Blogs from Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 6

Well, it wasn't quite terror, but the nerves do jangle when you look out the plane door and see the clouds a great distance below. You are literally hurtling towards your messy death until that cord is pulled, releasing your lifeline. Something wrong with the cord? It means people will be talking about you in the past tense. It's also pretty chilly up there. The actual jump itself was an absolute rush though. We booked the jump on the Saturday to go on Sunday morning (today) first thing which turned out to be a 5:30am rise. Thanks to Karen, we had a birthday gift voucher that covered my jump and then some, so that took a lot of financial strain off it, although we did opt to get the DVD/Photo package which was worth it. Despite ... read more

After a hard weeks work we were ready for another weekend break!! This time it was a long weekend due to the public holiday for Australia Day. We had heard mixed opinions from locals about Australia Day but we decided to join in the festivities and have a wander through the city to see what was on offer. We headed to Hyde park where there was a large selection of vintage cars on display, some of which were for sale but way out of our price range!! The park itself had a number of food stalls offering a wide range of local and international cuisine. We decided to keep it Aussie and enjoyed a nice roll and sausage from the BBQ while sitting in the sun around the fountain. Nothing can beat the smell of snags ... read more

Nu er der gået et par dage hernede og jeg har efterhånden omstillet mig til australsk tid. Jeg har nu australsk konto, tax file number og telefonnummer, så det eneste jeg mangler er et job. Indtil videre har det ikke været helt ligetil at finde et, og hverken aviser, internet eller opslag har kunnet hjælpe den uuddannede og ufaglærte teenager jeg nu stadig er med at finde job. Jeg må bare arbejde lidt hårdere og så skal det nok kunne lade sig gøre at finde et. Der er mange hernede der rejser på nøjagtig samme måde, så det har ikke været noget problem at møde mennesker. I dag er Australian Day så vi er nogle stykker der tager sammen ud for at opleve hvad australierne kan præstere i forlystelser, koncerter og alkoholskænkning. Vejret er stadig upåklageligt ... read more

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all had a fab time and have made plans for the new year. Christmas was a bit difficult as feels very strange spending it away from friends and family however I must say that I did have a great time thanks to my ozzy pals here. I also chose a great time to work as I benefitted from all the Christmas perks such as invites to 5 Christmas parties! Going back to where I left off with my last entry; I went to my first gig by myself a few days later. I went to see The Killers at Sydney Entertainment Centre and had a great time. I felt a little self conscious at first being the only one on my row but then I started talking to a group ... read more

Ive been to Australia only once, I had the best time too. These are some photos I took while downunder. ...Ken... read more