New South Wales

Best travel reports from New South Wales

Granny's Beachhouse

From the city to 'Granny's Beachouse' The last days in Australia went by quickly and besides productive work on a business plan for Vanuatu, we enjoyed the typical life in an...

Sydney Day 6 - Blue Mountains and another disappointment at Madame Tussaud's (Australia Part 34)

From Sydney, we took a day trip to the Blue Mountains National Park, known for its eucalyptus forests.

Sydney Day 4 - Bondi Beach, The Rocks, and Flashing Christmas Trees (Australia Part 32)

We visited Sydney's famous beach and a formerly notorious neighborhood. In the evening, we listened to Christmas tunes outside without a jacket at the ice cream parlor.

Dogs and cats

The sound of clinking coffee cups echoing through the paper-thin walls of our 'luxury room' wakes us up rudely. The bed and the duvet were true luxury, but the thin walls are...

Icebergs on the beach

Today we have to leave Sydney. But before we go to the Blue Mountains, we make a detour to Bondi Beach, which is only 6 km away. Here is the legendary Iceberg Pool. It...

Welcome in Sydney

Our last Australian domestic flight from Melbourne to Sydney. The check-in was chaotic, but this time the plane actually took off and even on time. Welcome to Sydney. ...

Undercliff-Overcliff

Tag 59: 18.10.2018 - Blue Mountains, Wentworth Falls At 6 o'clock, the alarm clock rang and woke us up. It was already bright and the morning air was damp and cold. Still a bit...

Hello muscle soreness!

Hello dear home, here is a belated report about the past adventurous Monday: Day 41: 01.10.2018 - Mt. Warning When we were both awakened by my phone alarm this morning, the sun...

Happy New Year!

G'day Mate! After 22 hours of travel, we arrived safely in Sydney. The first flight from Munich to Bangkok took 9.5 hours, and the second leg from Bangkok to Sydney took 8.5...

Sydney - one highlight follows the other

The travel tribulations have already been worth it 100% for Sydney. The city offers so much incredible variety that we fell in love with it immediately. But let's start from the...

Christmas in Australia - Brisbane & Byron Bay

After all our tours, we were looking forward to having nothing to do. We first went to Brisbane for four nights. We stayed at the Bunk Hostel, which is located right in the city...

Sydney / Australia

06/09/17 - 09/09/17 First plus point: about 5-10 degrees warmer than in Melbourne and a little less windy 😀 This time, we were extremely lucky with the choice of our hostel! On...

Welcome to Sydney!

What a culture change! From "cool modernity" to the vibrant city of Sydney. Not only the climate is completely different, ...

Part 2 of the story so far

illegal nights in Sydney, love in Port Stephens, and a fervent change of plans

Kangaroo for dinner

On your marks, campers, go 2.0. Fully packed, we make our way to the train station. From there, we head to Mighty (our rental car company) where we pick up our camper for the...

Last days in Sydney

Saturday, 11.2.17, around 40 degrees - The Rocks Market, Sydney Every Saturday there is a larger market in Sydney where several vendors sell their goods. The range of products...

Watson Bay

Sydney, NSW, 37 degrees - This morning I got to meet a hostel pet - yippee!... While preparing my breakfast, something darted across the floor. Imagination? Am I not fully awake...

Last day in Sydney

On such a last day somewhere, one should also take different paths than usual... I thought and went to the hairdresser today. You might think that this is too precious time for...

The Rocks and Manly Beach

Here in Surry Hills it's a bit like in PrenzlBerg: lots of nice places to eat and drink. Last night Matthes and I stopped by The Clock (they have a beautiful wraparound terrace...

Unexpected events happen often

Just when you think everything is great and the little kitty (our car) is purring again, it suddenly breaks down. Unfortunately, Trinity (the name of our car) didn't survive the...

Blue Mountains National Park

If I haven't convinced you yet that the long journey to Australia is definitely worth it, I will convince you today! ;) We spent the last two days in the Blue Mountains...

Post No.5 - My Job

Hey hey everyone, Okay actually this was supposed to be a detailed post about my first job, but since the situation hasn't really improved since my last post and I'm in...

Photos in Head Tag

Today is a day when my phone could theoretically have taken many great pictures and videos. Of the funny surf instructor explaining the waves to us. Of me standing on the...

Blue Mountains

One has to unfortunately get used to the fact that everything is a bit slower on group trips than one might prefer, because Person A still needs to go to the bathroom, Person B...

The last 4000km with Shelly

It was not possible to sell my car in Perth because I had a New South Wales registration. Re-registering it in Western Australia would have been expensive and time-consuming. So...

Sydney/ last day

I walked into the city at 8.30am, 5 million inhabitants, very busy, which again has its own atmosphere. I have now seen the sights like the Opera, Harbour Bridge, CBD from land...

Newcastle/Australia

March 9, 2024 Newcastle A shuttle bus took me from the ship to the Newcastle Museum. There was also the tourist information office where I got a map of the city. I followed the...

Vegetation

Flowers grow everywhere here that we only know as potted plants, if at all. Yesterday evening I saw a ficcus benjaminus, which we all had as a potted plant in the 80s, as a...

Of focus, will and perseverance. Or: What (my) work (maybe) has to do with surfing

How the current moves you forward, how the waves can be felt on, and even more in, the body.