Blogs from Australia, Oceania - page 4798

Our visit to Australia didn´t start very well. When we arrived in Sydney after a very long flight we had to wait ages in the longest queue we've ever had in any airport. It was roasting hot and there was no air conditioning. When we got to the immigration official there was the usual unfriendliness, but things got worse when we got through the other side. We had to go through more bag scanning and searches (this is the only place in the world where we've had to do this), the security people were very rude and one of the woman kicked Denise's bag because it wasn't exactly where she wanted it. Denise was ready to punch her lights out! From the airport we headed to our pre-booked accommodation 'Sinclairs of Surry Hills' which sounds quite ... read more

HMMMMMMMM looks like i have to write an actual blog to get this thing up and running, and so people can see my stoopid foto!!! Anyways its March 15th, which means a) only 1.5 paydays left, very scary and b) its only 45 days til im outta here WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! So im in the office, and strugglin today, just cant get into anything that excites me, shouldve just stayed at home haha. Im trying hard to think about anything else apart from this upcoming trip, but its freakin hard!!! This could turn out to be the biggest life changing decision/trip I ever do, or I could be over it in 6 months time and decide to come home, either way its exciting to have the unknown in front of you. chaw... read more

Well we left Sydney this morning for the 5 hour flight to Perth, WA is also 3 hours behind Sydney so we landed two hours after we took off, sweet. We were sad to leave Sydney, it's the best city we've ever been to do but we're determined to see as much of this vast country as we can but are defo going to spend another week or two in Sydney at the end of out time is Australia, we fly out of Sydney to Korea in August at any rate. We nearly missed our flight this morning, we slept is as I set the alarm for the wrong time and woke up at 8am, our flight was at 09:30 but you only need 30 minutes check-in for internal flights here, just as well. We got ... read more

A couple of people have asked where I'm going to be when - well basically its a quick 16 day European Encounter Contiki tour around Europe, then some driving around Scotland and England, then off to Ireland for a bit. The more specific details are: Tue 15/3 ~ 10.15pm Fly to London (QF31) Wed 16/3 ~ Arrive London about midday Thu 17/3 ~ Sightseeing in London Fri 18/3 ~ Start the Contiki tour: London to Amsterdam Sat 19/3 ~ Sightseeing in Amsterdam Sun 20/3 ~ Amsterdam to Rhine Valley Mon 21/3 ~ Rhine Valley to Engelberg Tue 22/3 ~ Day in Engelberg Wed 23/3 ~ Engelberg to Innsbruck Thu 24/3 ~ Innsbruck to Venice Fri 25/3 ~ Venice to Rome Sat 26/3 ~ Rome sightseeing Sun 27/3 ~ Rome to Florence Mon 28/3 ~ Florence to ... read more

Hey Guys :) This is where I live at the moment. How do you like it?? heheh I know it's GREAT!! Look at the view for instance. My room overviews the sea and it's a great feeling to wake up to that every day. I also have bought some nice furniture that has made my room look amazing. There's alot of Feng Shui going on there my friends, I tell you. I will update more soon but have to go home for dinner now. Love you all... read more