Blogs from Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Arrived in Sydney yesterday, got from the airport to the hotel in less than one hour and it was rich hour. Trains were very efficient and it was only a short walk to the hotel. It's in a really great position literally two minutes to the ferry and a boat ride to Central Sydney which takes about five minutes. Decided to take the ferry across, arrived at Central Wharf which is where all the ferries run from in Sydney harbour. Walked round to the Opera house which is five minutes from the ferry terminal, was hoping to find something to go and see there but there wasn't much on this week. The roof of the Opera House which was designed by the Danish architect Jorn Utzon was tiled much to my amazement. Fantastic piece of architecture. ... read more

Thursday 30th December – North of Sydney Harbour Bridge Arrived in Sydney early AM (after no sleep) and headed to beautiful Kirribilli: Spectacular views – Amazing images of otherworldly coast and iconic city skyline as the plane flies past the city, banks over the sea and heads back in to land. Jacqui and the gang – Warm welcomes from Jacqui, Rhubarb and Jackson (Cavalier Spaniels) as we settle into the Australian vibe. Bridge and Opera House – Just a stone’s throw to the iconic bridge, with the opera house the other side of the water – strange to see these in real life after so many 2D images. Friday 31st December – In a rush to Celebrate After a long lie in to recover, a quick visit to Manly Beach and then back for the celebrations: ... read more

For 15TH August, Well not much sleep had last night, but a great night out with all my kids for David’s birthday. I still can’t believe that 28 years have passed since he was born! It seems like yesterday at times. It was so good that Alana came up from Hobart for the occasion, and very special that both she and David were able to see us off at the airport this morning (and Amina too, of course). After a quick changeover in Melbourne, we arrived in Sydney at around 1.30 p.m to an absolutely gorgeous day. Blue skies, sunny sky and a lovely 22 degrees. So much different to the cold, grey skies and rain that we had left back home. So, after dropping our gear off at the apartment in the city, we headed ... read more

Am Montag, den 26. Jaenner, bin ich von Wien in Richtung Dubai abgeflogen. Dort uebernachtete ich in einem sehr netten Hotel in Flughafennaehe. Nachtbuffet gabs auch noch, dann Schlaf fuer nicht mal 4 Stunden, eine Besichtigung Dubais ist sich daher leider nicht ausgegangen, aber einen kleinen Vorgeschmack hab ich dennoch bekommen, ich glaub das waer auch mal eine Reise wert. Naechsten Tags weiter nach Bangkok, Zwischenlandung und Tankstop. Ich frage natuerlich in Dubai und Bangkok drei-, viermal, ob mein Gepaeck ausgeladen oder in Sydney sein wird. In Sydney (an Schlaf war auch im Flieger waehrend des langen Fluges nach Australien nicht zu denken) angekommen musste ich erst mal eine (sehr lange) Stunde auf mein Gepaeck warten (zusammen mit etwa 20 anderen meines Fluges), ich hab schon geglaubt, ich muss ohne Gepaeck in Australien reisen, was ja ... read more

G'day mates, how are you going? Again it has been a while and I think it is high time I (Edina) added an entry. We are now in Sydney having a blast as the whether has finally been kind to us and sent some glorious sunshire our way. Believe it or not Lee actually got himself a pair of flip flops (not sure if we already mentioned that) and is now showing them off pretending to be local. Ha ha. Nice try. We arrived last Friday and met up with our friends, Detti and Jason, who organised a weekend up in Hunter Valley. We drove up Friday night to our cute rented cabin in the middle of the 'bushes' with a fire place and a spa bath... Saturday morning we got up bright an early and ... read more