Blogs from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 650

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I am at the airport and about to head to New Zealand so just a quick ping. I am still alive and well. My brother isn't doing quite so well though as he got hit by a drunk driver on my motorcycle yeasterday. I hear he broke his hand in 2 places but other wise I assume he is OK. Please pray for Peter's recovery. I am glad to be able to see the places I have and will, but home is calling me too, especially with what just happened with my bro. In Sydney I had a great place to stay thanks to a hook up from the wedding in Germany. It was a great home overlooking Bronte Beach in Sydney. I saw all the must sees there, which is about all I could do ... read more

Gday travel pommes! Well after over 10 years of thinking and talking about it we're eventually here - the land of beach,surf and sexy sand! The trip from Aukland was but an eventful one for poor young Robert! Firstly i got up at the crack of dawn - approx 3 am as Rob couldnt get on my lesurely 9am flight oh no. Well dropped him off in good time to then drive to the so called Ace Rentals drop off point which is a good 20 min hike in pouring down rain with all belongings on toe. Arrived at the airport to see a bewildered Rob sat down looking mightily unhappy - the 6am flight had been cancelled, the first of many mishaps. After some bartering Rob managed to purswade the staff that 5pm the same ... read more

Once again, it’s been ages since we’ve typed up an entry. We arrived in Australia on 29th July, a cold Friday morning. Coming out of Sydney airport was a shock to the system, no sunshine, wintertime in fact. We spent the first 2 weeks living in a hostel in the centre of town, nice place but we were glad to be leaving after 2 weeks. Sleeping in a 6 person dorm not knowing who you were going to wake up with in your room the next morning became a bit cumbersome. We met some nice people there though who we’ve been out with a few times since leaving the hostel. We did the usual sights around town, first stop Sydney Harbour and the Opera House… Sampled some of the many restaurants and bars scattered around the ... read more

Birthday, Baby and Bono: Three Quick “shout-outs” Ok, first, today is Les’ birthday, and since he probably won’t get home in time to have a party with Abby and me tonight, we made this poster to bring the party to him at work. Happy birthday!!! Secondly, to my Boston-based mom’s group, here’s an update on the “No Nappy” rule at the beach and beach-baby pool. I still stand by the fact that a naked baby is easier to deal with from a sticky-sand-standpoint, but it’s a little hard to try and make friends with other moms when your child puts the p-o-o in pool. Yep, good times. ‘Member the movie ‘Hope Floats’? Well guess what else floats . . . . Finally, this week U2 is in concert (the fall tour) in NYC. I had a ... read more

The Kangy Angy Indeed! This past weekend was Labour Day here in New South Wales. Not anywhere else. Not, for example in Queensland. It’d be as if Pennsylvania had a big holiday but not New Jersey. At any rate, it worked to our benefit since we live in the state with the holiday and so we went off to Hunter Valley for two days. Hunter Valley is a big wine area about 2 hours north of Sydney. It’s a popular getaway place full of little resorts and vineyard B&Bs. We were able to grab a last-minute deal over the internet and found ourselves at the four star Tallawanta Lodge. Les and I love wine, but I don’t know much about it. Les certainly knows more than I do. I’m also limited by the fact that no ... read more