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

So we are still enjoying our free stay in Sydney. The weather has been great and the tan is finally coming along (thank god). Although we have been here for about 2 weeks, it feels like we have packed everything in to the last 4 days. On Sunday Erinn and I went for a hike from the ‘Spit Bridge’ to Manly beach. It was about 10 kilometers, and im pretty sure that we started out on the wrong end because it seemed like 10 kilometers up hill, but we just kept telling ourselves it was a good workout. The walk was totally beautiful though, great views of the city and the ocean the whole way, but I think that Erinn and I were most impressed with this amazing bathroom along the trail. It was totally automatic ... read more

I hate to say this but I am so ready to come home. While I have having a lot of fun I am so sick of the rain, cockroches, not having a car, and too much down time. But begin I have to talk about my adventure out in Sydney the other night. As I expected the night ended up being a huge ordeal and because of that I have no desire to go out in Sydney again. So to get there we had to walk the 5 blocks to the bus stop (in the rain of course), then take the bus for 55 minutes to downtown Sydney. Then we had to take a cab ride to the club. The cover charge was $30!!!! Needless to say I didn’t buy any drinks in the club, but ... read more

Tooodelooo everyone! So sorry for not writing sooner. We've been busy.. No more India :) Horay and three cheers, especially from Maria. The less said about that the better. We're now sitting in our only chair in our new living room in our new apartment in our new neighbourhood in our new country in our new continent. And we're very content, sipping Australian "Champagne" and, if we're very quiet we can hear the waves crashing against the rocks below. Its been a whirlwind two weeks - jet lag, infected insect bites (Maria), sand in eye (Maria), many new things like bike (Maria), surfboard (Maria AND Will but yet to be tested), fridge, dishwasher etc. I think we also have a new sydney record in finding an apartment. And it's wonderful....... See pictures below. And the map. ... read more

Well, its been a while since I last wrote a blog but we've been rather busy! On the Monday of our second week in Sydney I went to work in a warehouse, lifting, sorting and unpacking boxes of clothes for an Australian mail order company while Amy sorted out various potential waitressing jobs for her and some clothes for said waitressing. For the first few hours I really liked the warehouse job. It was nice to have something physical to do after years of getting fat at a desk but towards the end of the day I was utterly exhausted and my muscles were burning after 8 hours of carrying heavy boxes and my poor soft little banker hands were red raw. I was quietly relieved to have an interview at a call centre on Tuesday. ... read more

A ferry trip out to Manly in the afternoon. Despite it being winter the sun was quite strong. We took the ferry to Manly, and got off. We walked through the town and found a brass band playing - how strange! Then we carried on to the beach where the children got wet eventually as the tide came in! ... read more