Preview of Pajas’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Sydney, Australia Entry Title: “Letztes Australien! / Last Australia!” Entry: “Destination 210: km 113’961 Mit einem aufwaendigen Verfahren habe ich in Bathurst das 1h- Nutzungsrecht der Computer der oeffentlichen Bibliothek genutzt um meine Online Erledigungen zu tun. Noch einmal in der Zeitung als Beitrag erschienen wurde ich dort sogar erkannt (!). Nach dennoch erholsamen 4 Tagen und einer Nacht in den Blue Mountains bei den Three Sisters (Bergformation) habe ich mich in der Alfred Park Accommodation in Sydney einquartiert um meine Reise sowie Motorrad Transport nach Neuseeland in die Wege zu leiten. Eine massive Schlechwetterfront hatte dazu gefuehrt, dass mit dem Motorrad keine weiteren Fahrten ausserhalb Sydneys durchgefuehrt wurden und ich fuer rund 3 Wochen im Hostel blieb und die Ausreise aus Australien nach Neuseeland organisierte. Alles in Allem ein Erfolg, auch wenn eine Grippe Epidemie zusammen mit der Schlechwetterfront die ganze Arbeit sehr erschwert hatte. Lebt wohl ihr Aussies, leb wohl Australien! (Aber nicht ihr Scheiss Fliegen und Kakadus!) XXXXX With much effort I could use the one-hour-using-right of the Computers at the public Library in Bathurst to do a lot of Internet work. Once again as a part of a report in the Newspaper I even was recognized there (!). After 4 …
Preview of Danskgirl’sblog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Port Douglas, Australia Entry Title: “Port Douglas” Entry: “Port Douglas, Queensland, AUSTRALIA 7th – 15th June 2007 Arrived in Sydney at lunch time and had a 5 hour layover which was fine as we had to collect the bags to put them through security for the domestic flight to Cairns, so there was time to look in book shops and eat and drink latte’s and read (trachy magazines in my case). Qantas flight (service better in International) to Cairns after no sleep for 30 hours would’ve been better without a load of American spring breakers majoring in loudness but the movie was ‘Picture Perfect’ ??? which was grand (E Norton, N Watts). Finally got to Cairns at 11pm and my sister had arranged a limo to come get us for the hour long drive to Port Douglas which seemed to take forever. So stayed up for another few hours with welcoming commitee that was my sister, her husband and her brother-in-law at Peppers Beach Club a lovely 5* resort. Had sleep of the dead but had to check out at 10am next day (uncilivised or what) so recuperation had to wait. Around 11am I was playing with my nieces at the hotel pool when low and behold my mother walks in (from Ireland) as a surprise. Flabbergasted we were. Then we had wedding rehersals (my brother-in-laws sister) and lunches to go to and we had to check into …
Corporate cover band & Wedding reception band -Duo, trio or more: Benedictine is one of Australia’s leading musical exports successfully entertaining world wide. Musical Director and pianist Glenn-Michael Askew excites audiences with his extraordinary energy playing live grooves on up to three keyboards at once! Combined with the sweet sounds of Kirsty Joy on lead vocals sharing her soul with sultry jazz right through to disco, pop and blues. Benedictine also thrills audiences with show stopping musical theatre tributes making them perfect for your corporate functions or special events. With years of entertaining behind them, Benedictine knows how to please a room. With a repertoire of over 300 songs, Benedictines versatility will captivate every audience. Kirsty Joy started singing on the Gold Coast ten years ago and it has taken her around the world! From lounge bars in Las Vegas to clubs in Singapore and five star hotels in India, she has adapted to them all. It is this incredible versatility and her sassy stage presence that makes her an international success. From smooth jazz to funky disco, beautiful ballads, show tunes, reggae, pop, soul and country she can sing it all! As Musical Director for the Sydney Wentworth Sheraton, Entertainment Officer for both Lady Hawkesbury and Captain Cook Cruises, Assistant Entertainment Coordinator for Palazzo Versace and Legends Hotel and Entertainment Coordinator for the Australasian Bicentennial Travelling Exhibition (just to …
Preview of Rosboroughs’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Wentworth Falls, Australia Entry Title: “Making mud pies in the Blue Mountains” Entry: “Time to catch a train into the Blue Mountains in the afternoon, taking 2 hours to reach our destination Wentworth Falls. It’s quite amazing how quickly you leave the city behind and start to climb up into the hills through the trees and past some impressive cliffs and valleys. Pitch black by the time we arrived, lugging our bags up a big hill in a poorly lit street and wondering what the hell we were about to let ourselves in for. We had volunteered to help out on a building project for a small school. The school is a Steiner School, which uses a very unique teaching system centred around the principles that the way children learn changes at each stage in their development. It’s a very creative and dare I say Bohemian environment, where the kids are free of the normal constraints of more traditional schools. Big rack of slippers in the classroom, lots of brightly coloured cushions and hand crafted wooden furniture. The school are undertaking a huge building project, courtesy of stimulus funding from the government. In an attempt to stave off recession the government had a huge initiative to hand out cash to schools for building improvements. Kindlehill took advantage of the scheme and are now …
