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

I'll keep this one brief as we haven't done too much to write about. And I mean that in a good way. We've just been taking it easy. Sleeping, eating, drinking and hanging with Steve and Maja. We haven't even taken any photos. I took Shane on Saturday night for his birthday to Cafe Sydney, a gorgeous restaurant in Sydney Harbour. M&S were off at a birthday party in town so we went for drinks beforehand and then Shane and I ate loads of tasty seafood and had a lovely bottle of wine. When M&S got home a bit later, we stayed up drinking and went to bed around 3am. The next morning our heads were a little bit fuzzy, but we did manage to get in some wedding ring and grocery shopping. And that's about ... read more

We're grouping days 6 & 7 together as it really was one long, uncomfortable day. We're in Sydney!! We stayed in the T5 Sofitel at LHR on Sunday night (so lovely) and took off Monday morning for Oz, arriving last night on Shane's birthday (23 hour flight). It was really not a fun birthday for him as we were stuck on a plane for most of it, so we're going to be celebrating today (Wednesday). We're really sorry for basically lying to all our family, friends and workmates for the last couple of months. It's been really tough! Our "UK Driving Tour" portion of our trip was indeed made up. And why did we do this? So Kramer, Shane and I could watch Maja have a heart attack. Quite sadistic, we know, but it was totally ... read more

3 dagen geleden ben ik uit zuid afrika vertrokken op weg naar sydney in Australie. Ik verblijf hier voor 3 dagen in sydney ik heb gister de eerste dag gehad omdat het zondag as ben ik nog niet het centrum ingegaan maar heb ik alleen het oprah huis en de harbour bridge gezien. hierna heb ik een pond genomen naar manly beach waar ik naast het strand door een pad door een heel stuk bos hier waren onder andere niog overblijfselen van verdedigingswrken die voor de tweedde wereldoorlog gemaakt zijn. gelopen heb verder ben ik nog oin het stadspark geweesd. Het tijdsverschil met nerderland is 8 uur en ik ben nu dan ook helemaal uitgeput door de jet lag vandaag ga ik het centrum van sydney in om te kijken wat daar te doen is... read more

Friday - off to Sydney! I was excited that we had an early flight out of Adelaide back to Sydney. The sales meetings were over and now Ron would get the chance to be on vacation and we would get almost a full day on Friday and all day on Saturday to take in one of the world’s most beautiful cities. WRONG! Our flight was delayed, then canceled, then re-scheduled, then canceled again, then consolidated with another flight that had been delayed, canceled and re-scheduled. It was a mess and we spent all day Friday in the Adelaide airport and finally departed around 5:00 that night. The good thing was we were all together and made the best of it. The airline gave us vouchers for $25 worth of any snacks we wanted in the airport ... read more

So, we do the whole airport thing - whicih is nowbecomin a real good thing for me... get to updatethe ever-late journal; take in the comings an goins of others an watch heart-warmin reunions or sad goodbyes... pretty cool places! - separately then meet up at our hostel over in sydders, manly beach! I'm here after Ma an we find each other wanderin along the vast expanse that is the long thin manly beach... After a WELL cool ferry ride over past the harbour bridge an opera house an away form the huste an bustle of main city sydders i haul my backpack, sweatin like a swetay thing in sweatville, tothe guesthouse, whichis truly the MANKIESTplace i've stayed yet, but close to the beach an with nice staff... guess its holiday season all round! Cannae get ... read more