Blogs from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 648

With Natalie and Joe back from their holiday and Lou and Dom back from Bali I was out of the flat and moved to a Backpackers near town between Kings Cross and Potts Point. They've managed to re-create the atmosphere of Londons Kings Cross out here almost perfectly, there's just something in the air that feels the same, but why they would want to do this I have no idea....... But the hostel was nice, not too big and on a quite road with a few bars and cafes. Dressing in the Dark As I was working I was put in a room with 4 beds as I thought it would be quieter, there was only 1 other bloke in it when I moved in, an Italian called Dave who worked 2 jobs and was either ... read more

Dangerous When Wet Well summer arrived this weekend. It’s been raining all week in a relentless downpour that makes going anywhere with a stroller a waterlogged event. But at a certain point getting soaked seems like a super fun activity compared to one more hour inside with a one year old. So to finally see the sun, not to mention a hot, crispy sun, was a fabulous turn of events. Apparently the entire Eastern Suburbs agreed because Bondi Beach was jumpin’. The atmosphere here is a strange combination. It’s like South Beach meets South Street. For those of you from neither Miami nor Philly, it has all the glammed-out, razzle dazzle low cut, barely there, jewel encrusted everything, but done in a very grungy, punk, Zipperhead way. And on bright hot days like we had this ... read more

It’s been six weeks but we finally found a babysitter! (Who was counting anyway?). She came this past Saturday night and we hit the town! We went back to Darling Harbor since we liked it so much by day. Sure enough it was wonderful at night as well. All the restaurants along the water were lit up, as were the boats in the bay. There were people milling about, street performers, and even roaming merchants selling those little doodads that light up, flash and spin. It seems tacky, nonspecific souvenirs are a universal thing. We had drinks at one end, by Cockle Bay, and dinner at another end, on Kings Street Wharf. The food was great and we didn’t have to worry if there were chicken tenders on the menu or changing tables in the bathroom. ... read more

Hey everybody! Sorry for the lack of updates, but now that pretty much all of us are set in consistent jobs, there isn’t too much to report on daily. It seems like MN, Lynds & I have been spending the better parts of the last two weeks at the travel agent trying to pin down our plans for our two months starting in December. We’re all so excited because we have now decided to add Thailand to the tail end of the trip!!! Also, it seems we’ve gotten into the 9-5 regimen. Julia is now the last one standing at Ribs ‘n Rumps with Lynds throwing in the towel on Saturday to keep her data entry job. One thing I will say is starting to get on all our nerves is not having a car. We’ve ... read more

We arrived at Sydney Airport after a 11 hour flight. Fortunately we were collected by Rachel, an old school friend, we were then whisked away to a normal house with stuff like a kitchen and stuff. What luxury! Rachel told us to make ourselves welcome and explore Sydney, so we did. So far out of all our City visiting I have to say Sydney is my favourite, public transport includes ferry's and it's a nice place to walk around. The sites are close to each other and we didn't have to camp. After a few days at Rachel's we went and based ourselves in Manly ( a short ferry commute from Sydney ) in the hope of spending some time on the beach. Unfortunately Sydney was in the middle of a long on-going drought and so ... read more