Seems I took the weather with me!!

Well It would be 'Luck of the Irish' that we get rain as soon as I got here!

Sydney Zoo

Went to Sydney Zoo Today. Its a very big Zoo. There's ALOT of ground to cover. I suppose first things first was to get a picture with a Koala (his name was hunter), unfortunately tempting as it was we were unable to pet the little critter as its illegal under NSW law to touch a Koala (no joke!), The Koala keeper told me the lazy bastard sleeps 18 hours a day (the koala not the keeper lol!). In the Western Australia pen the Kangaroos, Wallabes, etc were roaming free as we walked through but they kept to themselves.

The Zoo is well kept and probably one of the best examples your likely to see. The Ferry over you get to see all the sites, Opera House, Harbour (hunter) Bridge, etc.
Our legs are starting to hurt after the weekedn as we covered a fair few kms over the last 2 days!!

V Festival

Went to V festival today and it was absolutely brilliant!
Plenty of stages with various bands sort of like an Ozzie Oxygen!
I saw Razorlight, Madness, Snow Patrol, Killers. All put on an excellent show but my highlight has to be Madness and Snowpatrol. Madness were deadly live! The bar wasn't completly on the rip as you could get a drink for $7, but a limit of 4 per person per transaction (Damn you Responible Alcohol stewards!).

Sydney "Taxi" Drivers

Think Irish Taxi drivers are bad? Sydney Taxi drivers want directions to where your going. I wouldn't mind if it was somewhere off the beaten track but a major part of the city takes the biscuit!

Australian Customs

After watching a few 'Border Patrol:Nothing to Declare' on Living I didn't know what to expect! We were given a declaration card. I'd 2 boxes of Barrys (I know! But its not as bad as the woman on my flight with 10 x 12pk of Tayto).

I arrived and handed in my passport, It didn't scan so I was told to follow a customs officer to a booth where he examined my passport through a machine where it went through a series of tests (UV, RFID, etc).

I was sent on my way and as I was queuing up a customs office approached me and asked to see my landing card. He asked me what the "Yes" I ticked refered to "I told him about the teabags". He then asked me with a smile "Did I have any Leprauchans or Shamrock in there?" lol, I laughed and siad "That one never gets old". He stamped my card and told me to go through the exit!

Welcome to Australia

The Road to Sydney!

Well, Its Tuesday evening Irish time and I'm about to embarke on a 23hour flight to Sydney (Taxed €10 for the privelege, Thank you Mr Lenihan!). I'd only one stop enroute so far so I was blessed in a sense. The Flight itself wasn't too bad (Kudos to Ethihad), I could have done with a bit more leg room but overall can't complain.

The Flight had plenty of entertainment and I watched a couple of films on the way: Slumdog Millionare, Bottleshock, Frequency, Australia (Fell asleep!).

The food wasn't bad either! Seat beside me was free for the first half of the flight and I got chatting to a guy from Melbourne.

The Flight wasn't too bad but very long!