Blogs from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 679

Ja, saa sitter jeg her igjen da, paa flyplassen i Sydney. Moette paa en australsk dame paa flytoget som skulle til Sydney for aa besoeke barnebarna sine. Diskuterte forskjellige flyplasser rundt i verden, og jeg foelte meg veldig bereist. Naa er alt klart. Jeg har telt over eiendelene mine fire hundre ganger i dag, men jeg sitter allikevel med en ekkel foelelse i magen at jeg har glemt noe... Jeg har dobbelt-telt og trippelt-telt passet mitt (1), billettene mine (8), og pengene mine (mange). Ojoj, fem minutter igjen paa internett-tiden min. Det er naa jeg skal ha masse inspirasjon, og skrive noe innsiktsfullt og lurt om det aa reise... Vel, det var det da... Ok, ikke veksle ALLE pengene dine til utenlandsk valuta FOER du forlater landet, man ender bare opp paa flyplassen og er sulten, ... read more

Arrived in Sydney. Scott and I bought a camper van this morning and it is soooo groovy! It is brightly painted with flowers, mushrooms and a sunshine, and has curtains, a bed, carpet, a little camper stove and a cabinet to keep all our clothes etc in! The weather here is weird. It was pouring it down with rain this morning, so we spent all morning getting soaked whilst running around trying to buy a van. Some of the ones we looked at were pathetic, but when we saw this one we bought it on the spot - hope its OK. The weather is nice now and we are at Bondi Beach...guess why I am here at e-mail instead of sunning myself and regaining the tan I lost in New Zealand? The retard at check-in in ... read more

I wanted to get a few things today, as it was the penultimate day of my holiday, so Bryan and Damon took me up to the shopping mall, where I got some shirts for myself, and also a couple more triple camera film packs which cost $11 (£4) each. I also bought a couple of videos which I had seen on sale: ‘The Odd Couple’ and ‘The Odd Couple 2’, which are two of my favourites. We went home for a short while after that, giving my wallet some time to recover from the shock. Next stop was Darling Harbour, in Sydney, where we were going to visit the Sydney Aquarium. We parked in one of these large multi-storey car parks, and it was only a short walk on from there. They had remembered that I ... read more

Woke up at about 8am this morning, which is late for me. Eileen and Vic were both up and dressed, so I thought I’d better get up too. We started the day off, with a long morning walk to Narrabeen beach, which I suppose was about a brisk half-hour walk away. Narrabeen Beach is famous in it’s own right, being the only Australian beach mentioned in the lyrics of a Beach Boys song! On the way back we walked along the picturesque Narrabeen Lakes, and go to the local supermarket. It was to be a nice day today, and it was already very warm and humid. Bryan and Damon came round after lunch and today’s aim was to do the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. We drove southbound through the Harbour Bridge, and started the Eastern Suburb ... read more

Today I was up bright and early. The sun was again shining, and it was another ideal day to do some driving. The main destinations for today were Manly, North Head and South Head. The suburb of Manly, is on the north side of the harbour entrance (North Head), and it can be reached from Sydney by ferry or hydrofoil, or the much longer road route. Its main tourist attraction is Marineland, a large aquarium featuring shark feeding and other shows. To the north of Manly is a string of popular beach resorts extending up to Palm Beach and Barrenjoey Head, on Broken Bay, the estuary of the Hawkesbury River. Back to the North Head, and Bryan had to park up as we were now in the Sydney Harbour National Park, which had restricted driving access. ... read more