http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , New South Wales , Cronulla en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:25:51 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:25:51 UTC 1 week to go cannot come quick enough and it will... timing is everything.. and it will be over before I know it. But in that time I intend to have the time of my lifeLooking forward to being in Paris with my friend Deb. Shopping to choose her wedding dress Then exploring Egypt meeting new people.. Bring it on http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-305307.html Today is the 24th July and with only 11 days to go before I leave I feel this has come on me so quick. Long time coming with a rollercoaster ride to this date. Being away will be a grounding time one that will change me I think as I feel I am too soft to too many things. I need this to harden me up a little and to focus on what life is all about. Carpe Diem.. a notable quote. One that I will e http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-303812.html This morning I cooked breakfast for everyone and we then went to the beach whilst Eleanor and Mummy looked at the shops I went out for a surf. We then had lunch at a Thai restaurant and visited the Camelia Gardens in the nearby suburb of Caringbah. Mummy is enjoying her stay here especially eating salad stone fruits and fresh vegetables. I cooked a barbeque last night and Mummy made Palabok Ele http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-260778.html Beautiful.....the local beach http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-257146.html On Friday the 16th of November we had a party for Justine at the Montien Tong Thai restaurant in Cronulla. There were 51 guests comprising of Justine's school friends family and family friends. The food was great four entrees followed by four main dishes and rice. Eleanor bought a very nice chocolate mud cake and pavalova though many of us were so full from the main course that we couldn't fit m http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-220760.html Went to Sydney for the weekend and had a look at Cronulla Beach on the way in. Watched a few people surfing and passed the sharks rugby ground. There were blue bottles all over the rock at the beech that must have got stranded there as the tide went out. Next stop Sydney. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-220461.html I ended up having a great evening in Surfers Paradise as I had anticipated. Jenny B and I met up at the Wednesday night markets... there were many neat things that I would have liked to purchase but most items were either breakable too large or simply put impossible to lug around and bring home in one piece. Jenny and I went out for Sushi my first time having sushi during my trip which seem http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-215954.html Hey EveryoneIt has been a hectic three weeks. I haven't had a chance yet to share some of my stories and adventures with everyone. I arrived three weeks ago in Sydney. Due to Robby loading up my backpack with bisquits from Red Lobster a security dog sniffed my bag and I had to have everything checked. A tad embarrassing. Rob met me at the airport and took me to the hostel that I stayed at fo http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-204861.html Left my beloved New Zealand and flew into Sydney to see Catherine a great friend from home for 2 weeks I was bracing myself as I just knew we were going to creat carnage..its been over a year since we seen each other I wasnt too far wrong... actually I was spot on... Didnt do alot of site seeing as I have been to Sydney before so the furthest I got was The Cock Bull Tea Gardens and Scruffy http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-204170.html we rented this little 1 br apartment in gosport st and it came fully furnished with stuff from a friend of a friend who needed a place to leave his brand new furniture http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-147254.html http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-136061.html Out of the city and into suburbia as we move to Miranda. There is not much to it other than one of the biggest shopping centres we have ever seen and a fantastic Indian restaurant. However nearby there are some beautiful bays and beaches including Cronulla which is huge and is one of the best surfing beaches around Sydney More importantly the rent is cheap and it is walking distance to http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-121467.html hey allHope everyones well Well this week i've been getting my website realy and its taken quite a bit to get it sorted. its been long and hard but i think i've got it now. And i can unvailwww.timothycochrane.comMy photographic site. So if everyone can have a look and email letting me know what u think things that work well things that need fixing etc etcCool. Other than that i've cont http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-121140.html Hi allwe are testing the site before we head off see you all in 12 months. http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-115644.html We have recently started calling ourselves Team Extreme due to the activities we have been doing and yesterday we striked again and went surfing. Not that extreme i know but out of the ordinary to what we would usually be doing on a thursday afternoon if we were in England. I quite fancied myself as a surfer chick so i could hang around Bondi looking cool so booked me and Gaz on a 1 day surf le http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-114406.html If anyone has read A walk in the woods by travel author Bill Bryson you will identify... He had never trekked before so headed off to his local camping shop to purchase some items. Starting from scratch he managed to spend over US1000 on various items most of which he didn't use as the story progressed. When it came to pay his credit card was rejected as it was seen as an unusual spending http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-105050.html After the socalled cold snap last week things have definitely hotted up here. By the way I think Sydneysighters define cold snap as less than 20 degrees in summer. Whatever the temperature last week it's 33 degrees today and it's been a long time since my feet felt like the pavement was going to burn them through my shoes.They say the most exciting thing about going on holiday is planning http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-104783.html So Fraser Island was an experience. I left Tom in Noosa and travelled to Hervey Bay where I was introduced to the rest of my group who i would be travelling with for the next few days. We werent shown a video on how to avoid being attacked by a dingo all of which I forgot in my dingo encounter more of which later and how to drive on sand. The next morning at some unearthly hour we were giv http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-93565.html I'd had enough of freezing cold New Zealand although it was awesome and I was sad to leave so I'm back in Australia now. I arrived back a couple of weeks ago and as usual ended up back at my brothers flat in Cronulla south of Sydney were the sun was beginning to shine again well it did for a couple of days anyway. Straight off the plane at 7.30am Ed Helen Ed's girlfriend and Helen's friend http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-89418.html Well it's only four days to go until I board the plane for my first trip os in a while. I am very excited indeed. I am flying to Bangkok on Saturday at about 4pm should probably check that really shouldn't I. I arrive there really late but thankfully I booked a transfer to the Hotel. Sunday I meet up with my tour that is going to take me North and then through Laos finishing in Hanoi where Ama http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Cronulla/blog-86626.html