Just a quick one to say HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I hope you all had a great evening celebrating wherever you are in the world. We couldn’t have asked for a better evening, watching the Sydney fireworks with friends 🙂 It was truly magical and a beautiful way to end our time here in Sydney. I…
This Christmas was very different to any I’ve enjoyed before but just as much fun if not more so! Being half way around the world at a time like Christmas, away from family and friends can be really hard. Luckily we’ve made friends with another couple from the UK who are in the same position…
As promised here’s part two of our trip away last weekend to the Hunter Valley. We hired bikes from a local company who very kindly dropped them off at our villa for us and then picked them up the day after. I would highly recommend doing this if you ever stay in the Hunter Valley….
Last weekend Stew and I joined our best friends Alicia and Jonny on a little road trip to the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney. The Hunter Valley is a beautiful wine region containing some of the best vineyards in the whole of Australia. The scenery is just fantastic with rolling hills, acres of vines, farm…
When we climbed the Sydney Harbour bridge with my parents last month we were given free tickets to climb up one of the huge stone pylons supporting the bridge to a great lookout spot. Of course on our one day off it was overcast! Typical! In fact after climbing up lots of steps, reading all…
For the past couple of weeks Sydney’s Hyde Park has been home to the annual Night Noodle Markets. Stew and I popped along last Monday, and it was so good I went back a second time with friends on Thursday! The most unusual dish we tasted was the markets famous rice and ramen burgers. The…
Last Monday was a public holiday here in Sydney so we met up with some friends and headed to the Blue Mountains a couple of hours out of the city. A 6.45am wake up call on a bank holiday isn’t the best feeling but after a 2 hour train journey it was well worth it….
I really wish my parents were still here, we got up to so many fun things the other week when they were visiting. Like walking the coastal path from Coogee to Bondi. We did it last year but I managed to delete all the photos off my camera so this time I got snap happy…
On the last day that my parents were in Sydney we took a trip across the bay to Taronga Zoo. I went last year with Stew but unfortunately lost all of my photos so I was super excited to get to go again. It was a hot and sunny Sunday so it was packed! The…
For the last ten days I’ve had my parents here in Sydney visiting us which has been incredible in itself. Every day we’ve been exploring the city and it’s surrounding suburbs as a family, dining out every evening and generally having the best time ever! I think I must’ve put on a stone in weight…
Yesterday Stew and I had the day off and the weather was on our side for a change. It was a beautifully sunny day so we set off on a coastal walk from Rose Bay to Watson’s bay, a little outside Sydney. For most of the walk we were greeted with picturesque views of the…