Blogs from CBD, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Hello. This is our last full day in Sydney and we scheduled a full-day tour of an area called the Blue Mountains. It turned out to be a very interesting, but very tiring, and we just don’t have the detail ready to publish this evening. We leave town early tomorrow morning so we have to pack everything up and then try to get some sleep tonight. We will update this posting and provide as good a description as possible, but not tonight. When it is ready we will let you know to go back and revisit this blog entry. Thanks.... read more

Dear followers, The past weekend, I went out for a good taste in a whiskey bar, called the Baxter Inn. They have a wide range of whiskey's presented in a big bookshelf rack. They literately offer the best types of whiskey you can get and an unlimited offer of pretzels to combine with your drinks. This bar is a hidden gem, because it is reachable through a dark alley and it is situated at the back of a building. Then you have to proceed downstairs to a single door. And you are in for this delicious new experience! For pictures refer to the following page: url=http://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/the-baxter-inn-sydney?select=6WaQxv1N1ILZF-UlqmQPpQ#MLIaZchJcvzkrEtVdF9LvAhttp://www.yelp.com.au/biz_photos/the-baxter-inn-sydney?select=6WaQxv1N1ILZF-UlqmQPpQ#MLIaZchJcvzkrEtVdF9LvA Sunday , I had a relaxing day at Bondi beach. It was a sunny day with a nice breeze ;). Afte... read more

Well it happened. I came home. I never thought in a million years that my 6 month sabbatical would involve coming back to Sydney. Actually that’s not entirely true – it was in the back of my mind when planning my trip that a benefit of Asia was its closeness to home in fact anything went wrong. More than that, I had a recurring dream throughout my time away that I came home early. Each time, the feeling was the same – failure. My fantasy of going overseas and having the time of my life had turned out to be just that. After all, isn’t it easy to have the time of your life when you’re away? Isn’t that how it works? My friend in Hanoi told me her German friend couldn’t stop talking about how ... read more

Hi everyone! I hope you are all looking forward to the start of term and starting classes again? :) Here are a few photos of my time in Sydney so far... I leave for Melbourne on the 11th January, driving via Canberra (the capital) where I will be staying the night before finishing the drive to arrive in Melbourne on the 12th - thankfully they drive on the same side of the road as we do! I went to see 'La Boheme' at the Sydney Opera House yesterday evening, it was quite something! Hoping to catch the Australian Ballet Company in Melbourne. I hope you enjoy the photos... I have explained what they are and where they are on the actual photo. Lots of love, Miss Jo xx... read more

Well we touched down in Sydney early this morning. Previously I decided the best thing to do was to book into a hotel at the airport thinking they would let us check in early. Well number one plan down the pan as they say we cannot check in until 2pm. This is not good as we feel like shit and it is only 7am. So bags left at reception and off into Sydney we go. I have decided (yes you are probably saying what have you decided oh wise one, ha ha) that as we are hiring a car for approximately 4 weeks and would need a sat nav to help negotiate Oz it would be cheaper to buy one then hiring one at $17 a day - so off on a mission we go. In ... read more