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January 15th 2013
Yesterday was amazing! We were picked up by Di, Alan and Carol who are my housesitters' sisters and brother in law, born and bred in Sydney. They took us on an amazing tour of the bays and beaches, provided a picnic lunch on the beach, took us home for drinks ( and put my dirty clothes in the washer ! ) and then wined and dined us at Carol and Noel's waterside home. Wonderful, another day to remember! Today we continued our walking tour of the city, visiting the Opera House and Botanical GArdens before walking across the Sydney Bridge ( we didn't do the Bridgeclimb as it costs 300$ per person!). We later met up with Owain and Dani, Andrews nephew and fiancee and had dinner at their home at Mosman . We were treated ... read more
Day 35 - Sydney Harbour (14 January)
Published: January 15th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
January 15th 2013
We were out earlyish on the hunt for coffee and toast. It was the bites that woke me up earlyish. Yep got bitten at the animal reserve, they look like flea bites. However, I didn't know fleas could jump so high, or am I so short. After sustenance we walked to Darling Harbour. We walked passed the statue given to the people of Sydney by the proprietor of the Sydney Herald to mark the paper's 150th year. At the harbour we decided to take the Captain Cook cruise of the greater harbour. I found the Sydney harbour area to be an unattractive harbour full of commercial boats, cruise ships, expensive shops and eateries, street theatre and hundreds of tourists. Its saving graces are the Sydney opera house (see below) and the view of the Sydney ... read more
Day 36 - Our last full day of our adventure (Tuesday 15 January)
Published: January 15th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
January 15th 2013
My bites kept me awake and at 3:30 am I took an antihistamine tablet. As a result when I woke at 8:30 am I didn't know what day it was. Don says I am a cheap druggie! My hero went out and found some coffee and toast. We decided that we would enjoy the sun and take a ferry to Manly. This is an expensive coastal area on the north shore of Sydney harbour. We walked through the pedestrian mall to the beach. I found a nice shady spot to finish my book and Don went for a walk and had a paddle. The surf was quite good but the life guards were warning people that a shark had been sighted and that they should stay within the safe area. However, people were ignoring the lifeguards. ... read more
January 14th 2013
Hi all! I am starting to plan a trip to Australia by myself in July/August of this year and I'm just looking for some advice. I went to Europe this past summer with my boyfriend and two of our friends but this will be my first trip abroad alone. I reallyed wanted to go to Southeast Asia but didn't feel comfortable traveling there on my own. I've read that Australia is a good place to go solo so that's what I've decided on. I definitely want to go to Sydney, not sure where all else yet. I graduate this spring and while I'm pretty nervous about going on my own, I'm really excited! A little about me, I'm a 22 y/o female from the US, and I'm hoping to travel for 5-6 weeks. Thank you!... read more
Une semaine à Sydney
Published: January 15th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Surrey Hills
January 14th 2013
Nous avons maintenant une semaine d'écoulée à Sydney. Philippe a commencé son école. Nous avons donc nos après-midi de libre pour les visites. Philippe et moi avons visité le musée Maritime pendant que maman allait faire du shopping. Il faisait très chaud cette journée là, 43 degrés. Ce fut très intéressant. Philippe était très impressioné de voir le bateau du Capitaine Cook. Nous avons fait la visite d'un sous-marin et pour finalement se rendre compte que nous avions visité un sous-marin identique à Rimouski. Nous avons passé un après-midi à Manly Beach (30 minutes de bateau pour serendre) et avons terminé ça avec un petit drink dans un pub de la place. Pour faire plaisir à Philippe, nous sommes allés à Luna Park. C'est un petit parc d'attractions qui se situe au pied du Harbour Bridge ... read more
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January 13th 2013
Hi peeps, We touched down in Sydney on Dec 28th and arrived at our hostel at around midday. It was a bit of a shock to the system to see our dorm room for the first time as there were 6 of us crammed into a tiny room with bunk beds ( give me a wildlife filled treehouse any day) and a shared shower room and toilet. I think Laura found it especially daunting as she was the only girl and let's just say not much privacy! We spent the next couple of days exploring the city and doing the usual touristy sightseeing, opera house, harbour bridge, darling harbour and government house were all ticked off the list. It was quite strange to be stood in front of all these famous sights when you've seen them ... read more
Day 32 - The Hunt (Friday 11 January)
Published: January 13th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney
January 13th 2013
The hunt started at 11:00 as we were prevaricating over how we would set off and to where and settled it with a coffee at Starbucks. We were told that Woolworths (one of the main supermarkets) had a range of kosher food. Uh oh - wrong. So then a 2k walk to Coles (another major supermarket). As a side bar my first impressions of Sydney - by comparison to other Australian cities - dirty, noisy, affluent, crowded and some begging on the streets. It is like London's west end. Back to the hunt. We struck gold (well about 1/2 carat) as they had a minimal amount of stuff. So back to the list of kosher restaurants and into a taxi to Oxford Street at Bondi Junction to the Carmel bakery. If we had wanted gluten free ... read more
Day 33 - Shabbat (12 January)
Published: January 13th 2013Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » SydneyJanuary 13th 2013
Twelve hours later we awoke. It is strange how one's body knows that it is a day of rest even when you are on holiday! As there was lots of space in the fridge in our room we had moved all of our food into our room. So after our Shabbat morning service in our makeshift synagogue we had lunch and then decided to go for a walk to the Rocks. This is the Bohemian part of town with neat cafés, arty shops and the Museum of Contemporary Australian Art, which was free. To understand the kind of stuff that they were showing there was an exhibition on Anish Kapoor which I am afraid to say I don't get. Don and I walked around the ground floor and decided that we couldn't cope with any more. ... read more
January 13th 2013
Had a good night's sleep and strangely no jetlag however it is becoming increasingly difficult knowing what day of the week it is and what the time is in the UK to skype family. We spent the day walking round Sydney, this has beome a walk round the world tour! It was hot and muggy to start and overcast so no good for taking photos. We visited the Paddington and Kings Cross areas...trendy or seedy, it's difficult to tell and probably a question of opinion. In the afternoon we took a ferry ride to Parramatta to rest our weary feet.The boat sailed down the river for almost an hour. This is definately a beautiful way of admiring the suburbs of the city.Sailors paradise. Many homes have their moorings where we would have our garages. The rain ... read more
January 12th 2013
We arrived safely into Sydney but late after quite an eventful flight out of LA with Qantas. we bused it from Wilshire Blvd to LAX which was terribly cheap but unbearably long with the backpacks and nowhere to sit only to find out that our flight ws overbooked by 30! We had fortunately checked in online so were ok but let this be a lesson to who doesn't do so. we boarded on toime ut unfortunately a fellow passenger felt ill and had to be taken off. it toon an hour to get his bags out of the hold so we started taxiing down the runway 1 hour late. As we were getting into position for take off and boosting the engines a man just behind me had a stroke so the cabin crew alerted the ... read more
