Blogs from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Another easy, natural get up this morning! After another good nights sleep. I’m a little bit stiff today n the legs, but I think that it will loosen up as soon as I start walking around. We got straight on with booking me into a Vicious Cycle Class!! I know… OMG… what am I thinking? I know I’m just having a go… no judgement.. ha ha. I’m happy to see Bernard doing what he loves. It’s a big part of his life, and this is a good way to do that! We’ll see, watch this space! We had brekky. Bernard made us scrambled eggs in toast, by request. I do love my eggs! These were washed down with a black/purple, very seedy, berry and protein packed smoothie! It certainly tasted a lot better than it looked. ... read more

It was a lazy, slow start to the day today, as the check out is not until 11am. I have sorted my case, it’s all ready for my next move. Bernard is meeting me at the hotel at around 10am-ish. I have arranged to meet with Angelika at 9am for breakfast today. I wash up, showered and ready to go by 8:30. I hung back a while to catch up on Facebook and instagram, which I don’t seem to have a lot of time to do these days! I went down in good time to meet with Angelika. Timo was already seated at a table, I took a seat, then was closely followed by Angelika. I’m happy to take scrambled eggs this morning, with sourdough on the side. I had a cup of black Earl Grey. ... read more

Sydney, spectacularly draped around its glorious harbor and beaches, has visual wow factor like few other cities. Scratch the surface and it only gets better. Cheeky, brash, intoxicating – this city has been naturally blessed like few other cities on Earth. A 40-mile string of glistening sandy beaches bracket one of the world’s most spectacular harbors: it’s an Australian icon, where getting outdoors is everything, whether you are surfing the waves, marveling on a coastal walk or al fresco dining on sumptuous seafood. This multicultural, hedonistic city has numerous districts to explore. At some stage you’ll almost certainly end up at the Rocks - you haven’t really been to Sydney if you don’t. The Rocks, unrecognizable from the squalid place it was in the convict era, now serves as an "olde-worlde" tourist focus. There are a ... read more

Having been to Sydney before we had decided that there really wasn’t anything in particular that we wanted to see on this trip. We opted instead to catch the light rail/tram thingy into the CBD and browse the Boxing Day/Near Year sales. We shopped in Myer and Tracey purchased a few tops and a dress at 40% off. Bernie found convenient seats to sit on while he played on his mobile phone. He definitely finds that shopping is less of a chore these days with his mobile phone to entertain him while he waits, ha, ha. Bernie received a news update on his phone about 11.00am to say that the Opera House forecourt was already full of NYE sightseers and that no more people would be admitted. WTF, it’s still 13 hours until the fireworks!! We ... read more

We received an email yesterday from friends we met on our South American holiday thanking us for the Christmas card we sent. Yin and Gabriel live in northern Sydney, so we emailed back to let them know that we are going to be in Sydney for the NYE fireworks before heading further up the coast on the 2ndof January. After a couple of emails back and forth yesterday we confirmed this morning that we will meet them for lunch on Tuesday before we drive up to South West Rocks. We packed the car and drove over to the blowhole for a quick look. This morning, we were there about an hour before high tide and have to say that there was no appreciable difference in the spout! The sky was blue however as opposed to overcast ... read more

G'day mate, Som skrivet lite nedslagen men ändå glad över en riktigt trevlig samvaro med Sandra. Jag repade mod ganska snabbt när jag såg typ fyrtio sportiga tjejer i Sandras ålder och uppåt göra entre i den lilla avgångshallen på Townsvilles flygplats. Jag vill med eftertryck påtala att jag inte är gubbsjuk på nåt vis. Men nu brast det. Muskliga tjejer i alla storlekar i typ matchkläder på väg hem till Sydney. Det såg inte riktigt ut som fotbollskvinnor , en del var lite väl bitiga för att vara backar eller något annat stadigt. Det var ett rugbylag förstås, i högsta ligan som var på väg hem. Jag berättade för några där att jag aldrig stött på några rugbyspelare oavsett kön tidigare så jag frågade om en selfie vilket jag fick till spelarnas stora förtjusning. Inte ... read more