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Sydney Harbour This Photo of the Week is a slice of Aussie goodness – the iconic Sydney Opera House in the blue waters of Sydney Harbour. This shot was taken from a rooftop bar after a day of exploring the city on foot. A nice ice cold beer and this view was the perfect way to [...]

For this whole month of February I’m touching on the subject of Sydney. Last week I highlighted the much cheaper, with no loss on experience, Tower Climb of Sydney Harbour Bridge… This week I’m hitting the coastal fringes of Sydney and taking you to Manly… Tweet

As part of our new site we’re going to be featuring a whole heap of new guest bloggers. First in the mix is Kez – the Scottish lass who’s just returned from a year down under – and she’s bringing us a weekly feature – “Oz Wednesday”. Tweet

It’s that time of the year again…this time it’s 2010 I’m waving goodbye too – and epic year full of travels that started in style with the fireworks over Sydney Harbour Bridge, something that should be on everyones bucket list. So here’s another From The Vault…my experience of one of Sydney’s top treats. Tweet

It dawned on my today that this time 365 days ago I’d just reached another milestone in my Oz adventure…I landed from Darwin into Sydney International, the city that I would call home for Xmas and new year. The city that would see me reunite with old friends. And the city that would eventually lead [...]

Yup, you read the title correctly. I’m now back in the UK! …and I ain’t happy about being here or how eventful my journey home was! Tweet

Turns out what I thought was my last 24 hours in Oz wasn’t destined to be so. Due to a whole heap of incidents I actually managed to spend an extra day in Australia… Tweet

It’s been a while since I’ve been in the iconic Australian city of Sidders, but I had a pretty dam good time there and it kept me well entertained over the Xmas and NY period. So this week I’m reminiscing and bringing you my Top Ten Things to Do in Sydney. Tweet

Oz is a big place and there’s a hell of a list of things to do. I’ve done rather a lot on my trip so far – I’ve done east coast, west coast, towns, jungle, ocean….so here’s my Top 10 Things to do in Oz. Tweet

Bondi Beach in my opinion is rather over rated. But that didn’t really matter to me because after a few days inland I simply wanted to wake up and be either overlooking the surf or a short distance from the sea! Tweet

So after a few days chilling in the back gardens of Maz’s (@fillingtheages) mates (where muchos beer and goon was consumed on a regular basis!) the time came to say goodbye to the nations capital and head up the East Coast…a prospect I was rather excited about due to surf withdrawal symptoms! Tweet