Blogs from Roseville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Becoming a Sydneysider has been fun... So, as a lot of you know, I am enjoying the life of luxury in Sydney, with my own room, DOUBLE bed, access to fridge, tv, a personal tour guide with a car and places/ reasons to wear my nice clothes (and heels once or twice!) I have also had a lot of acces too the internet, so have been Skyping and talking to people and have thus neglected my BLOGGING entries. I have just finished watching Airforce 1. Stephen has a new huge TV, blu-ray DVDs and High Definition player. I have watched so far: Catch me if you can, The Prestigue, Aviator and many others, laying on a super comphy sofa drinking green tea. Christmas day in the heat was amazing. I didnt leave the plot of ... read more

We had a fairly quiet Christmas this year. It was just me, James, Mum, Dad and Gowzaaaaa, and on Christams Day we all met under Roseville Bridge for a picnic! Mum and Dad went to church while James and I did the present thing at home and I think we even went for a run on the beach and got some exercise in, as there was definitely going to be none of that later. We all went BYO on the lunch food and all managed to bring loads of tasty stuff. Then we put it all together on our table and shared it around. After lunch we kicked back on rugs under the trees and chilled out, playing UNO. There were loads of families down there in the Garigal National Park which runs alongside Middle Harbour, ... read more

I'm checking to see that the blog works and to wish you all the VERY BEST of good fortune on your travels!Keep in contact when you can, be safe, and enjoy your travels - it is a magnificent world out there! Godspeed.... read more

I had one of the best New Years in a long time! We didn't really plan it out much ahead of time. But let me back up to Saturday. Joyce couldn't join me for the Hunter Valley tour. She had a lot to do at home. So I went alone with the group. There was a family with adult sons from outside of London, a retired couple from Perth, a family with two little kids from Queensland, and a young couple from Brighton. I was the only yank. It was a lovely day. It was rainy in Sydney, but the 2 hour drive took us out to the sunny valleys and vineyards. We toured 4 different wineries. (And yes, I did drink some merlot!) I picked up some bottles to give to Joyce and her family ... read more

WHO: me, matt, scott, ally, riv, dave san, wendy, saf, chow, snam (who dogged us for other engagements :p) kheng, sid, jase, katie, amy (yet another one), neil, miranda, tima, judes (who came alllllll the way just to see me off- thanks babe :)) annabel, brian, nat (i hope thats all!) WHAT: farewell and belated bday drinks for moi with a salsa lesson wedged in somewhere WHERE: equilibrium bar, world square WHEN: sun night 3 dec WHY: cause im leaaaaaaaaaaaving (man these 5W's are getting tiring...) Well this is the start of my first travelblog-hopefully with many more to come. Im not one who normally does this stuff (too lazy for xanga, too bored by flickr, apparently too uncool for myspace) so yeah, this is a big step! I hope you all enjoy the following three ... read more