Destination: Australia

America Land of the Free™

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 | By incarna | Views [394]

Okay first off, the title should be 'America the Land of the Shit'. I have only been here for a few days in truth, but i can already see that New York pure and simple is a shithole. How people can sit down and wax lyrical about the wonders of this city ... Read more >

Life of a Sydneysider

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 | By p-j | Views [601]

Crikey!:   Myself and Jim were hanging out on Curl Curl beach one day after a morning of job hunting.   We copped a crowd gathering down one end of the beach so we headed down to investigate.   It was unbelievable.   They had shovelled a small ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, central tower, darling harbour, fishing, harbour bridge walk, newtown, speedway racing, sydney aquarium, sydney festival concert

Day off

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 | By oconnorclare | Views [429]

today i had a day off and i decided to spend it wisely and go to Rottnest island for the day. what a day i chose! it was 37 degrees, so obviously i hired a bike to cycle around the island. even though i started off at 10am, it was soon evident i had ... Read more >

Photos: China 2011

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 | By leanneensly | Photo Gallery

Photos: Sydney Day to Day

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 | By p-j | Photo Gallery

Pisa

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 | By tash | Views [434]

After a night in Milan, I change my mind about Cinque Terra and decide to see that damn tower in Pisa then get the hell down to Rome to see about my luggage. I was staying in the South away from the tourist area and in the morning as I was heading out, ... Read more >

Sydney Slickers

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 | By p-j | Views [473]

G’Day Mate!   Well we arrived in Sydney safe and sound.   It’s been a fantastic few weeks since we’ve been here and we’ve gotten up to loads so we thought it about time we get the blog updated so we keep all you guys at home really jealous and missing ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, bondi, bus tour, chistmas, fireworks, home & away, opera house, snorkelling, sydney festival

Ozintro

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 | By robhibberd18 | Views [296]

Day 1 After being picked up from the airport and being dropped off at the hostel I was given a room and meet even more of the people i had spoke to on facebook. At noon we were picked up and taken in to sydney for a walk thought the gardens and a jet ... Read more >

Every day life

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 | By oconnorclare | Views [416]

well its been a while since i wrote, and right now i cant think of anything interesting that i have done! im doing a first aid course for work today and tomorrow, nothing exciting there. the only funny thing was that when we were talking about CPR ... Read more >

Photos: Sydney Christmas & New Year

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 | By p-j | Photo Gallery

Photos: Sydney Site Seeing

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 | By p-j | Photo Gallery

Sydney - Northern Beaches

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 | By mattandandy | Views [1316] | Comments [1]

We were reluctanct to leave the brilliant Blue Mountains and the girls, but with only a few days remaining in Sydney we wanted to explore the northern beaches.   We got the train back into Sydney and took the hour long bus ride over the Sydney ... Read more >

Australia vs. America: The Little Differences

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 | By lauren_watson | Views [229594] | Comments [100]

I am getting pretty close to spending 3 months in Australia.   Over this time, I have noticed some subtle differences between here and the states.   I would like to take some time to acknowledge some differences and similarities between the two:... Read more >

Photos: RoadSide Project

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 | By new-york-nicks | Photo Gallery

The flight to Sydney

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 | By robhibberd18 | Views [168]

8th Jan Saturday Hi all, as arranged i met with 14 others who were flying out around the same time at Heathrow. Few drinks down and we were off to check in and sit down and wait. With all the waiting done we were on to the plane and leaving UK. Food ... Read more >