Archiv der Kategorie 'Sydney'

Finally - Apology to the Stolen Generation of Australia

Friday, den 15. February 2008

In Perth, Steffi and I visited the National Museum of Western Australia. There, we saw an extremely well done exhibition about the Stolen Generation which made both of us very sad. Because what some Australians did to their Indigenous people was very sad - they literally stole their children. I personally thought that it […]

Time to say good-bye :-(

Saturday, den 19. January 2008

I’ll keep this one short and simple: I don’t want to, but I have to go back home. Today I officially checked out of UTS Housing. I will pack my stuff tomorrow and will head to the Airport the day afterwards around noon. My flight from Sydney to London Heathrow has the flightnumber BA016 […]

Off to New Zealand - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Monday, den 24. December 2007

I am packing to my trip to NZ tomorrow morning. Christmas here was an interesting experience although it was kind of stressfull with my trip tomorrow… anyway: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I won’t be reachable via phone I guess as the receiption in NZ is non existant I reckon… so if […]

Baking Vanillekipferln in Sydney

Monday, den 24. December 2007

Despite decoration and music there is one thing that really gets you into a Christmas mood - BAKING COOKIES!
So, Kathi (the last remaining Austrian in OZ!) and I decided to bake Vanillekipferln!

Sydney is dressing up for Christmas

Sunday, den 23. December 2007

Hey everybody!
On the 23rd, Kat and I decided to take a look at Sydney dressed up for Christmas and enjoy the best parts of Sydney again before I leave. But it all started with the hunt for Santa Hats at Paddy’s Markets in Chinatown…

Carols in The Domain

Saturday, den 22. December 2007

Hey everybody!
On the 22nd the traditional Carols in The Domain took place - a beautiful event to get into a Christmas mood by listening to Christmas carols in one of the nicest locations of Sydney! But lets start from the beginning…
One picture says more than 1000 words, doesn’t it?

Good bye Steffi :( G’Day New Zealand! :) Ah and don’t forget about Christmas…

Friday, den 21. December 2007

Hey!
Its getting sad again - Steffi left some minutes ago, back to good old Austria.
It is really hard to grasp, I would almost say unbelievable, how FAST all of this great time flew away so quickly.
Sorry for being lazy with blogging during our road trip but I just did not want to turn on […]

Roadtrip - Jarvis Bay

Friday, den 30. November 2007

Today we went to Jarvis Bay and had a look at this beautiful National Park. We checked out the most beautiful beach every (photos to come!) and had a nice lunch. Really, this beach had very fine white sand which was very shiny and the color of the sea was amazing - who needs the […]