Blogs from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 7

When I told everyone I was going to Australia, I received countless emails and Facebook messages telling me to be careful when I travel to Australia and to watch out for all of the things that can kill me—jellyfish, sharks, spiders, snakes, etc. In fact, when I stepped off the plane in Sydney, the first thing greeting me in the terminal was this huge display that stretched the entire walk from the gate to customs of everything in the water in Australia that could kill you. It’s ironic then, that what’s really going to kill me in Australia is my own cooking. I was pretty lucky growing up, in that both my parents are fairly good cooks, so I never really had any need or interest in learning how to cook. I do make a mean ... read more

Woke at 06:30 - unheard of! Another a sunny but windy St Patrick's Day. Went to Scruffy Murphy's for 10:00 as couldn't wait for sunday dinner we'd seen whilst walking around. The music was an Irish ear bashing - good and certainly wakes you up. Most of the town centre was closed for the Parade from George street. Just had to call in for coffee and carrot cake whilst we decided what to do. Went down Pitt Street again with the aim of getting to the harbour bridge, with a detour via the cider tents in Hyde Park and through the botanic gardens. Found an old style pub under the bridge and whiled away a few hours with a couple of pints and local chat outside. Then back home through The Rocks area and up Phillip ... read more

Hello, This is our last update about Australia. Once we left Rick and Leeanne's house, we flew to Sydney for a few days as our flight to Bangkok left from there. We thought we would elplore some of this famus city whilst we had the oppurtunity. When we arrived we put on our walking shoes and took to the streets to explore. We left our hostel in King's Cross and headed for the harbour area. We weaved in and out of some houses, made it to Elizabeth Quay, only to discover that we couldn't get to the main waterfront attractions. So we re-traced our steps and found the beautiful Botanical Gardens. These are a set of large gardens that are free to walk in and go from formal flower gardens, to tropical fern gardens and then ... read more

Als wir einen Kalendertag später um 08.00 Uhr morgens in Sydney landen, erwarten uns feuchte 27 Grad, strahlender Sonnenschein und die Erkenntnis, dass hier alles etwa 5 Mal so viel kostet wie in Peking ( beginnend mit dem Flughafenzubringer). Nachdem wir mit der Fähre an unserem Hotel am Cremorne Point, mit Blick auf das Opernhaus angekommen sind, und in unserem höchstens 10 qm "großen" Zimmer eingecheckt haben, stürzen wir uns ins Getümmel. Als Erstes lechzen wir nach einem Kaffee und einem Stück Brot, was in Asien einfach immer nur in Form von Gummitoast zu haben ist. Für zwei zugegebenermaßen recht große Sandwiches, zwei kleine Cappucino und eine 0,5 l Wasserflasche bezahlen wir dann stolze 30 $ (25€), werden aber bald feststellen, dass das leider normale Sydney-Preise sind. Die folgenden 4 Tage werden wir damit verbringen, durch ... read more