Blogs from Surrey Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Australia, so far from home, so exotic, sexy surfers, beautiful beaches! We are so excited to start this new aventure! An English speaking country again, we never through this would be such a relief! As we were used to talk sign language in Asia, we started our days to talk English with hand movements to make ourself clear, which was totally not necessary anymore of course. We have been welcomed at Anne-Sophie and Damien's place in Surry Hills in Sydney. Anne-Sophie has been to the same school as us and is a friend of the big sister of Hélène. This occasion got us to know her better and has been a lot of fun. We would like to thank her and Damien for their hospitality and making our first days in Australia that good. We started ... read more

Dear followers, I was a little quite the previous days, but I'm back with a new update ! I started my internship @ Alpha dot net, monday on the 24th of February. First I received some small project that required my Cisco and Troubleshooting skills. But now I'm allowed to take on the bigger ones ! If I have any question or trouble , the people around me are very supportive and allow me to grow my skills bit by bit. I also have flexible working hours, this makes it possible for me to arrange the last paperwork, like retrieving a Bankcard, get my health record taken care of, ... There occurred a few problems, when I tried to accomplish the previous named paperworks. First I went all the way to Redfern for a Medicare Center, ... read more

Notre séjour à Sydney est terminé. Depuis mon dernier blog (ça remonte loin), nous avons visité la ville encore plus. Nous sommes retournés à Bondi Beach et avons également été à celle de Cronulla. Bondi est beaucoup plus intéressante. La visiste du Australia Museum fut très intéressante avec les squelettes de dinosaures. Nous sommes montés dans la tour du Westfield pour avoir une vue complète de la ville. C'est là qu'on se rend compte de la grandeur de cette ville. On a fait notre première rencontre avec des kangourous et des koalas au Featherdale Wildlife Park. C'est un parc en plein coeur d'un quartier résidentiel. Très bien organisé et on peut nourrir des kangourous et flatter des koalas. Les autruches ont toujours l'air aussi suspectes. On ne sait jamais si elles vont vous attaquer et Philippe ... read more

So after a long night bus journey, i arrived back at the Big Hostel in Surrey hills, to be met by the friendly gang who work there again! I then head out to Manly beach by ferry which was a beautiful ride through the harbour with amazing views ofcourse, albeit it was not a day for beaching it. After a wander around the seaside town at Manly i bumped into my slovakian friends that I had met on the Whitsundays sailing trip. We had drinks back in Sydney down by the quays and later met up with my little spnish friend for a chinese meal in Chinatown. Cramming it all in on my last day, i did some Christmas shopping ready for my next stop in San Francisco, and ended the Oz experience by meeting up ... read more

Arrived in Sydney at 6 am in the morning on 15th and celebrated the fact we’ve been travelling for 2 months now by suffering from terrible jet-lag all day long (I would have literally sold my suitcase in exchange for a bed!!!). Went for a walk to check out the area where we stayed, called Surry Hills. It is pretty nice but.... Jesus! Such prices!! Buying food here, internet, renting a car, anything, is FAR more expensive then the UK. Thankfully we’re staying in a sort of apartment so we can cook our food as if we were at home. This part of Sydney reminds me vaguely of NY’s Brooklyn; with its fashionable and vintage small shops, picturesque little restaurants and convenient stores, it definitely has an air of suburb with a unique style and undeniable ... read more