Blogs from Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 5

We awoke to almost brilliant sunshine! WOOHOO!! The sun at last!! We checked out of the hostel and had a wander down the road to chinatown where there was a huge market that I'd been told I'd be able to find someone to unblopck my mobile at last. After a bit of a chase around here there and everywhere I did managed to find a guy who'd do it for me - yay! We then went out to enjoy Sydney while the sun was shining!! We went staright back to where Joe had showed us the day befoer, Circular Quays, where you catch the ferries and where the harbour bridge and opera house can be seen. We decided to first attempt to walk up to the top of the bridge to have a look out over ... read more

We parked in Gladstone St opposite the Craigo Mills home to the Omeo dance studio started by Roslyn Crisp. We were after the best Turkish pizza in Sydney at Saray on Enmore Rd. “I thought she looked like spastic puppet pulling her own strings or like she was doing some kind of epileptic tai chi.” Brett searched for words to express how he hated Ros’ performance in a kind of conversational way. He knew that Paul was on his side as the beer was passed his way. “I don’t class that as dance, it was more like mime. I think of dance as having some sort of grace, but that was just ugly.” Though my response to Danse (1) was different, I could not disagree with the descriptions of Paul and Brett. I first came ... read more

- I was back at work on boxing day(but on 2.5x pay, i wasn't complaining...much) and the next big thing to happen was of course New Years Eve. After much research, planning and conversations with all parties involved, I managed to find a place we could watch the fireworks that accomadted everyone's varying needs. Was feeling a little nervous on the day in case everyone thought it was pants when we got there but was happy to get the thumbs up from everyone. We arrived over on the north shore at about 4pm with our picnics and plenty of alcohol and found ourselves a spot with a pretty good view and a fair bit of space. The theme for the celebrations this year was 'Diamond in an emerald city' because they were celebrating 75 years of ... read more

My first week in Sydney I was kept busy organising my new job, accomadation etc as well as doing some sight seeing on the rare occasions that it wasn't pouring down. The weather really does make a huge difference to people's moods and everyone in the hostel seemed permanently glum but the sun refused to shine. On the up side I managed to find the vets I was going to be working at and felt pretty confident after the few hours I spent there looking round etc that I wouldn't have a problem fitting in and was looking forward to getting stuck in to some more nursing. I also mangaed to solve the slight problem of being homeless at the end of the following week and got myself a room in a shared backpackers house. It ... read more

Warning: Boring update. Mostly only of interest to our parents and Laurel. Feel free to skip. I don't have much to update with today. We got up and headed straight to Bondi Beach, which is the same beach we went to on Thursday. It was INSANELY hot!!! And insanely busy. The occasions where I have witnessed so many people together in one place have been few and far between. All I can say is I'm glad I'm not a Bondi Beach lifeguard. There's quite the history to the Bondi Beach Lifesavers, actually. I think they might have been the first lifeguarding club in the world or something. It's a constant struggle for them to keep the swimmers and the surfers separated, happy, and safe but they do a pretty good job. You're supposed to stay between ... read more