Blogs from The Rocks, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

10th/11th March Sydney Two days in this great city Although we have only been on since Auckland, there was a huge turnaround of passengers today (nearly half) Sydney is still a fabulous place sail into, although it was quite early today. There is something quite surreal about opening the curtains and having the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a backdrop. In the words of Basil Fawlty 'what were you expecting, herds of wildebeest crossing the Serengeti perhaps' A great city, the new developments are coming along, the Light railway should soon be up and running in George Street. So mainly a shopping expedition as the Sales were on and some bargains were to be had. Good to reacquaint ourselves with the Rocks and one of our favourite restaurants Wolfies on the waterfront. The Ocean Passenger Terminal is ... read more

I actually traveled from New Zealand back to Australia before flying back to the States since all of my frequent flyer options were out of Sydney, but I've put this blog with my other Oz ones to keep everything organised. The airport train is a little more expensive than a shuttle, but it's fast and clean and avoids all the traffic. I stayed near Circular Quay (pronounced "key"), which is a prime location close to the ferries, the opera house, and bridge, at the YHA hostel that has a spectacular roof and not much else that is special. ... read more

Hello! I have now been sat in sunny Lincolnshire for a week and a half but I am only just getting around to writing about my lovely holiday in Australia! So here goes.... The Friday was the last day at school and after vowing I was going home to pack, I actually went out for dinner and drinks with the girls. This was the last time I would see many of these people for a while (they are leaving Korea for good) so after stuffing our faces and having a few alcoholic beverages, things got emotional. I eventually left, after putting it off for a few hours, and went home to pack around 10pm. I finished around 2am and went to bed, then getting up at 4.20am to leave at 5.20am to catch the airport bus. ... read more

Our flight landed in Sydney at 1:30pm. It was not a sunny day, but it wasn't a rainy day. It was a cloudy day. We got our luggage and then caught the taxi to our hotel. We checked in and dropped our luggage off. We stayed in there and explored our room for a little while. Then we headed off to Darling Harbour where, from there, we were going to catch a ferry to Milsons Point (Luna Park). It only take about 6 minutes to get there. We got there, brought our tickets and sat on the benches provided. Once the ferry came we got aboard and sat at the benches on the outside of the ferry. The ferry moved, and it was so windy we had to hold our bags and stuff very tighly. Someone's ... read more