Having celebrated Christmas at home we decided that it could be fun to spend a few days of the kids summer holidays visiting friends and family in and around Sydney. Being near New Years Eve, we always knew that it was going to be busy, however that hasn’t stopped us …
Sydney was out home for many years before our move to the country and we love coming back to visit. On this occasion we were given the opportunity to house-sit in Sydney whilst the owners were overseas and we jumped on the occasion to spend a few summer days in …
It’s been a while since we’ve visited Sydney so when we got an invite for our friends Kate’s wedding we decided to make the most of it and have ourselves a little holiday and show the kids this beautiful city. We spent the first couple of days just south of …
These last few weeks we’ve had family staying from overseas…. They came for the wedding but obviously when you travel this far to a place you’ve never been to before, you want to explore and see parts of it as well. So, Suz and I played tour guides, taking them …
After several months in planning the day had finally arrived… The morning of the ceremony was an interesting one. Suz was staying at our hotel in the city while I was at home with my family. We were in constant talks with each other via phone, since it was raining …
We realised the other day that we haven’t posted a new blog in a while. The reason for that is that we haven’t really done any travelling since we got back to Sydney…. then again, everything that we’ve been through since then could be worth including in a blog. We …
Since Queensland doesn’t use daylight savings time, people from New South Wales (and Victoria as well) say that when you cross the border you have to turn your clock back 1 hour + 10 years. People there are supposedly crazy. This has been one of the reasons that I’ve wanted …
We’ve now been back in Sydney for a while….in Suz’s case a little more than a while. As seen from the North Side… She came back to Sydney in early August and within a week, managed to score herself a three month temping contract with a facililities management company – …
Cricket, before arriving in Australia I knew of Cricket, but had absolutely no idea on how the sport was played. I had seen it on a few occasions before, not a full game mind you, just a few minutes here and there while it was being shown on the TV …
I’ve been here in Sydney for a few months now, just getting used to the city and the Australian way of life. I landed at the end of April and was picked up at the airport by my cousin Harry who took me to his house and showed me my …