Travelogues New South Wales

Woke up without jet lag 💪🏼 so we could start our tourist program well-rested. First, we went to the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. Although it was a bit cloudy, we were...

Little Bay Beach, Kangaroos we are finally getting closer to our next 'main destination' Sydney! Honestly, we don't really feel like staying in a city again :-D. On our way to...

Today we explore the city: The Rock, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Observatory, the Opera House, Hyde Park, Darling Harbour. The itinerary is long, as due to the unplanned flight...

We actually made it: we are in Sydney! The day started with such a delicious breakfast, it could only go well. There was not only toast and cereal like in the past weeks. No,...

2-hour train ride and then a few more kilometers until we finally arrived at Echo Point in the Blue Mountains. The whole affair was pretty wet, as it had apparently been raining...

From Sydney, we took a two-hour train ride to Katoomba, a town in the middle of the Blue Mountains. From our very cozy hostel, which had the charm of a bed and breakfast, we...

On the hottest day of the 'unprecedented heat wave', we went on the famous hiking trail between Coogee and Bondi Beach. After my day backpack gave up on the way due to overuse,...

We are getting back to you. I would say, one week of intensive job search paid off. After many, many rejections and square eyes, we actually found what we were looking for...

Today we are going to the camper rental and picking up the camper, just a heads up, photos will be available tomorrow. The briefing by a funny young man is done quickly, the...

Those were two short stops on my way to the Gold Coast. Good coffee at South West Rocks and once more phantastic views on Muttonbird Island.

So my time in Sydney is limited.. yesterday I met up with Isa again, a girl I met months ago in Melbourne, and we went to the "Grounds of Alexandria" which are beautiful (though...

My New Year's Eve this year was totally different than what I'm used to at home but still nice! Seeing the fireworks was amazing, gotta give that to Sydney, I've never seen such...

So I have spent 2 days here now and I must say I am thrilled! Yesterday we just walked/drived around a bit and I saw the first things - in the evening we went bar-hopping 🍷 🍺...

We got up just before 7 am on this day because a tour of the famous Blue Mountains near Sydney was planned for Wednesday. After breakfast, our extremely friendly and sympathetic...

Just before the border with the state of Queensland is the small but very well-known beach town of Byron Bay! A small, manageable place where the surf scene feels at home. The...

20.40 Surfers Paradise, the Commander and Steve Bachmann had already left the country 36 hours ago to tan their abnormal gangsta bodies in Fiji :-) Now it was finally my turn to...

On the last day in Sydney, we checked off the last important tourist attractions. Our big tour started at Darling Harbour, then went through China Town to the Queen Victoria...

Nächster Halt war Port Macquarie. Unseren ersten Tag starteten wir mit einer etwas größeren Wanderung. Der Coastal Walk führte über zahlreiche Strände und ein bisschen durch den...

Spent the whole day hiking in the Blue Mountains (highly recommended) and chasing cockatoos. And because in Australia it's already around 25 degrees in the spring and not a...

Some more pictures from Manly, Bondi Beach (coastal walk), the Australian Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art

then just a beach day To not miss anything, we informed ourselves about the surrounding national parks and came across Bundjalung NP. Interestingly, the road to the national...

Since our flight only left in the evening, we were able to enjoy the day at the resort until the afternoon. Fortunately, we were allowed to keep the room for that long. At...

Here's a short summary before we leave the city: Sydney is a great city, but we were most impressed by the Sydneysiders.

Finally, Sydney. After a 3-hour drive on a slightly battered bus, we drove past the world-famous Harbor Bridge and the even more famous Opera House to Central Station. From...

First stop after Brisbane: Byron Bay. The surfer town is located on a beautiful bay and has a north beach. The three main streets of the town were quickly explored, so we went...

A lot has happened in the last few days since my last entry. My boyfriend didn't want us to spend our first New Year's apart, so he traveled all the way around the world and...

Took the van down to a free camping spot at Bulahdelah. Stopped at Forster for the Cape Hawke Lookout. It was very smoky in the evening due to the fires. There was a total fire...

See report: Maximilian 'In 6 weeks from Noosa to the Great Ocean Road and back'

Unfortunately, our beautiful journey is coming to an end... tomorrow we will already head to the airport. We spent our final evening at the harbor. The Harbour Bridge and the...

Finally Sydney at the Hotel Four Seasons! Because of the fantastic views of many of Sydney's attractions, we chose a room upgrade and now enjoy watching (among other things) the...