Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Friday, February 28, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Chronicling Summer Essentials
As Sydney's Summer lingers for another 40 days, we have learnt that there are certain essentials we need in our rare uni holiday break. Going out with friends and planning our European adventure have inspired this post with some of the things we couldn't do without during this busy period.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Chronicling Sydney Beach Hopping
As Sydney's summer heat wave hit, we opted to swap our usual inner-city outings for the coastline. Our top picks for some of the best beaches Sydney's lower north shore has to offer, are:
1. Shelly Beach
2. Balmoral Beach
3. Manly Beach
4. Chinamans Beach
Friday, December 27, 2013
Chronicling Cruise to New Caledonia
Recently I set sail on a 7 night cruise to the islands of New Caledonia, which proved to be a very relaxing break away from the chaos of the Christmas holiday season. We boarded the 'Carnival Spirit', aptly nicknamed the 'Fun Ship', from Circular Quay allowing us to take some snaps from our balcony of the glistening Sydney harbour before we sailed into the sunset. The days at sea before and after we reached our destination were filled with laying in the sun, swimming, going on the largest water slide on a cruise ship, playing mini golf and basketball, reading, eating 24/7, and then going to the gym so that we didn't feel so guilty about all the eating.
In Noumea, our first port of call, we took a coach tour around the city, which hosted an array of French named boutiques and cafes, where I put into practise the small amount of French I learnt in year 8 to figure out what everything was, with little success. We then stopped off at the Le Meridian Resort for a swim in the pool and the ocean. The next two days were spent in Lifou, and the Isle of Pines, with the latter featuring the bluest water I have ever seen, making it perfect for snorkelling and relaxing on the white sand.
Whilst it was sad to leave, we arrived back just a couple of days before the most exciting time of the year, Christmas!
♫ ♪ Call Me the Breeze- John Mayer ♫ ♪
We would also like to take the chance to say we hope you had a very Merry Christmas, and thank you for all your support these last few months. We are looking forward to a very exciting year filled with new adventures and of course blog posts!
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Chronicling the MTV Summer Party
On Thursday night, we attended the MTV Summer Party in Sydney's historic Town Hall. The night started out well with us meeting Big Brother's 2013 winner, Tim Dormer (who was unfortunately not in his skeleton onesie) in the long line to get in. We then headed past the Justin Bieber imposter into the incredibly transformed venue. The roof was covered with inflatable pool toys, whilst the centre of the floor was an elevated dance floor that resembled a pool. Bikini clad and topless male models roamed the venue, alongside other Aussie celebs like Lincoln Lewis, Nathan Jolliffe, Tim Dormer and Mikkayla Mossop.
Throughout the night, sweet tunes were played by Elly K on the dance floor to create the heavy Summer vibe throughout the moderate Spring night. Straight after Elly K had finished her set, Peking Duk came onto the main stage playing a supporting set that did not stop anyone from dancing. Finally, the anticipated 360 bounced onto the stage with deafening welcome screams being heard throughout all of Sydney's CBD. Our front row view allowed us to not only get a good close up of this Aussie rapping icon but get some good pics as well, with 360 himself regramming our image and MTV using it on their own site. All in all, the night was incredible, resembling a perfect summer pool party in one of Sydney's most prestigious venues in the middle of the CBD.
♫ ♪ Run Alone- 360 ♫ ♪
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Chronicling Rainy Days
Sydney has been experiencing some pretty miserable weather lately, and it looks like it will continue for the next couple of days. Here are some quotes and imagery that highlight the very few positives that come with rainy days: tea, puddles, bed socks, books, rainbows, tea, the hope that spring/ summer will return... and more tea.
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