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

Once again, people are waiting to use the computer and, once again, I'm super tired so this will have to be brief. Today we went to the Taronga Zoo here in Sydney. It was super cool, but Sydney is experiencing a heat wave right now so it was suuuuuuper hot. I don't know how hot it was in actual degrees, but we were drenched in sweat before we even arrived at the gates. We took the train to the Circular Quay, where we bought a "zoo pass" which includes the ferry ride to the zoo, zoo admission, and a ride on the sky safari (a cable car thing that goes above the zoo). The ferry ride to the zoo was really nice and gave us great views of the harbour, while allowing us to snap some ... read more

Hi All, Just a quick update to let you know that me and Caroline have arrived OK at our hostel in Newtown, Sydney. It's a bit more crappy than their website made out so we will only stay here for a week instead of the month as first thought before moving on to somewhere nicer. Football starts tonight so will be meeting up with Ollie and the boys tomorrow night for some sherberts and the first England game. Should be a great laugh and have been looking forward to it for ages. The drive down here was an uneventful 1,100km 3 day drive and fairly unspectacular considering the other 20,000km I have driven around the rest of Australia. Got a couple of sunset photos to upload later on and saw my first wombat in the wild ... read more

I am currently sitting at the computer in my partner's flat, frantically creating my travelblog in anticipation of next week's solo trip to South America. Having lived for many years in the UK and travelled frequently to Europe, America, Asia and (6 times) to my beloved Africa, I suppose it was only a matter of time before I took the plunge and spent some time in South America. In actual fact, the inspiration behind my trip is somewhat more left of centre. Several years ago, I purchased a potted plant - "powderpuff bush". Having gotten said plant home, I decided to look it up on the net to find it came from Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. This forced me to admit that I knew very little about the 3 countries aforementioned, or indeed about South America ... read more

Hi All Here are the photo's that I've been promising for so long now and that are so overdue! Will write a proper entry soon, when have done some stuff to put in it! Ooh check the Gallery as well, as I'm starting to put some of my favourite photos in there and they may not be on the other entries!! Take care Lots of love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx... read more

Hi All Hmm haven't really got that much to tell you all as the last two weeks have really been all about finding a job, which I now have managed to do! Hurrah! It’s a receptionist job in a real estate place! The only downside is that it’s not in the city but at least I’ll be earning money at long last! The 5th of Jan we spent looking at houses and managed to find two bedrooms in two houses next to each other which was really lucky! We have to share a bedroom between two which isn’t great but I think everywhere here on a short term basis is the same! It’s annoying though as you know they’re making an absolute packet!! The room for me and Hannah wasn’t available until the 10th so we ... read more