Blogs from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 14

De retour à Sydney après mon séjour asiatique. Le voyage retour c'est bien mieux passé, 3 sièges pour moi. Toujours pas d'écran et de nourriture mais j'étais préparé cette fois-ci! Je vous conseille d'ailleurs Lion comme film de 2016, j'en ai même versé ma larme ;) Sydney, ça change de la nz. La population d'un pays en une ville ! Forcément du coup j'ai vu plus de jolies filles ici en un jour qu'en 8mois et demi chez les kiwis... Des plages bondées malgré l'hiver, de la nourriture bien moins intéressante que la nz, définitivement je ne regrette pas mon choix. L'Australie semble ne rien avoir à voir avec sa ptite soeur. En parlant avec les gens qui ont fait les deux, la conclusion est : Australie tu gagnes des sous, Nz tu te fais plaisir.. ... read more

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Landed in the land down under for a warm welcome from Darryl! There he was milky white with a huge back pack full of goodies for us waiting at the gate! Taxi to Sydney and we arrived where we were staying, with a friend from home in her apartment for a few nights. We stopped for a quick freshen up and then hit the town. Darryl had brought us tickets to a local NRL game Manly sea eagles vs Melbourne storm. So we hopped onto the ferry to take us over to Manly! On route we were able to see and get some great pics of the opera house and harbour bridge. We stopped for a quick bite to eat in the lovely Manly before heading off to the game. Darryl was already into the full ... read more

10th/11th March Sydney Two days in this great city Although we have only been on since Auckland, there was a huge turnaround of passengers today (nearly half) Sydney is still a fabulous place sail into, although it was quite early today. There is something quite surreal about opening the curtains and having the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a backdrop. In the words of Basil Fawlty 'what were you expecting, herds of wildebeest crossing the Serengeti perhaps' A great city, the new developments are coming along, the Light railway should soon be up and running in George Street. So mainly a shopping expedition as the Sales were on and some bargains were to be had. Good to reacquaint ourselves with the Rocks and one of our favourite restaurants Wolfies on the waterfront. The Ocean Passenger Terminal is ... read more

Wednesday March 15, 2016 A day of travel and little to tell. A flight from Cairns to Sydney, 3 hours flight, and a car ride from Sydney to Canberra. The car ride in countries with driving on the left side of the road, always is a bit stressful and confusing. The confusion typically related to functions of the car: windshield wiper, direction indicator, etc. Happily, the car we rented is automatic; adding a manual shift to driving on the "wrong side" would complicate life a bit more. The road from Sydney to Canberra is an highway in part through an empty country and wide fields. We had been warned to watch for crossing kangaroos, but the only ones we saw were far removed from the road. With one sanitary stop, it took us about 3 hours ... read more