Beach Life

I have just realised that I have only a bit more than one month before I leave Sydney...so so sad! Life here feels very good.
I love being able to see the ocean every day and listening to the exotic birds in the trees while walking among palms beautiful flowers. These are things you can not experience in my home country of Germany. I already know that I will miss the Sydney life.

The view from my apartment out to Bondi Beach

Last week I have discovered Cooper Park. It is really close to my place but on first impressions wasn't anything special. It is actually very beautiful. You can wander through an area which looks almost like a rainforest with a creek, small waterfalls and waterholes. There are also tennis courts and some open parks to play sports.

Cooper Park

When I went home I got attacked by Magpies!! I know it may sound funny but it's really scary. Watch out for them! They always attack in Spring if you are close to their nest.

On Saturday I had a friends birthday party. We had a delicious meal and some drinks and it carried on into the evening. Some guys jammed with a guitar and a ukulele which was very nice.

Later on that night the party moved to the Golden Sheaf Hotel in Double Bay and we partied on.

Fortunately the weather wasn't as bad as expected last weekend so on Sunday some friends and I went to Tamarama Beach. The walk from Bondi Beach to Tamarama is not that far and is very beautiful. The sun was shining which made the coastal view breathtaking. We settled down on Tamarama Beach and enjoyed the beautiful day while collecting shells, chatting and trying to get in the very rough sea. Although we only tried to get our feet wet, with the size of the waves, we ended up getting soaked.  

Tamarama Beach

Afternoon view of North Bondi

I hope to see many of you at the intern meeting next week:

When: Wednesday, 19th October

Time: 7pm

Where: Fringe Bar (Unicorn Hotel), 106 Oxford St

Special: $10 Steak

Let me know if you will be there as we need to book a table. 

Until then....
(feel free to make any comments or suggestions on my blog...I want to hear from you!!!)

Why all the terrible weather???

As Colourful Trips needed to cancel the Trip to the Jervis Bay I had to make other plans for the long weekend.


On Saturday I tried to accept the cloudy weather and some friends and  I walked down to Bondi Beach and discovered a very tiny but also very interesting and comfy bookstore at Bondi Beach named Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore. You can have a nice cup of Tea or Coffee and read a good book surrounded by books no matter where you are in this shop. You also can bring your old books to the shop and get some money for them.

Gertrude & Alice Cafe Bookstore

Everything you do depends on the weather. So we decided to go to The Rocks Discovery Museum on Sunday. You can visit this museum for free and explore Sydney's history. It was perfect for a rainy and cloudy day like we had on Sunday.

The Rocks Discovery Museum

After this visit we wandered through the Rocks Market which I really can recommend  to everybody who hasn't been there yet. You can get  nougat, jewelery and much much more. Definitely worth a visit!

The Rocks Market

Christmas article on the Rocks Market

The bad weather and the sightseeing made us hungry so we  looked for the Pancakes on the Rocks Restaurant. When we finally found it, (it's not hard to find) we were so lucky to just get in and sit down at a table.  This place is very famous and that's why it's very busy too. The pancakes were absolutely fantastic!! They are huge and so Yum. 

Pancakes at Pancakes on the Rocks

As the weather improved a little bit on Monday I went to a friend's place and we had a BBQ there enjoying ourselves. 

Upcoming Trips

The trip to Jervis Bay on Sunday 2nd October has been postponed to Sunday 23rd October. You can already sign in for that date with the promo code sydintern15

Other upcoming trips are: 

Saturday, 15th October:   Hunter Valley
Sunday, 23rd October:     Jervis Bay
Saturday, 29th October:   Canberra
11th to 13th November:    Learn to Surf Weekend

Hope to see you on the next trip...

Cancelled; Jervis Bay Update

Unfortunately due to a poor weather forecast, the Jervis Bay trip which was planned for Sunday 2nd October has been cancelled.
We will reschedule this again in the coming weeks.


Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.


Until then...

Jervis Bay Trip

Hi Guys,


As promised in yesterday's blog post (read below), the details of the Jervis Bay trip have been finaslised:

When: Sunday, 2nd October 2011
Where: Jervis Bay is approximately 3 hours south of Sydney
Price: $115 ($98 with discount)
Discount: Enter the promo code sydintern15 to receive 15% discount.
Booking: Visit Colourful Trips website or phone 1800 670 610
Description: Discover what's known as 'The Jewel of the South Coast', a nationally protected marine park and national park containing the whitest beaches in the world and home to dolphins and wild kangaroos.  You'll jump on a cruise to relax and appreciate a truly stunning environment as well as walking on the world's whitest sand!


Email me if you plan on coming

Hope to see you there!!

Until then.....

Wet weekend!

I never thought that it could rain in Sydney as it did last weekend. It was my first experience with Sydney rainy weather and I hated it but even though the weather was bad there were a lot of things to do.


It all started on Friday with a perfect sunny day, you wouldn't have believed that there was any rain coming. I met up with a friend at Bondi Beach to enjoy the summer breeze. There was almost no wind which was not good for all those surfers but fantastic for us. It looked almost like summer was here as you could barely find a good place to sit on the sand because of the huge crowds. The water is still very cold so we didn't dare get in but instead had a splash with our feet.
In the evening the storm started and we were lucky to get home earlier than the crowds of people who left the beach in a hurry.

Bondi Beach

The next day I had to cancel the picnic we organised because of the poor weather. Instead, we met up in Bondi Junction and went to Max Brenner chocolate restaurant. We all enjoyed our delicious chocolate fondues, pizzas and waffles...Yum! I was glad to get to know some new interns. I hope all of you will join our next intern meeting as well. I will organise the picnic for another day and I hope the weather is going to improve soon. 

Max Brenner at Bondi Junction

Sunday was the worst weather ever. I thought I was in a monsoon. We already knew that the weather was not going to be good that day but it was worse then I could have imagined. Thankfully I planned to go to the Australian Museum that day with a friend. It is very interesting to see Australia's biological and geological diversity. This museum isn't boring at all. There are also some living animals to see and an interactive section.

Australian Museum

Australian Museum

We also planned to go to the Fish Markets after visiting the museum but this was physically not possible because of the rain. Instead a friend visited the markets with her car and picked up the fish. We made a magnificent sushi platter at a Japanese friend's place and enjoyed the Asian flavours in a nice dry flat.

Sushi

I hope the weather is going to improve over the next few days and we can enjoy the trip to Jervis Bay on Sunday with Colourful Trips.
I'll post further details about the trip on Wednesday.



Until then...

Important Wet Weather Arrangement

!!Picnic is cancelled!!
Unfortunately the weather is poor and not a great day to be outside.


We will cancel the picnic for today and have another one on a future weekend when the weather improves.

We have made new plans for today instead and hope you can join us.

When: Today, 24th September
Time: 3pm
Where: Meet outside the Westfield Apple Computer store on Oxford St, Bondi Junction.
Plans: We will meet at the Apple shop and then once everyone has arrived we will go into Westfield and sit down at Max Brenner Chocolate Cafe for some sweet goodness.

Feel free to phone me if you are lost or need more information (0406 865 273)


See you soon,
Nathalie