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

The weekend life in Sydney can be expensive. A lot of backpackers end up splashing their full wages (or money saved from home) on going out to clubs & pubs, which was something we were looking to avoid due to our finances. Sitting in our flat isn't particularly fun though due to uncomfortable seating, assorted mess from our flatmate, and the cockroach situation. On the Sunday of the weekend that started in the last blog, was the public celebration of St Patricks Day (a day earlier here this year), an organised drinking day. We still had some money left in our weekly budget, so we decided to partake in the festivities. Guinness must be rubbing their grubby mits each year in March, as in reality, St Patricks Day is more of a lucrative sales day than ... read more

The start of another working week, or so we thought. However... I got fired from my job at Pamcat! Well, my assignment was terminated anyway on the Tuesday and I don't really feel too much at fault. As I said in the last blog, I had slowed my pace at work and was just doing my follow up calls each day having not received any further instruction. Because there weren't too many to do each day, I casually surfed the net to kill time, although I was still making it all the way through my load. However, half an hour before my lunch, I got a call from Adecco saying that the manager of the office had phoned wanting to end my assignment immediately. It was pretty bizarre as the manager sat opposite me and obviously ... read more

G'day mates! Just got back from the Cyndi Lauper concert. It was great. Well, I'm a bit tired - just a little after 1am here. I also had some technical issues with the camera, so no new pictures tonight. Check back Monday morning for a new blog and pictures. Cheers!... read more

G'day mates! Happy Mardi Gras! Today is my "early" Mardi Gras edition. The Parade doesn't start until 7:30pm (3:30am EST), so I thought I would add some pictures in the mean time. There will be a "late" Mardi Gras edition later on, so keep an eye out! Today I dared to climb the heights of the Sydney Tower. I'm not big on heights, but the admission was included with my Aquarium ticket, so I thought, what the heck. I only stayed at the top for a few minutes to snap a couple of pictures and quickly got on the "lift" to go back down to the base. Then I went on Oz trek. Pretty touristy film about the "Down Under" in four different languages. The seats moved and it was sort of like virtual reality. I ... read more

G'day everyone, Wow, what a long trip. I forgot what it was like to be on a plane for 20+ hours. Either way, the trip was uneventful. I had an aisle seat with no one next to me, so the flight from LA to Sydney wasn't so bad. I arrived at the hotel early and my room wasn't available. So, I dropped my bags off and went out to get myself acquainted with the city. I didn't take many pictures, mostly because it was an effort to stay awake (and I looked pretty travel worn). I just realized I left the wire to connect my camera to my computer 10,000 miles away at home. No worries mates! I will find an internet cafe that will allow me to download pictures from my camera's memory card. Hopefully ... read more