Blogs from Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 4

We got a taxi to the bus station and then flew from Melbourne Avalon airport early in the morning to Sydney, where we caught a bus then a train to Katoomba in the blue mounains! We managed to sleepin bits most of the way and then got brekkie in an old diner! It was a lovely day :) We walked around the little shops in the village and then headed up to see the three (once seven) sisters. We caught the skyrail across the canyon to get a great view! I think this was my favourite part of the trip! We cooled down in katoomba falls and then walked back up to the station (not before stopping at the chocolate factory first- and it was matthews idea!!!) We met Gus (matty's friend who kindly let us ... read more

First day in Sydney with Jo (Will’s sister) and we made the most of her jetlag causing her to wakeup at 5am by going for an early breakfast in Darling Harbour. Unfortunately she got to experience a bit of Sydney rain first thing, although as the storm passed over we tucked into our eggs Benedict. Once the rain passed by we made our way to the Ferry at Pyrmont bay and caught the ferry across to Circular Quay where we changed to the ferry for Taronga Zoo. It was a short walk up a hill to the zoo entrance with views back across the Harbour to the opera house, bridge and CBD. The sun came out not long after we arrived at the zoo, and we made our way around the animal enclosures. Our top 10 ... read more

Happy 2012 everyone! It seems a long time since my last entry! Our flight from Bali to Sydney went without a hitch and by lunch time we were settled into the hostel we spent an entire day picking back in July (which seems a very long time ago now!) We ended up being put in a family room which meant we had a TV, 3 extra beds (useful for airing clothes!) and a huge fridge which it took us no time to fill with food from the supermarket. Sydney is exactly what we hoped for, and we spent the first few days wandering the streets without being hassled by taxis, eating in the park without being accosted by hawkers and eating food without worrying about whether it had been washed in tap water! Then Emma decided ... read more

2011 has been an interesting year. I've traveled to more countries, and logged more miles at sea, and flown further than I've ever had to before. I have quite literally criss crossed the globe. This year, I have done somewhere in the vicinity of 12,000 miles at sea (for reference, crossing the Atlantic is less than 3,000 miles.) Countries Visited: Nethland Antilles, French West Indies, Grenadines, U.S., Gibraltar, France, Bahamas, Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. Bodies of Water Crossed: North Atlantic Ocean, Gibraltar Strait, Mediterranean Sea, Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park, South Pacifc Ocean, Singapore Strait, South China Sea, Java Sea, Bali Sea, Seram Sea, Halmahera Sea, Flores Sea, Banda Sea, Sagewin Strait, Cenderawasih Bay, Solomon Sea, Bismarck Sea, Coral Sea, and the Tasman Sea. In the process of all of ... read more

Well I ship back tomorrow night...I'll post pics when I get back. 1 pic below ↓↓↓↓... read more