Blogs from Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 6

On Friday work was ok i had a weird one in talking about how mazing Elvis's voice is and he went on for a bit and was deadly serious! I went out with Bex from work after work that night, we just went to a pub at the bottom of my hill i live on because thats where the bus stop is and it was easy for both of us to get home. Im so glad we did it was really nice to relax and have a really good chat and a laugh! We drank blonde beer on tap and i had one and a bit and i was quite drunk so was Bex the glasses wern't even pint glasses either. We recon the beer is stronger over here! Saturday was good when we wern't bust ... read more

So OzIntro started on the Monday. Moved out of the room we were in into one with our group, had a much better view of the sea! That day we has city orientation and jet boating. We went into the city and had the standard pictures with the bridge and opera house in the background before moving onto the botanical gardens where we stood looking stupid with our arm extended holding bread for the birds. A lot of people got birds landing on their arm, not me though unfortunately. Was funny when Mark, our leader, was going out calling for Steve the bird, we we not sure if he was joking or not! After was the jet boating. This was so much fun! It went from Circular Quay right out of the harbour and did spins, ... read more

Well after what seemed like centuries (to Bella anyway) the big day finally arrived. To be fair she's only been talking about it since the first of November last year. It all started with balloons and presents and Bella's first thought was looking to find one for Noah to open (aaah!). She loved her presents, cards / promises of presents on our return. So thanks for taking the trouble to post them over. The DVD from grandma was 'the best' apparently. Not that it's a competition. That said, I was suggesting we go out and immediatly buy her a big surround sound super dooper player for it - but Shelley told me that was taking it too far and we'd just have to accept defeat. Seriously though, a great day. We were a little concerned Bella ... read more

Just a quick one to show off my new friends, well things have been kinda quiet since Steve has started his course! Seriously, these things have petrified me and the kids. The cockroach was discovered by Noah saying 'mummy there is a fly in here, no its a beetle...ahhhh' I managed to catch it in a tub and left it there all day until Steve got home and bravely shifted it. All I can say about the spider was is that is was absoultely MASSIVE - I have never seen anythng like it! It was right outside the front door and any time we went near it (well we had to leave the house) it raised its 2 front legs, scary stuff (I just know that you appreciate where we are coming from Sally!) These spiders, ... read more

Hello, Once again we thought it was time to put pen to paper, at least in the metaphorical sense, and give you ALL (all 3 of you anyway) a quick update on our week. Well, building on Shelley's update we are continuing to love Coogee and have been geting more into the place - the more we see, the more we like it. The place has such a great feel to it, with lively row of restaraunts down the main strip - all of which open out onto the street. A great atmosphere, the lively chatter, everyone eating and laughing, you can smell the aromas. Of course most of the time the only chance we get to experience this is when one of us walks past having nipped out for a bottle from the offy. However ... read more