Blogs from New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 1148

After our stint in Hong Kong we made for Syeeedneeeeey to catch up with the beautiful Emma Kate and meet her new man steevo! We had a fantastic week eating out, seeing the sights, enjoying the sunshine and dodging cockroaches (the city is infested!) We also caught up with Sams good friend Hannah and her family which was wicked, it was great to have the local knowledge All in all we had the best week in preparation for a big christmas and new year ... read more

Lee was back at work today, so Sar, Spen and Debs head into the CBD for some serious sale shopping at Pitt Street Mall. After this exhausting episode, we head to Circular Quay to catch a ferry to Watson's Bay, a really lovely area just 15mins away. It's a lovely little fishing village, with almost Cormwall style cottages lining the small bay and beach. Yachts and fishing boats line the coast line. We ate at Doyle's - famous for freshly caught fish and seafood, and caught the last ferry back in time to meet Lee (after a hard day's graft) for drinks in the city. Had a mini pub crawl home at the : Wragg & Famish, famed to be one of Syndey's oldest hosteleries, The Union Bar (L & S play Touch Rugby for the ... read more

Well what can I say? 35 degree heat, the pungent aroma of cooked sausages and other BBQ delights filling the air and the painful burning sensation on the soles of your feet as you walked across the sand all made for a particuraly unfamiliar christmas day. Like all true Brits we started our day with a massive fry up. Purchased the day before at our local Woolworths. This in itself was a huge ordeal. We dribbled our way past the pastry and dessert counter feeling the non existent change in our pockets and watched on enviously as families and locals piled their shopping trolleys high with sticky treats, slabs of succulent meat and crunchy salad. After much deliberation we settled for economy baked beans, a bumper pack of sausages, white 'e-numbered to the limit' bread and ... read more

AUSTRALIA, PUT A SHRIMP ON THE BARB-E! CUZ JEROME IS HERE!!... read more

Sar came to pick us up from Manly, checked out Chris's batchelor pad, and then we headed to The Zinc Bar for breakfast, set on Manly beach. After this energising snack, we headed to Pittwater (Syndey's answer to the lake district, only sunny and with yachts). We drove through the lovely views and hill top houses and stopped at Palm Beach, where Home and Away is filmed. Sadly, we did not see Alf or Ailsa...but to console ourselves drove to Whale Beach for some great surf. Did some body surfing. In order to get the salt water out of our mouths, headed to the Newport Arms Hotel for a drink before heading back to Crow's Nest. The bar is a huge outdoor sports bar ( a local institution) set on the banks of one of Pittwaters ... read more