Blogs from New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 1152

In the never ending pursuit of parity with its larger and more cosmopolitan neighbour (Grafton), Yamba has acquired its very own Target store. OK OK, I will fess up, it’s actually a Target Country. I’ve never been quite sure why companies insist on demarcating their stores between their country and suburban outlets. It’s as though us country folk wouldn’t understand the shopping experience that is Target if we didn’t get it spelt out with a country indicator. The same goes for Bi-Lo. Why is it that us country residents have to shop at a supermarket named after an Asian man of questionable sexuality while everyone else in the world can make do with Coles? And one last question, why the hell does Marrickville have a Target Country when you can catch a bus there from Bondi ... read more

With Christmas only days away we arrived in Sydney and went to stay with our friends Danielle and Danny. After a disastrous flight, hassle with visas and our bags arriving a day later than us, we welcomed having a nice house to stay in. Christmas itself was lovely, we spent Christmas Eve with Danielle's Mum and Christmas Day with her Dad and the rest of the Wilton family. We were made to feel very welcome and had a great time, the only things missing were our families. Much to our delight we even had traditional Christmas dinner so it was a lot like an English Christmas apart from the heat. For New Year's Eve we just had to watch the fireworks over Sydney Harbour! We had dinner and drinks with Danielle's friends and then went down ... read more

Have a lazy day around Manly and Chris's pool. Sunbathing and relaxing mainly. Head out and meet up with Sar and Lee in the evening after work (them not us). Drinks at the Commodore Hotel in North Sydney. Great place - it had also been a really hot day, quite a few bush fires which you could smell in town. Then on for a Vietnamese meal in Crows Nest. Very good tucker, BYO - I think we brought a bottle per person after drinks before hand, hence very bad hangovers the next day! Great night though!... read more

I know I've only been here 4 days, but as always I've been a bit snap happy! Hope you enjoy them, have a fab Christmas and New Year, Laura xx... read more

Hello everyone, just a quick hello and Merry Christmas to everyone....hope everyone has their shopping done and all ready to go.... I went for a little fly with a guy from work in a little 2 seater cesnna, and wanted to show the pics, Especially Dad and Nicci...and ok you Brind and Price...lol...we flew from Bankstown (near Sydney) then flew over the Harbour Bridge and Opera House, it was sick...we then flew up the coast to Palm Beach, then all the way down the south coast past Bondi, Coogee, Maroubra and Cronullathen back home....we could get a birds eye view of the riot locations.... just a little update on those of you who have read in the news.... The riots here have gotten out of control, burning down Churches and schools, all the beaches are ... read more