Blogs from Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 4

A few snaps of the art work in the park near work...awesome!... read more

Saturday was the inaugural meeting for over 30's Couch Surfing members. Lyn, who is a CS Ambassador for Sydney organised the meeting and it was attended by more than 20 CS members, prospective members and travel lovers. It was a fun afternoon talking travel and meeting some new people, including ... Robert who had just returned from an epic motorcycle trip through Nepal and Bhutan on a 350cc Royal Enfield. Nina who has been traveling in Australia for almost 12 months and is soon to return to Canada, Emmanuelle a French teacher who was recently teaching in Syria and now based for 2 years in Sydney. Bev who is now retired and set her heart on a new life of travel who came by train from Newcastle (about a 2.5 hour trip) to meet up with ... read more

I moved into Rooftop Travellers Lodge today, in Glebe. It's where Dawn was living when I arrived in Sydney so I've stayed a couple of nights here before. It looks pretty grotty from the outside but it's ok. It's cheap, there's a PC in each room with free internet, a TV and DVD player in the room too and each room has an en-suite bathroom. I'm sharing with three other girls, Claire, Angie and Jenny. Glebe's really nice, lots of nice cafes, restaurants and bookshops. I went to Bondi to see Katie at the weekend. I met Katie's boyfriend and the three of us went down to the beach for a BBQ. ... read more

Hello friends! As those of you have been reading this have probably realised, I have not been on internet very much over the past few weeks, and I am VERY behind on my blog! I didn't quite realise how much "in the middle of nowhere" the south pacific really was before setting out on my journeys. It's literally on the other side of the world from London, and let's just say the lines of communication are not quite what I am used to. Since Wednesday I've been staying with my friends from Oxford- Simon and Jeannine and their lovely children Max & Tilly. It's been so great to finally be with friends in a nice comfy house with all of the creature comforts of home, things like hot water whenever you want it, a washing machine, ... read more

G'day all. Yes Australians do say it, at least the ones manning the tourist attractions anyway. I'm in Sydney which, far from being sunny, is closely resembling Manchester at the moment. I know anyone reading this from work will be somewhat comforted by the thought I have travelling thousands of miles at great expense to be rained on but trust me, when the sun does come out it burns like a hot thing. The 2 hours of sun we had Tuesday morning turned me a lovely shade of pink. So Sydney is a nice city. I arrived on Monday, I think, after a night in Johannesburg which was pretty awful. Although friendly, the backpackers I was in felt like it was in the middle of a war zone. I don't think staying up late talking to ... read more