Blogs from Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

I woke up at 7pm, got changed, ate breakfast and did everything else. It was a sunny day and the temperature was 28 degrees. The streets weren't crowded, because it was a Wednesday and people were at work. We were going to walk down the city and going to the Sydney Eye Tower. We walked down and took the first left turn. Once we were there, we brought the tickets and it came with a 4-D movie. We watched it and it was epic. After that we went to the Sydney Eye Tower. It was really high up in the sky and some people even went to the top of the tower and outside ! It was a very good view at the Sydney Tower. We spent 1 hour at the tower. After that, the temperature ... read more

Thursday 8th Having integrated my Melbourne visit into sights in the last blog. Let me just say that I recommend it highly. Do go if you're in the area. On the last night I went out with a couple of French sorts (as they used to say in 1980s hit sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses' do you remember that hilarious scene where the primary protagonist Derrick "del-boy" Trotter mistakenly horizontalises through the open bar? I nearly laughed my cranium off) to the pubs in Fitzrovia which on the one hand is not dissimilar from the name sake area of London, but on the other hand is well different. We "hit" a few bars until about 2 o'clock in the MORNING (I know, crazy) and exchanged drinking games, finally reconciling centuries of mutual hatred and conflict between ... read more

So one of the highlights of the trip so far was definately our stop in Brisbane as we were able to see Kim our friend from Uni again! Was so niice being able to catch up with her! Made our way to Brisbane from Noosa, for once it didnt take long and everything ran on time so it didnt feel as though our entire day had been wasted moving about. The area of Brisbane Kim lives in is such a nice place and had such a good vibe to it, there were actually proper shops again and bars all within walking distance which made such a change for us! It felt so bizzare being back in a city...within 24hrs hours we caved in and started wearing make-up again and actually straightened our hair!! it was bliss! ... read more

We decided to make the most of living so central, and having a great view from the flat on New Year’s Eve, inviting some friends over along with Andy & Jess and their friends to enjoy some nibbles and drinks. Between us all we cooked up an impressive spread with sausage rolls (of course), a vegetarian alternative to sausage rolls involving pesto, basil and mushrooms, spinach dip, asparagus and parma ham, mushroom caps and chocolate dipped strawberries. There were a few of Andy and Jess’ friends who had bought tickets to the Opera Bar – these were the hottest tickets in town with uninterrupted views of the Harbour Bridge, but you had to pay for it with £300 tickets just for entry! So these guys came over late afternoon for a few drinks and nibbles before ... read more

Jo had an early start with our flat mate Jess today, as they went to watch the 8am rubber duck racing in Darling Harbor. The V8 Sydney 500 Races are on at the old Olympic Park at the weekend so the V8 drivers have been signed up for some local publicity stunts in the week leading up to it – this was one of the more embarrassing ones. The rubber ducks were inflatable’s about 3metres tall which the drivers had to climb inside and use paddles to get themselves around the course in Darling Harbor. They were also up against a couple of V8 Fans who had ‘won’ the chance to race against them in a rubber duck. The V8 fans could have perhaps benefitted from a little training as they were left for dust, spinning ... read more

Will finished work a little early and was taken for drinks at Bungalow 8 in Darling Harbour by his company. Jo joined a little later in the evening and we both enjoyed a few post-work drinks watching the sun go down across the Harbour whilst getting to know Will’s new work colleagues a little better. After a few drinks it was time to find some dinner, so a group of Will’s work colleagues and we moved on to the Steak House next door to enjoy some Oysters, Steak and Malbec! After dinner the drinks trolley was brought across to our table and we selected some post dinner beverages. Will and the other guys decided to go for the ‘special liquor’ which was not displayed on the standard drinks trolley, but instead was kept locked in the ... read more

It has been very muggy for most of this week, but today we had a brilliant thunder storm which has cleared the air a little. We watched storm approaching from the balcony which gave us a pretty good view of the black storm clouds rolling in from West Sydney and the Fork Lightning coming down across the skyline. However we quickly retreated when the rain reached us and watched the rest of the storm play out from the comfort of our sofa. Quite an awesome site to watch from the 46th Floor!... read more