Category: New South Wales

Road Trip Part 10 – Cann River, Pambula, Yellow Pinch Dam and the return to New South Wales

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Apart from Tasmania, Victoria is the smallest state in Australia, which actually came as a surprise to me, as I had passed across the border into New South Wales before I even knew it… The road signs change slightly – individual state governments have different road sign ideas. To slow drivers down and prevent accidents, Read more about Road Trip Part 10 – Cann River, Pambula, Yellow Pinch Dam and the return to New South Wales[…]

Cape Byron – The Most Easterly Point Of The Australian Mainland

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It’s known for being the most easterly point of the Australian mainland, and that’s one of the things that attracted me to Visit Cape Byron. That alongside the fact I was already in Byron Bay, and that a more elevated view of the Pacific Ocean could be had at this glamorous little tip edge…the lonely Read more about Cape Byron – The Most Easterly Point Of The Australian Mainland[…]

Cheeky Monkeys – The Party Town of Byron Bay, Australia

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I’d heard of Byron Bay quite a few times. I’m not really sure what struck it out to me as a “must stop at” location on my East Coast Road Trip, but it was a given. I even went so far as to make it a definite over night stop, and somewhere I wanted to Read more about Cheeky Monkeys – The Party Town of Byron Bay, Australia[…]

Australia Day 2010 in Parramatta, New South Wales!!

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Believe it or not, I hadn’t heard of Australia Day until 2004. It was only thanks to a promotion from the Sun Newspaper which offered a free beer on Australia Day in Bournemouth’s Walkabout Pub, that I realised it was in fact Australia Day. I spent the best part of 6 years living in the Read more about Australia Day 2010 in Parramatta, New South Wales!![…]

Backpacking In Australia: Attending the Medibank International Tennis Tournament in Sydney

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On Tuesday night in January 2010 and I walk in the door from work to be greeted by Neil and Dan saying “are you up for the tennis tomorrow?” Well I had a day off but I didnt even know there was tennis on! It turned out there was what is known as the “Medibank Read more about Backpacking In Australia: Attending the Medibank International Tennis Tournament in Sydney[…]

City of Parramatta

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Parramatta as a city has plenty to see and do, its quite a normal type of city to be honest. Parramatta translates itself as “where the eels lie down”, it is an aboriginal word. The dominant sport here is Rugby League. And without attending a match I have become a fan of the local rugby Read more about City of Parramatta[…]

The Night I…Got Pissed For Free at a Gay Rights Lecture (The Annual John Marsden Memorial Lecture)

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It was mid November 2009 and we were in our first few weeks in Parramatta, Australia where I worked in the awesome PJ Gallagher’s Irish Pub. We lived with Ruben and Rebecca. Rebecca was working for the local government in New South Wales. When she mentioned she was organising a public conference in the last week Read more about The Night I…Got Pissed For Free at a Gay Rights Lecture (The Annual John Marsden Memorial Lecture)[…]

Jonny Blair on Clontarf Beach, Sydney, Australia

Manly, North Head, O’Malley’s

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Manly is famous mainly for its beach, but there is so much else to see and do there, that it meant planning another day trip. We went there in December 2009, on one of my days off, a Monday. Unfortunately on that day, the weather wasn’t that great and so instead of spending the day Read more about Manly, North Head, O’Malley’s[…]