Preview of Camille_simon’sblog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Sydney, Australia Entry Title: “Sydney, new city, new continent!” Entry: “You must be wondering where we are right now… We arrived yesterday in New Caledonia after spending 4 days in Sydney. Yes, I know, I haven’t posted the Sydney entry on the blog yet, how could that be?! Well, first you have to know that it is not that easy to find free wifi in Sydney (how we miss you dearly, South America)! Actually it is hard to find anything free or cheap in Sydney… So anyway, I’ll post the pictures of Sydney in this entry and will make another one for New Caledonia. After 14 and a half hours spent on the plane (5 movies one after the other and 0 minute of sleep) we landed in Sydney. We decided not to sleep on the plane so we would try to beat the jetlag. It has more or less worked. I got searched at customs, Simon didn’t, there is no justice in this world. So first surprise: Sydney is NOT South America… Yes, everything is expensive there. Even youth hostels. Hey, we’re back to civilization! Second surprise: we are old. Yes, all the other backpackers staying in those backpacker factories that are youth hostels in Oz are much younger than us… It’s party time all the time and we can’t really afford it. It’s just a very different experience than South America. So what have we seen in Sydney …
www.hdtimelapse.net , http Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com Night Rush Around the World 1 here: www.youtube.com Cameras: Nikon D700 (Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8) & Canon EOS 5D Mark II (Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L USM) Locations (in order of appearance): Stockholm – Cityscape, Saltsjon bay, Old Town, Gamla Stan, Strommen bay Athens – The Hellenic Parliament, Greek National Parliament, The Syntagma Square, Aerial View of The Parthenon, Athenian Acropolis Frankfurt – Aerial Cityscape, Eiserner Steg Bridge, Commerzbank, EuroTower, Galileo Building Abu Dhabi – The Emirates Palace, Corniche Road W, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Headquaters, Union Square, The Canon in Heritage Park Madrid – Almudena Cathedral, Alcala Gate (Puerta de Alcala), Independence Square, Plaza de Cibeles, Cibeles Fountain, Communications Palace Cologne – Aerial Cityscape, Deutzer Bridge, Hohenzollern Bridge (Hohenzollernbrucke), Cologne Cathedral ( Kolner Dom), Rhine River, Deutz Railway Station Hamburg – Aerial Cityscape of Hamburg, Blohm and Voss Shipyard, Elbe River (Ilv), Container Terminal, Inner Alster Lake (Binnenalster), Town Hall (Rathaus), St. Peter’s Church, St. Nicholas Church Istanbul – Aerial Cityscape, The Hagia Sophia, The Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Galata Bridge, Bosphorus Strait, Cargo Ships, Bosphorus Bridge, The Suleiman Mosque (Suleymaniye Camii), View from Galata Bridge Los Angeles – LA Downtown, Figueroa at Wilshire …
The ‘Giga Group’ has announced the pre-launch of 39-storey commercial tower project ‘Goldcrest Executive’ at Karachi, at a cost of Rs 8 billion, set to be one of the hottest real estate projects for corporate and commercial buyers. Talking about the salient features of the project at a briefing held at the project site on Saturday, Muhammad Ali Qureshi, CEO, Giga Group, said that the project was first and only 39-storey commercial tower of its kind in Pakistan’s financial capital, Karachi. He said that project would be constructed on 27000 square feet plot and would comprise of three shopping floors, with the world-class amenities such as helipad, indoor car parking for 1971 cars, 26-floor commercial office space, high speed elevators, round-the-clock CCTV, centralised air-conditioning, roof top restaurant, swimming pools, etc. He told the gathering, “This is the only commercial tower project on the shores of Arabian Sea that would offer highest standards of innovative and distinctive real estate development. I assure you all that Goldcrest Executive will evolve a new way of doing business and will unfold a new lifestyle.” Highlighting the achievements of the Giga Group in Pakistan, he said that it has decided to lead real estate development in Pakistan, and proved it through a number of landmark projects at Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. He said: “We have a clear vision and a fair mission, which would ensure a bright future for all of our stakeholders and customers …
Preview of Jasonandjanell’sblog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Sydney, Australia Entry Title: “Sydney and Katoomba” Entry: “Day 14: This was a travel day between Singapore and Sydney. Janell had been a little nervous about flying Gulf Air because she’d never heard of it, but it was just fine…other than the fact that we baked on the runway for about 30 minutes before they finally turned the air on. Nice way to start the day. After we checked into the hotel in Sydney, we wandered down to the closest watering hole and had our first Australian beers and wines. There is so much to choose from! Victoria Bitter, Tooneys, Coopers, Cascade, Hahn…lots! Day 15: The hotel manager gave us a great tip. You can either pay A for a cruise of Syndey Harbor on a big fancy boat, or you can pay A.80 to take the ferry that is part of the public transportation system and get the same views. It was a great day for a boat ride! We saw the sights of the harbour, including the downtown skyline, the Harbour Bridge, and, of course, the Sydney Opera House. Who can go to Sydney and not see the Opera House? Once we thoroughly inspected that magnificent structure funded by A0M of the taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars, we took a walk through the Royal Botanical Garden. This is a great place for a stroll, a jog, or just sitting under a nice tree. Since we’re here in the …
