...Australia Day Weekend Celebrations: Fireworks at Darling Harbour. Meal with Lheanne at Nicks. Australia Day Anthems Sunday stomp... The Aussie's love a bank holiday and this weekend was no exception. The Australia Day celebrations are huge with tons of events going on to commemorate the day. In the evening I met up with Lheanne from my wobbly wine tour and found out all about her trip around Oz whilst we enjoyed a lovely Japanese meal. Afterwards we hea...

...Sydney Opera House: Carmen. Sydney Botanical Gardens. More Aussie literature... I got to tick another travel experience box last night when I visited the Sydney Opera House for the opening night of the new production of Carmen. The production was put on by Opera Australia but unfortunately wasn't up to the standard of opera that I'm used to. It was more like an opera buffa (comic opera) than the tragedy it's supposed to be. And although it was sung in the ...

…Jenolan Caves: Adventure caving… Wow what a weekend. Today I abseiled into the sink, scrambled down the plughole and then wriggled through the S Bend to an exhilarating finish the other side. If you're wondering no I haven't been hallucinating or gone a bit crazy in the land of make believe but took on the challenge of the 'Plughole' when I went adventure caving at the Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains. You enter at the mountain top, via a shor...

…Blue Mountains: Wentworth Falls walk. Furber Steps. Scenic Railway… Talk about a wet n wild Oz experience. I headed off to the Blue Mountains today in the pouring of rain but still had an amazing time. Sydney is currently getting the tail end of some tropical storms but the delights of these mountains set to the west of the city couldn't be spoilt by the immense downpour. We began the excursion by going for a walk through the mountains to Wentwort...

…Being an Aussie bookworm. Ruby red hair… Carrying on with the Australian literature series recommended by the Baptist Street girls this week I finished reading the Mint Lawn by Gillian Myers, Sean & Dave's Long Drive by Sean Condon and Cosi by Louis Nowra. All three books are extremely different with the Mint Lawn being a beautifully descriptive fictional story about a young woman's journey into adult life in small town New South Wales; Sean ...