Today we set out to learn more about Sydney, Australia and the Australians. The best I thing I found out is that Sydney used to be a rum colony! After the first fleet (aka the first British settlers, mostly convicts) had arrived in Australia, things started to get […]
Yesterday we spent a day at Manly Beach. According to history, when captain Philip arrived with his First Fleet to found Sydney “[the indigenous people’s] confidence and manly behaviour made me give the name of Manly Cove to this place.” Nowadays, Manly Beach is a popular hangout for swimmers […]
Today we left Sydney for the Blue Mountains, one of the national parks surrounding the city. We’re not ready yet to hire a car, so we went by train. This turned out to be a very pleasant experience. Australia is known as a car country, but Sydney has […]
Today is my birthday! Turning 30; same procedure as every year. Now you would expect a pirate to celebrate her birthday at sea or with a bottle of rum. But this year there was a big birthday surprise in store for me..! A helicopter tour over Sydney! Quite […]
It’s been two years since we first got the idea to visit Australia and now we’re finally there. Yesterday evening we arrived in the Sydney Kirketon Hotel after more than 20 hours of travel. The jet lag could have been worse; but at 6.30 in the morning we […]
It took more than 20 hours of flying to get to Sydney, the other side of the world. I mean, it doesn’t get much further than this (although we are saving up to go to space for whenever that is scheduled) but to be honest it does not […]
Scientific Pirate Travels... 