On her second stay in Sydney, Sophie is determined to experience more of the city. That means Christmas on the beach, New Year's Celebrations and the Sydney Mardi Gras.
Follow the yellow brick, um, plane… Sydney Harbour Bridge Yes, we finally made it – and two days early no less! My first sighting of Oz was not exactly inspiring: a coastline shrouded in cloud and rainy mist, followed by a wet and windy landing at the airport, but then again it is ‘winter’ down [...]
Jan. 27 – Sydney Forget LA – Sydney is the hippest city in the world. Walking down Oxford Street in Paddington, I’ve never felt so fashion uncouth in my entire life. Maybe that’s because I was wearing boy’s pants, a striped t-shirt, and the seven-year-old Adidas adventure sandals that I refuse to give up. I [...]
Bangkok – Singapore – SydneyThursday, January 4, 2001 Okay, okay, so I’ve been lagging a bit on the emails. But I’ve been having a fabulous time, so sue me. Greetings from sunny Sydney. I’ve arrived in this blessed little town a week ago yesterday and have been settling myself in well. It’s an amazing place, [...]
Sydney Musings I realize it’s been some time, but hey, life’s too short to be writing e-mails every day. Anyhow, hope whatever season you’re in you’re having a good one. Well, I’ve now been in Sydney for nearly three months and it still seems an exciting and fun place to be staying. The only problem [...]
Olympics Countdown This will be my last mail from Sydney and obviously one issue is dominating the town, that is the small sporting event that will be starting here in a couple of days time. If Sydney was trying to remain calm and collected before, with only two days to go before the Opening Ceremony, [...]
Sydney Update Suppose I should send you all an update to keep you informed (can’t believe I’ve been in Sydney for nearly a month now!!). Anyhow, I still love Sydney. It’s a fantastic place, from its ultra modern high rise business district, the Harbour with the Opera House and Bridge, to the laid back atmosphere [...]
Photojournalist David Savage travels Australia on the OZ Experience… On The Bus… My final day on the OZ Experience. Seven and a half weeks earlier I had left Sydney heading north on the first leg of my journey. Although Canberra is only three hours from Sydney, today’s leg took us along the coastline that was [...]