Sydney, Australia

Disaster...
August 31, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
Hello, Well this was the big weekend - the one where I was going to surpass everything I've ever done before and walk 100km in 48 hours.  The day started well enough.  Had to get up at 3am which sucked and it was freezing, got the train to Brooklyn for the start and met up with the rest of the team.  We all got given a coloured bib and...
Placed by Laura in Laura's Big Adventure

Almost there...
August 25, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
Hello, So the big event is almost upon us and I am a little over it now.  I just want to get the damn thing done with so I don't have to feel nervous anymore!!  I am pretty much all packed for the event and have enough clothes and food to feed an army so now we are just finalising logistics of where the support crew are going to meet us, whet...
Placed by Laura in Laura's Big Adventure

New Zealand
August 18, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
We arrived in New Zealand on 4th August after leaving Chile on 2nd and crossing over the international date line. After sleeping off a bit of the jet lag we met up with Sian who we had originally met in San Francisco and headed for the Minus 5 (ice bar). When we got there we were told that no photography was allowed inside the bar but of...
Placed by Ivor & Kathryn in Around The World in 180 Days...

Training Diary Part 2
August 18, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
Hello,  so I am now fully into training for the big bush walk.  Yesterday was my first venture into the Australian bush and whilst I didn't see the expected snakes and bears I did see a Goanna Lizard which was about a metre long sitting in a tree and we also heard some Kangaroos but I think they heard us coming and hopped it (get it :-))...
Placed by Laura in Laura's Big Adventure

Sydney-the working part of the "working holiday"!
August 15, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
Well, its been over 3 months since i arrived in sydney and i still dont have much to say other than ive been working! things weren't going so smoothly when we first arrived, flat hunting proved a lot more difficult here than it is at home. after looking at many horrible and expensive flats, we finally found one through the "furnished property...
Placed by Lynda Donaldson in Lynda conquers the world!