http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , New South Wales , Sydney , Darlinghurst en-us Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:38:48 BST Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:38:48 BST Well here we go...my first travel blog. Instead of emailing I'm thinking this is going to be a better way of communicating while I'm on the road. I leave Australia for a 5 month travel adventure on Nov 12 so rather than boring people with news of my moving from Sydney to Melbourne and my resignation from ACP yes during the current global economic crisis yikes I probably won't write in thi http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-332086.html Hi All just a brief update of all we've been up to since the last entry well actually a nice excuse to put up the much promised video of our apartment. Well the ink wasn't even dry on my last blog before I got a call from my boss giving me the old heave ho. As you can probably tell from my last entry I was not overly upset about this turn of events and actually it has worked out quite well for http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-328821.html We're in Australia now real shame to leave NZ which we loved but it's already warmer here and can't wait to head up the coast and enjoy the sunshine. We only had a few days on NZ's North Island but it was good fun and a real change from the constant travelling we'd had before in the South. We arrived in Wellington off the ferry from Picton and instantly realised we weren't going to be too sad http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-321078.html ...so here we are and here i go it's day four i think and at the moment it feels we're on a city break albeit not a 20 sleezeyjet from stanstead. sydney weather has started off from where we left blighty but a harbour bridge climb at 4am this am in rain hail and 70km ph winds was definitely more dramatic because of it. as was the roosters v dragons game for the playoffs last night roosters http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-320296.html Hi All You'd probably think by reading the last two blogs about getting accomodation and jobs that we haven't done anytrhing else well you'd be very wrong. In between all of the hassle stress and erm worry we've been able to put on a brave face and show up at a few local watering holes. We arrived on a Sunday morning and went on a short sight seeing tour of Sydney We were really surprised that http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-319939.html Hi All 4 weeks of living in Sydney was never going to fit into 1 entry. Our next big job after finding accomodation was to find a means of paying for it. Everything was considered although the worst and wackiest were reserved for moments of moneyless panic. Who wouldn't consider a job which involved sitting around all day doing absolutely nothing and getting well paid whilst at the same time he http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-319929.html HowdyNach etwa 24 h Flug bin ich endlich in Sydney angekommen jipiiieee Der Flug mit Emirates war O.K. aber ich habe auch ausser 7 angefangenen Filmen und dem Essen nicht viel mitbekommen das Essen auch nur weil die bloede Stuardess mich immer geweckt hat. Man kann es ihr aber auch nicht so ganz uebel nehmen ich habe ja schliesslich den Please don't disturbSticker nicht auf meinen http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-297903.html Well I thought I'd wait to right a blog until something happened that could match the Mardi Gras in my last blog...but it doesn't really seem as though anything much has happened. That was until I actually thought about it The next big thing after the Mardi Gras was the arrival of Nisha I's friends Gemma Sam a couple we met in the Cook Islands and part of 'The Bus Crew' It was so good t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-276065.html It's been a while since I last updated a blog so it might be a long oneWe hired a car in Port Douglas a little bright yellow Hyundai Getz and set off up the Captain Cook Highway to Daintree River we took a detour to Daintree Village on the way and there wasn't much there at all just an information centre lots of river cruises and a few cafes Back at Daintree River we went on a croc tour o http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-269124.html After a very uneventful though longish flight from Singapore we're now in Sydney. Unsurprisingly enough most of the inflight entertainment revolved in some way around Heath Ledger although we watched a very funny standup Australian comedian called Carl Barron. Some of his impressions of his father reminded me more than a little of my future fatherinlaw.Accommodation is good very clean http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-263111.html My flight to sydney was met with mixed feelings as I loved HK so much and didn't want to leave but was also so excited about heading to Australia... Felt weird to be sat at HK airport though and know that from now on I would be on my own. On the flight I ended up sat next to some aussie playboy pilot who flew for sleazyjet and lived in berlin but was now heading back to sydney to the flat t http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-262889.html The weekend life in Sydney can be expensive. A lot of backpackers end up splashing their full wages or money saved from home on going out to clubs pubs which was something we were looking to avoid due to our finances. Sitting in our flat isn't particularly fun though due to uncomfortable seating assorted mess from our flatmate and the cockroach situation. On the Sunday of the weekend tha http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-259459.html Voila la fete de Mardi Gras fete des gays et lesbiennes de Sydney qui se deroule chaque annee au niveau de debut mars. On y fetait cette annee les 30 ans de ce defile plutot different et avec une bonne dose d'humour. Les gens sont heureux solidaires et les chars du defiles plus fous les uns que les autres.Une journee memorable.Here is the Mardi Gras festival famous gay and lesbian parade with l http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-255309.html Oh my goodness I cannot tell you how excited I was about seeing my first ever Mardi Gras not that it's somethign I could have avoided really as the parade pretty much passed my lovely pink front door and on top of it all Saturday the 1st March was my 6 months of travelling anniversary what a way to celebrate We decided to make the most of the sun and spent the majority of the day on Bondi http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-254482.html da er det paa tide med en ny oppdatering. livet har vart