Waking Up in Oz

I’m bracing myself for the madness of New Year’s Eve in Sydney. Forecast says it’s gonna rain. Legend says we will need to get to our chosen vantage point along the harbour at about 10 a.m. in order to secure a spot.  My liver says it hates me. It appears the City of Sydney has [...]

It’s been brought to my attention Christmas Eve is one of the biggest drinking days in Australia. We’re spending the afternoon at the Opera Bar, which has kind of become our go-to bar. Our plans for Christmas Day include cooking up an Italian feast then going to see Avatar 3D. And what did Santa bring [...]

I fancy myself a bit of a Sydney hostel expert after my month-long stint of being homeless. Since one of my initial objectives for this blog was to offer helpful information to people thinking of doing a working holiday in Australia (but let’s face it… I’m not much for goals, as this has turned into [...]

Being that I’m unemployed, I probably shouldn’t have spent $14 on breakfast this morning. Mandi woke up with the brilliant idea of having a Saturday morning breakfast in Newtown, so we hopped on the bus and scouted out somewhere along King Street that looked promising. We settled on Grub & Tucker after seeing their menu [...]

Photo highlights from some of my touristy activities since arriving in Sydney…
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Under the Harbour Bridge looking at the Opera House
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Coogee Beach
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Three Sisters, Blue Mountains
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Petting a kangaroo at Koala Park Sanctuary
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All dressed up for the horse races at Randwick
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One of the best mullets I’ve seen: two-toned and permed

My recent negligence toward my blog has led to me leaving out part of what I consider the most important part of my journey so far… eating! Here’s a rundown of a few of the restaurants I’ve been to so far…
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As anyone who has read more than 2 posts by me has already noticed, I’m [...]

If you know me, you know this much: I don’t like to be hot and I sweat like crazy. This has been a slight issue in the land down under because air conditioning (aka “air con” here) is a luxury and temperatures have been hovering in the high 30s some days (that’s in the high [...]

No, I didn’t get killed by a tranny in King’s Cross. I know I’ve been the world’s worst blogger but you’re gonna have to cut me some slack since I’ve been a gypsy for more than a month. To date, I’ve lived in THREE different hostels in addition to my friends’ house way out in [...]