Blogs from Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 3

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 seems odd since I go out for sushi fairly regularly back home. To be honest, I hardly ever go out to eat, I almost always cook my meals at the hostels. Anyways, it was so good to see Jenny and to have a good chat with someone from home. As we were walking to the restaurant, we passed one of her ... read more

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 Murphys... - all bars and clubs... oh and The Court House where the bouncers felt it necessary to call a time out on us............... as in no more for ye...ye've had enough!!! that was at 11am... Sydney was where the addiction to bebo happened...I advise any of you not to go near it... hense why ... read more

hey all!! Hope 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 unvail: www.timothycochrane.com My 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 etc!! Cool. Other than that i've continued my email quest and getting quite far, which is good. Went to cronulla this weekend so see a mate. They showed me round and we ended up spending the eve in a cool jazz place call the brass monkey. The band of the everning MONSIEUR CAMEMBERT...amazing, coined as Gypsy-swing, they guys described on their flyer as ' Australias hottest gypsy swing ... read more

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 lesson. The instructors picked us up early in the morning and we headed out to a quiet beach where there were few people to watch us fall all day. The guys said the conditions were perfect and we would be standing up in no time so out we went with our surfboards, wetsuits and enthusiasm to try and catch some ... read more

After the so-called "cold snap" last week, things have definitely hotted up here. By the way, I think Sydney-sighters 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 it. While I loved our NZ Sauvignon Blanc and chocolate pudding planning sessions in Earls Court (they seem so long ago?), running out to shop for fleeces, warm socks and boots in tropical temperatures makes the whole preparation thing lose a bit of its excitement. I managed to wear my boots for a bit this afternoon but gave up after an hour - and that ... read more