herlig surfet igjennom oyene i thailand melbournesydney og naa er vi i surfers paradise naa har vi forandret reiseruten saa vi skal tilbake til asia skal til China Malaysia og Indonesia Bali. Vi kommer ikke hjem for 6. mai Har litt problemer med aa legge ut bilder men vi skal prove aa faa lagt de ut paa sol litt senere... Saa s http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-253273.html The start of another working week or so we thought. However...I got fired from my job at Pamcat Well my assignment was terminated anyway on the Tuesday and I don't really feel too much at fault. As I said in the last blog I had slowed my pace at work and was just doing my follow up calls each day having not received any further instruction. Because there weren't too many to do each day I http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-253185.html Sydney Mardi GrasHere goes for probably our last entry from Australia.Arrived in Sydney last Wednesday and took full advantage of the very comfortable hotel room after so many weeks in the tent even though that was surprisingly comfortable too Paul is very sad tht he has now sold itHad to change hotels on Friday as Sydney is full due to the 30th Annual Mardi Gras and made the mistake of overdo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-252283.html G'day matesJust got back from the Cyndi Lauper concert. It was great. Well I'm a bit tired just a little after 1am here. I also had some technical issues with the camera so no new pictures tonight. Check back Monday morning for a new blog and pictures. Cheers http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-251916.html G'day mates Happy Mardi GrasToday is my early Mardi Gras edition. The Parade doesn't start until 730pm 330am EST so I thought I would add some pictures in the mean time. There will be a late Mardi Gras edition later on so keep an eye outToday I dared to climb the heights of the Sydney Tower. I'm not big on heights but the admission was included with my Aquarium ticket so I thought http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-251514.html G'day everyoneToday was an eventful day. I woke up early and surprise I had a sunburn Luckily I remembered to bring sunblock just forgot to put it on yesterday. I started out with a long walk down Oxford Street. This is where the Mardi Gras Parade will be on Saturday night. Unfortunately everything was closed it was about 8am except for some cafes. I walked through Centennial Park. It was http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-250508.html G'day everyoneWow what a long trip. I forgot what it was like to be on a plane for 20 hours. Either way the trip was uneventful. I had an aisle seat with no one next to me so the flight from LA to Sydney wasn't so bad. I arrived at the hotel early and my room wasn't available. So I dropped my bags off and went out to get myself acquainted with the city. I didn't take many pictures mostly be http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-250192.html Well it wasn't quite terror but the nerves do jangle when you look out the plane door and see the clouds a great distance below. You are literally hurtling towards your messy death until that cord is pulled releasing your lifeline. Something wrong with the cord It means people will be talking about you in the past tense. It's also pretty chilly up there.The actual jump itself was an absolu http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-247027.html Hi EveryoneI'm so sorry about the unbelievable time lapse between my blogs...what can I say I'm having far too much fun. So just to catch you all up super fast on the events of the past few months until I can get myself caught up properly is as follows.As you all probably know I went over to the west coast of Oz for a job I'd lined up with Finn but that fell incredibly flat the minute I enter http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-243335.html After a hard weeks work we were ready for another weekend break This time it was a long weekend due to the public holiday for Australia Day. We had heard mixed opinions from locals about Australia Day but we decided to join in the festivities and have a wander through the city to see what was on offer. We headed to Hyde park where there was a large selection of vintage cars on display some o http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-240901.html Nu er der get et par dage hernede og jeg har efterhnden omstillet mig til australsk tid. Jeg har nu australsk konto tax file number og telefonnummer s det eneste jeg mangler er et job. Indtil videre har det ikke vret helt ligetil at finde et og hverken aviser internet eller opslag har kunnet hjlpe den uuddannede og ufaglrte teenager jeg nu stadig er med at finde job. Jeg m bare arbejde http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-239475.html The adventure continues...We left the Oslo Hotel in St Kilda last Thursday 17th Jan and headed across town to Spencer St Backpackers 475 Spencer St check it yo my fave hostel in Melbourne as it was closer to the airport and we needed to head out there to collect our campervan which I will come to later on.Spencer St backpackers was fantastic. We were only there for one day but had such a l http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-237959.html Before we start we have some bad news ....... we're sorry to have to let you know that the Mills gerbils are no more.... Thanks to Philip George Archie and Harry for looking after them during their last couple of monthsOk so way back on the 17th November yes we're that behind we took an overnight bus from Vientiane in Laos to Chiang Main in Thailand. We actually made a rare decision and http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-230655.html Merry Christmas everyone I hope you all had a fab time and have made plans for the new year. Christmas was a bit difficult as feels very strange spending it away from friends and family however I must say that I did have a great time thanks to my ozzy pals here. I also chose a great time to work as I benefitted from all the Christmas perks such as invites to 5 Christmas partiesGoing back to wher http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-228953.html Hello all After a many hints and a few outright requests I got the impression it was time I did an update. Since I have spent the past month or so flat and job hunting I started to think that I had nothing to update about but then I reconsidered and I have done a few pretty cool things lately and have a pretty good lifestyle to matchWell after leaving sunny Perth I arrived in cold wet rainy Syd http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/Darlinghurst/blog-217567.html