Preview of Codownsean’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Sydney, Australia Entry Title: “Convictin’, laughin’ and drinkin’” Entry: “1 May 2009 – Still in Sydney Rememberin’ Few days updated here in one folks. Life is still great on the road and I’ve done a bit in the last few days. I’m in Sydney for one more week and to be honest am somewhat running out of things to do – but really am not complainin’ as I like this place heaps. But it doesn’t make for the most interesting of travel blogs when I’m just hanging out. Though sometimes depending on what sites I take in while hangin out, they can be the most worthy of blog entries. Still it’s been an eventful enough last few days….. Wed (29 April) I’m up early in order to go visit a little museum I’ve had my eye on for some time – the Hyde Park Barracks. It’s here that many of the convicts from Australia’s past first arrived in order to be screened and vetted and in most cases locked up upon their arrival from the ships. Unfortunately it’s not really up to much. There are various descriptions of the huge “Hulks” – not some big green angry thing (like me with a hangover) but the ships that were moored off shore in Britain and its various colonies and territories (including Ireland) to house the many criminals who awaited deportation at the time. The Hulks in Australia often were a more permanent …
Preview of Rossport’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Hobart, Australia Entry Title: “Hobart Town city of convicts” Entry: “Good Morning All, Well another beautiful day in Hobart who says it rains in Hobart (it was rainy and windy ) Had a continental breakfast supplied by the hotel for 3 dollars it would of cost at least 15-20 dollars for the same in a large hotel, it was cereal, , bread for toast and butter and your choice of spreads, after breakfast the sun came out but was still a tad windy we then set out to explore this beautiful city center today. Being Sunday the shops did not open till 10am or in most cases not at all, the centre is quite colourful and quite mind u when u only have a population of just over 500000 for the entire state than i suppose the major city would reflect the crowds its population of just over 150000 residence is quite small compared to other capital cities in oz but they are a friendly bunch of people the heart of the city is very small but still worth the exploration as like all new cities there are nooks and cranny’s that u can explore that the locals forget aboutone of the road rules is always give way to cars with rental stickers on them as they are Kamikaze drivers and never exceed the posted speed limit. This city was built in the days that England had a mandatory immigration policy where u were invited …
Preview of Cliveandlydia’sblog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Christchurch, New Zealand Entry Title: “The Road South” Entry: “New Zealand’s Southern Alps split the clouds and the transverse valleys, which were to be our route back to Christchurch at the end of our adventure week on the southern trail, opened up. Our flight from Sydney threaded a descent through these valleys to land in the Canterbury Plains around the largest city on the South Island. Christchurch itself, founded as an outpost of genteel Anglicanism and named after the Oxford college, resonated confidently with the old country. (We even saw punts and sixth-formers in long shorts and striped blazers coming back from school.) The hotel in Cathedral Square was a short walk past some fine examples of colonial buildings to the Botanical Gardens where we were introduced to many of the trees, plants, shrubs and flowers we were to find in profusion on our road trip. Next day, after a scheduled business meeting with the suppliers of our lanolin products, we picked up the Maui camper van – our home for the next six days. Despite Jess & Greg’s scepticism I can confirm that their mother took to this novel experience not just gracefully but with accelerating enthusiasm. I’d gamble short odds she’d now take to living in a small boat like the proverbial duck. That Tuesday afternoon we headed …
Preview of Avaandjohn’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Sydney, Australia Entry Title: “G’day mate’s” Entry: “Well we have arrived in Sydney, we hired a car (2 litre Holden Commadore)and drove up the coast from Melbourne to Sydney in 4 days. It was a good opportunity to see a bit of the outback. We drove from Melbourne to Bairnsdale on the first day with good views of the coast and some nice little fishing villages along the way, we also saw some Dolphins at Lakes entrance. Second day took us inland to the Snowy mountains (you know me, can’t stay away from the mountains)we saw some Kangeroos, Wombats, Cucaburras and Eagles. We stayed in a little ski village near Mount Kosciouszko (highest mountain in Australia) believe it or not it had some snow on the top. we wanted to climb the peak next day but it was too windy so we carried onto Canberra for a look around the capital city. It is extremely neat and tidy all set out like a model city. We made a small detour to Lake George before we headed back to the coast to Batemans bay, Kiama and Wollongong before arriving in Sydney. Next entry Sydney” Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from this trip: 1. “”Can yer guess where it is yet ?”" 2. “Ava by Flinders station” 3. “Canberra from the Anzac war memorial” 4. “One of the locals in Sydney” 5. “Our Hotel in Melbourne (Crown Promenade)” 6 …
