Meet Marianne, a 10-pound Pom 15 DEC 09 @ 08:50PM BY ALEX WARD MARIANNE McPhee camped for two days outside a London travel agency to win the chance to become a 10-pound Pom. The agency offered 150 British travellers with working holiday visas the 10 tickets to Australia as part of its 30th birthday celebrations. [...]
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Posted in Australia, News, Sydney, Travel on December 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Christmas Time in Sydney – beach, sun and heat?
Posted in Australia, Festivals and Holidays, Food, Sydney, Tourist sites on December 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Christmas Day on Bondi Beach. I’m thinking of a blazing summer sun, white sand, Father Christmas surfing the waves, and plenty of food and drink. Or not… Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean it can’t be cold, grey and rainy. Apparently. Christmas Eve we were full of big plans. Collecting our money together for a [...]
Sydney beach time…surf’s up
Posted in Australia, Sydney, Tourist sites, Travel on December 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There are a lot of great things about Sydney. Great nightlife, busy streets, and all that comes with it. But of course you can’t really talk about Sydney without mentioning the beaches. I’d say three of the most famous beaches are the three I’ve visited over the last week: Bondi, Coogee and Manly. Last week [...]
Australia on a thousand pennies
Posted in Australia, Sydney, Travel on November 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
It arrived. Finally. November 24th: the date I took off from London on my way to Sydney, Australia on a ticket that cost me £10, or I like to think of it as one thousand pennies. On August 3rd, almost four months ago, I got in a queue outside STA’s London Victoria office where I [...]
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