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

hey everybody... well it has been a crazy week...tuesday we got to the airport and actually ended up on an earlyer flight out of seattle, we were all searched at security (they say it was because we had one way tickets) but oh well it didn't take long and we pretty much just walked onto the plane; we didn't wait at all. The flight to san fran was really turbulent somewhat like a roller coaster. The next flight wasn't as turbulant but it was sooo long, i figured i would be able to sleep for at least 8 hours on the plane...but no such luck, i slept like 2 hours. We finally got to sydney and it was raining and we were all soo tired; we cought a free backpackers shuttle bus to the hostel we ... read more

Today we returned from the Blue Mountains into Sydney. We have a new base for the next few days - in Edgecliff - the next village of Sydney! It is still close to the City Centre - but a much nicer area than King's Cross! In fact the view from the hotel room is out across the East of the Harbour - over an area called Double Bay - known to the locals as Double Pay due to the plethora of multi million dollar apartments and homes. After our train back into the city and some lunch, we relaxed a bit at the hotel before doing a few chores. Afterwards we gave my relative Paul a call and arranged to get together again for Dinner, and a chance for me to meet more of my relatives ... read more

Thankfully the weather finally sorted itself out and we managed the obligatory English ex pat christmas down under. Christmas eve was spent wandering around the city centre, which was a bit on the quiet side with almost nothing happening bar a group of keen carol singers , singing their hearts out to a crowd of fifty. But its pretty nice to see the harbour lit up. Still not feeling very festive though. The big day was much better, we met up with three friends we met in the south pacific (Paul, Brendan and Vikky) and their friend Ang. They are renting an apartment near the beach so we hit their house and had a few wines and a slap up meal. Then we went to Coogee beach, fortunately the sun was out and the wind had ... read more

Hi everyone, Well I got back to bangkok airport with slighty less hassle than on the way (although the Thai driver singing Delta Goodrem was a little alarming!!!!). Could've done with another day there really but never mind!! Arrived in Sydney this morning to beautiful blue skies!!! My hostel is literally across the road from the beach where I spent a couple of hours this afternoon and i'm already feeling the burn!!! Unfortunatly I cant get the USB hub on this computer so I will be going to an internet cafe up the road later this week to put some photos on for you. I have been put in the same room as all the people just finishing last weeks ozintro and they all seem to of had a good time (and are very brown!!!) I ... read more

We have arrived in Oz, after a pretty uneventful flight, but didn't get any sleep, nothing new there. Going through customs on entry was fun, lots of questions and searches going on. One security guy approached me, and started asking where I got my swollen red eye, he seemed to assume that i had been hit, so i went along with that, as I didn't want them to turn me away thinking i had some weird infection. Arrived at danny and kates place, at a good 8 in the morning, don't think danny actually believed we were there, and he seemed a bit tired, maybe he should have gone to bed a little earlier. We have been staying with them for the past couple of nights, which has been cool and thank u, but have moved ... read more