view of Sydney Harbour then we walked down to the harbour and took a jet trip around the harbour [View Full Entry]

Shinpeg - Sinead Grace | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 17th 2006 | 223 Views | [diary=111252]

My Ozintro group!!!
View from my balcony of Coogee Beach!!!
Kangeroo (and Joey) For Kath!!!