Last days in Sydney

Unfortunately our flight from the Sunshine Coast was one day delayed so we didn't arrive in Sydney until noon. We spent the last day in Sydney going to Bondi beach one last time. Saturday was a lovely day in Sydney, the weather was really nice and Bondi was as always full of people wanting to see and be seen.

After spending some hours at Bondi we went back to my place at Kingsford to fresh up before going out one last time in Sydney. This eveing we went to a Belgian Beer cafe in the Rocks. At the cafe we met up with two friends and had some nice Belgian beer before we went over to Newtown to check out some bars there. Sunday morning was the day of departure, waking up at noon we only had time to pack our stuff and leave in order to make it to the airport in time. We went down to Gloria Jeans for a small breakfast and some coffee.

Since Odd-Arne had a later flight I went to the airport by myself to catch my flight to Singapore. I was lucky at the airport to catch my flight since it was so busy there. The plan now is to spend four days in Singapore before I fly to Bangkok to celebrate my birthday and plan some further travels.

The nice view towards the property of the prime minister.

The fantastic view of the CBD from the north side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Sydney, Beach, Fireworks, Tropfest, Mardi Gras

After coming back to Sydney in the beginning of this week we've just been enjoying Sydney and all that this city has to offer.

Chinese New Year Twilight Parade

Today we went to the great Chinese New Year celebration in the city centre. There was a huge parade with a lot of amazing costumes and performances. In the end of the evening there was nice fireworks at Cockle Bay close to Darling Harbour.

Tomorrow we'll have a day in the CBD and go to the botanical garden and to the TV tower to have a 360 view of the city.

Sunny Sydney

Now I've got a visitor here in Sydney, my friend Odd-Arne from Norway arrived this morning. We had a great Aussie breakfast and later we went to Coogee Beach, someone even got burnt after 1 hour on the beach... :) So we decided to head back home and relax for a while. Next plan now is to go to the bottle shop, and after we'll see what happens.

We have all the days until Tuesday next week to go around in Sydney, on Tuesday we'll fly down to Melbourne for a week to experience the Great Ocean Road.

As some of you may have noticed there's a huge cyclone headed for Queensland, so let's hope for the best for everyone up there! The concern down here is bush fires because of the very nice and hot weather lately.. Hopefully we'll have some rain so this won't be an issue later on when we want to go to the Blue Mountains.

Cheers!

Beautiful Sydney

Now I've been living in Sydney for 10 days, here I've been walking around a lot in the CBD (Central Business District). Saturday last week was the first night of the Sydney Festival 2011, so then I went to the park called the Domain. At the Domain there were several concerts, and of course some beer. I've also been around the city a bit, to a place called Watson Bay, and of course to my local beach, Coogee Beach.

The Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House by night.
Watson Bay

Watson Bay cliffs

View of the CBD from Watson

My local beach, Coogee Beach :)

My local beach, Coogee Beach :)

Kingsford, Sydney, New South Wales

Yesterday evening I arrived in Sydney, I had my flight here from Brisbane. Now I'm in Kingsford, a suburb in Sydney which is a 30 minute walk from Coogee Beach.

The area around here is nice, with many places to eat and so on.

During the day I went to the CBD of Sydney, I saw the famous opera house and the Harbor Bridge.

This far Sydney has been good!

My street, Forsyth street in Kingsford.

My building :)

My building again :)

My room :)