Blogs from Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 4

Well here we go...my first travel blog. Instead of emailing, I'm thinking this is going to be a better way of communicating while I'm on the road. I leave Australia for a 5 month travel adventure on Nov 12 so rather than boring people with news of my moving from Sydney to Melbourne and my resignation from ACP (yes during the current global economic crisis - yikes!), I probably won't write in this blog until I am chewing on coca leaves high above the clouds somewhere in Peru. Until then... ... read more

We're in Australia now, real shame to leave NZ which we loved, but it's already warmer here and can't wait to head up the coast and enjoy the sunshine. We only had a few days on NZ's North Island but it was good fun, and a real change from the constant travelling we'd had before in the South. We arrived in Wellington off the ferry from Picton, and instantly realised we weren't going to be too sad to see the back of the campervan. We had to drive at least 15km out of the city to find a camping ground and when we did it was if we were staying just outside some kind of industrial estate. Still the next day we headed into town and Rachel met up with an old friend from London who ... read more

Hi All, 4 weeks of living in Sydney was never going to fit into 1 entry. Our next big job after finding accomodation was to find a means of paying for it. Everything was considered, although the worst and wackiest were reserved for moments of moneyless panic. Who wouldn't consider a job which involved sitting around all day, doing absolutely nothing and getting well paid whilst at the same time helping people to develop their potential. A pretty valiant and noble profession I hear you say - see how easy it is to justify being a male nude model for an art class, the things you can justify when you're stuck for a few bob. It would have made a very interesting addition to my CV don't you think, certaintly someting 'different' to discuss in a ... read more

Howdy! Nach etwa 24 h Flug bin ich endlich in Sydney angekommen, jipiiieee!!!! Der Flug mit Emirates war O.K., aber ich habe auch ausser 7 angefangenen Filmen und dem Essen nicht viel mitbekommen - das Essen auch nur, weil die bloede Stewardess mich immer geweckt hat. Man kann es ihr aber auch nicht so ganz uebel nehmen, ich habe ja schliesslich den "Please, don't disturb"-Sticker nicht auf meinen Sitz geklebt. Ausserdem kann man diesen komatoes-schraeglagigen chronisch-offen-mundigen Zustand, in dem ich mich befand auch nicht wirklich Schlafen nennen. In Sydney habe ich dann erst mal 24 h durchgeschlafen, ich konnte mich gar nicht dagegen wehren und Ihr wisst ja wie ich eigentlich durchhalten kann. Sehr lustig waehrend des Flugs war auch, dass es in Dubai auf dem Fluighafen zwar Raucherraeume gibt, die Raucher diese aber nur mit ... read more

It's been a while since I last updated a blog, so it might be a long one! We hired a car in Port Douglas (a little bright yellow Hyundai Getz) and set off up the Captain Cook Highway to Daintree River, we took a detour to Daintree Village on the way and there wasn't much there at all, just an information centre, lots of river cruises and a few cafes! Back at Daintree River, we went on a croc tour on the Solar Whisper (the only ecological one or something like that) and saw a couple of crocs. We think we saw a little 6 inch baby, we saw a 6ft ish long teenager female and we saw a massive male (though he has half in, half out of the water) who weighs about 1000kg - ... read more