Welcome to Luxury Vs. Budget Travel. Each week this spot will feature a comparison of the Luxury side and the Budget side of a city. This week is Sydney, Australia. Sydney, capital of New South Wales and one of Australia’s largest cities is best known for its Harbour front Opera House, arched harbour bridge and…… Continue reading Guide to Sydney, Luxury Vs. Budget Travel.
Monday 23rd January 2017 – Wednesday 25th January 2017 Jervis Bay has been high on my (admittedly lengthy) ‘must see’ list for a while. After being told tales of ‘the whitest and purest sands in all of Australia’, I had high hopes and I wasn’t disappointed. We knew a while back that one of our…… Continue reading Camping in Jervis Bay
Sunday 8th January 2017 Since arriving in Australia I’ve grown to hate wasting time, especially weekends and especially when then weather is glorious. This means that Ben and I are slowly running out of places to go and explore without having to travel for hours or hire a car. So when doing a Google search…… Continue reading A day out to Watsons Bay – Hornby Lighthouse
Sunday, January 1st 2017 (!!) Another year has gone by; they do say time flies when you’re having fun. And having fun is exactly what I’ve been doing, despite the majority of this year being spent working in order to save some valuable dollar for the travels. In March, after 88 days of banana farming, FINALLY,…… Continue reading NYE Sydney 2016
Sunday 25th December 2016 Can you believe another year has passed? I can’t. It feels as if its been only a few months since we were last celebrating Christmas, surrounded by Farm Friends and Family at Scotty’s in Mission Beach yet alas, here we are. Still loving life, still VERY warm, and this means now…… Continue reading Christmas on the Beach – Sydney 2016
Tuesday 8th September 2015 – Thursday 8th September 2016 A year. I’ve been in Australia for A WHOLE YEAR. 12 months. 365 days. I swear, it feels like approximately 5 minutes has passed since I was waving my family goodbye in Manchester Airport, slightly teary but excited for the adventure I was about to go…… Continue reading One Year in Oz
Saturday 14th August 2016 Climbing the Harbour Bridge in Sydney has been on my bucket list since forever and yesterday we finally got around to going. I’d heard that they weren’t too keen in offering refunds if you turned up to climb and the weather was shoddy and knowing how disappointed I’d be if I…… Continue reading Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge (FINALLY!)
