Arrived back through Sydney Heads on Monday night to a huge electrical storm which had been building over land for most of the day. The way that the lightening was lighting up the city was incredible, but I was very pleased to be back in my flat and not still out at sea! The race from Pittwater to Lord Howe was pretty eventful. Crew on Copernicus (a Radford 40) consisted of Greg the skipper, Jim, Michael, Felicity, Alex, Ken and me. Pre-race prep was slightly hu...

I have been remiss and meant to blog before I headed out to Lord Howe. As it was I was too busy and so am writing after I have got back, but will pretend that it was before I went! In the couple of weeks since my last blog I have been packing in the shifts at the Wharf Bar. The girls that I am working with are great and on Thursday one of the girls from work (Kate Fitz), her cousin Cian and my friend Suvi and I all packed into the car and drove down to Coogee to...

Life has been so busy I am having to refer to my diary to remember what I have been up to! So, after a great day of whale watching and jazz, Lucy and Andy kindly invited me along to their day of lunch at the Fish Market with Jill, Jim and Chloe, followed by the Bondi to Coogee walk. The fish market is fabulous - loads of stalls of freshly caught fish and you can pick and choose what you want and then eat outside fending off the seagulls! We had a great selectio...

Week 2 in Sydney! Since I last blogged, Carly and Paul have very kindly been putting me up in their flat (unit in Australian speak) in Lane Cove since last Sunday. I have done a bit towards earning some Aussie dollars whilst I am here, doing a responsible gambling course and will be doing a responsible service of alcohol course on Wednesday! (Seems kind of crazy to have to do exams to do bar work.) Also I have asked around in a few bars in Manly and I have had a...

G'day from Sydney! Just a really quick message... I now have an Australian mobile number: +61 402523754 Arrived very early yesterday morning off a packed flight from Singapore - I did get to watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on the plane though which made me happy! Got the train from the airport to Circular Quay to get the ferry over to Manly - I was beaming from ear to ear stepping off the train as there in front of me was the Opera House and the Harbour B...