Blogs from Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 3

A weekend of birthday celebrations has come to an end and while I thought I might get a little depressed this weekend as its my moms birthday too and I feel very far away from home, my lovely housemates and friends made sure I had a birthday to remember!! It started on the Friday with a visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales to see a Monet exhibition - yes I am getting very cultured in my old age, followed by lunch at Potts Point, some shopping and home for a girlie night with Lise consisting of Pizza, a chick flick and of course wine..........and chocolate!! Unfortunately the slave drivers at the Orangepeel Cafe made me work my birthday but after opening my lovely cards and presents and Skyping my mum off I went. ... read more

OK, im on catch up as now Im actually in New Zealand, so lets see now, where was I....oh yes....MARDI GRAS!!!! WUHU! The Rocky horror picture show was amazing and i cant believe i havent seen it before, either the show or the film...but I can honetly say that I now feel complete! very funny, very alternative and very sexy. you cant get better than that! Margaret Cho was also very very funny and im glad we went with my suggestion to get tickets to her show which was a sell out. highly recommend her. I also visited the Powerhouse museum which was very alrge and very interesting as covered virtually all areas of interest from history to fashion. So next up was the Twisted zoo walk with the Nuns of Perpetual Indulgence, at Toronga zoo ... read more

Hey everybody, hows it going? Its unbelievable but im already over 3 months into my oz adventure, feels like 2 minutes, but this is probably going to be my last blog from Sydney. Things have been a lot more civilised since my last entry, after Christmas and my bd. Reality kicked in and I almost shat when I realised how much money I had spent so the job hunt began. Whoever said its easy to get a job in oz was talking out of their arse cos its not, especially if your only wanting to work for a couple of months. After a weeks worth of half arsed looking I decided I would really knuckle down and seriously look for something (and tell a couple of porky pies on my CV). I handed in my cv ... read more

Feb 17 Woke up early the next morning, made myself some breakfast in the hostel kitchen and spoke to my mom and dad on Skype for a bit. Skype is so great, especially as my laptop and my dad's both have web-cams, so we can see each other when we speak- it feels a lot more like visiting than a simple phone-call. After that I received a phone call from a man named Marvin Weinman, who was a friend of my Uncle Steven's, who lived in Sydney. Originally from Montreal, he had met my uncle a few years ago when visiting mutual friends in Stowe, and they had quickly become very fond of each other. Marvin so generously invited me to stay with him and his wife Linda for my week in Sydney, and we arranged ... read more

Well I will tell you! A LOT!!! Im now in Sydney and have been here since very very very early saturday morning. 6.30am my flight arrived to be exact and I've been terribly busy since......but first, I believe I need to catch up on the last 2 weeks and what a 2 weeks they have been. Oh lordy yes..... I left Global Palace backpackers ( a very gd hostel right in the middle of Cairns and only $19 for a dorm with single beds - cf my comments on bunk beds!! and you will appreciate this mention) at 5.30 am to get to Pro Dive across the road for my 3 day 2 night liveaboard for my advanced diving. It wasnt quite what I expected to be honest. I was expecting a smaller group, there was ... read more