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Friday, February 11, 2005
Saturday, February 05, 2005
New House
We have accepted a new house today after sifting through quite a few different types, styles and sizes. Seen lots of beautiful houses, but never really the perfect one we wanted. Perhaps we're just too picky!
This was the first house we saw and fell in love with it straight away. We decided to look around at other areas and places as our knowledge of the Sydney areas was non existent. Still is really!! We saw that this was still on the market so jumped at the chance to move in. We move in on Monday 7th February 2005.
This one is for 6 month initially, so it will give us chance to get to know the area better and spread our wings a bit wider from a fixed base. So we can now get to do all the things we promised ourselves we would do when we get to Sydney!
This was the first house we saw and fell in love with it straight away. We decided to look around at other areas and places as our knowledge of the Sydney areas was non existent. Still is really!! We saw that this was still on the market so jumped at the chance to move in. We move in on Monday 7th February 2005.
This one is for 6 month initially, so it will give us chance to get to know the area better and spread our wings a bit wider from a fixed base. So we can now get to do all the things we promised ourselves we would do when we get to Sydney!
Friday, February 04, 2005
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Australia Day
What an awesome day! Only recently arrived and we'd got our first bank holiday down under - ace!! We went to Neilson Park and Shark Beach - the park is immediately in front of the beach. It's in a pretty posh area called Vaucluse, which has huge houses and stunning views over the sea. The park has lots of trees which is good as they provide lots of dappled shade - great for families. Several of the guys from Team Bondi were meeting there and invited us along. We also had a friend from Guildford over being interviewed for a programming position (he got the job - hoorey) as well as Frederick from Sweden! So we all went with our new picnic chairs and swimmers. It was incredibly hot and we were really thankful for the trees. Saying that, there were some people actually sunbathing on the beach in the full sun - complete madness! We just sat back, relaxing, reading and chatting with everyone.
We made it into the sea for a swim as well - my first time in Australian waters! It was so exhilerating (that's code meaning the water was still on the cold side)!! There were very gentle waves that bobbed us along!! It was quite reassuring to see the shark net, especially considering it was called Shark Beach!! We couldn't stay in too long, as we could feel the sun beating down on our exposed heads and arms! We could have stayed in for ages though.
We dried off and went up onto the top of the cliff overlooking the beach. There was an air show somewhere and we could see the Australian equivalent to the Red Arrows (don't know what they're called).
We decided to drift off and get something to eat, so we drove up to The Gap and Watson's Bay, which are at the top of South Head, just a bit further along from where we were. The views from there were absolutely stunning. I could have walked around there for the rest of the day, but again, we were very conscious of the sun and we'd been exposed a long time already! So we went for some fish and chips from Doyles (supposed to be very good). I have to say I was a bit disappointed - Rothwells in Donny is much better!
After filling our tummies, we went back to the Wharf to freshen up before going out again to Darling Harbour. There were lots of free little music stages with jazz and irish bands among others. Each stage had it's own little crazy dancer - completely bonkers, but entertaining! We walked to the water to see the fireworks. They were brilliant and seemed to go on all night. One type were set off from the side of a float thing in the middle of the water, so that they shot off across the top of the water - really stunning to see.
And then it was time to go home! We were thoroughly exhausted from all that enjoyment!
We made it into the sea for a swim as well - my first time in Australian waters! It was so exhilerating (that's code meaning the water was still on the cold side)!! There were very gentle waves that bobbed us along!! It was quite reassuring to see the shark net, especially considering it was called Shark Beach!! We couldn't stay in too long, as we could feel the sun beating down on our exposed heads and arms! We could have stayed in for ages though.
We dried off and went up onto the top of the cliff overlooking the beach. There was an air show somewhere and we could see the Australian equivalent to the Red Arrows (don't know what they're called).
We decided to drift off and get something to eat, so we drove up to The Gap and Watson's Bay, which are at the top of South Head, just a bit further along from where we were. The views from there were absolutely stunning. I could have walked around there for the rest of the day, but again, we were very conscious of the sun and we'd been exposed a long time already! So we went for some fish and chips from Doyles (supposed to be very good). I have to say I was a bit disappointed - Rothwells in Donny is much better!
After filling our tummies, we went back to the Wharf to freshen up before going out again to Darling Harbour. There were lots of free little music stages with jazz and irish bands among others. Each stage had it's own little crazy dancer - completely bonkers, but entertaining! We walked to the water to see the fireworks. They were brilliant and seemed to go on all night. One type were set off from the side of a float thing in the middle of the water, so that they shot off across the top of the water - really stunning to see.
And then it was time to go home! We were thoroughly exhausted from all that enjoyment!
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Trip to Manly
At the first opportunity, we went to Manly again. We'd only been in the Spring before so it was completely different to this day. It was now the height of Summer and a Sunday - the busiest time of all!! We had a bit of a shock when we saw how busy the beach was. It was of course a beautifully sunny day and we soon wished we'd brought our swimmers. We walked around to Shelley Beach and had some coffee and cake (of course) - don't let Dean try and tell you he doesn't have a sweet tooth!! We had a look around the shops and the market. We bought our new cafetiere (essential bit of kit), beach towels and two new picnic chairs for the beach/picnics/concerts in the park, etc!! All we need now is an Esky!!
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