Life in Sydney
February 6th, 2007
Hi all!
Well its time for my monthly report, and its been a busy one so you’ll have to bare with me!
For those of you who want to cut the crap and just see some pics I have just uploaded my Tasmania trip album as well as some crackers from Christmas, New Year, the Blue Mountains, and Australia Day.
– Tasmania —
– Xmas —
– NYE —
– The Blue Mountains —
– Australia Day —
Now to catch up with my life in Sydney so far…
After a great trip round Tasmania, Snip and I arrived back in Sydney and moved in (or rather squatted) at Tom and Craigs’ flat, situated in the centre of the city next to Darling Harbour. We celebrated Christmas with a massive feast, cooked up by yours truely, and some other good friends - Kat, Dom, and $5 (or cheesey, cheeseburger, hot dog, whopper….or just plain Steven). It was a great day with all the christmas trimmings including port, brandy, cheese and capped off with more drinks and a good old game of charades - Dom’s rendition of the brutal murder of Bambi was breathtaking. 
After a few days of parties and celebrations it was time for the Big One, NYE in Sydney - a night I had always wanted to experience and safe to say I was not let down! A great day/night with some old and new mates, climaxing in the most impressive fireworks I have ever seen. Check out Snips footage of the Harbour Bridge display below.
— NYE Fireworks Harbour Bridge–
The wind-down after the festivities ended with Snips sad departure, but not before we did a bit more sight-seeing, hiring a car and visiting the spectacular Blue Mountains. It was sad to see him leave and i’m sure a tear would have been shed if it weren’t for the fact I was half-asleep and hungover when he made his long way back to Old Blighty.
Since then it was all hands on deck to get a job and some positive cash-flow again, which was much harder than I expected! Finding IT work was near impossible and even office temping work was scarce - a lot more people in the area flooding the job market I guess. However after two weeks, sifting through papers and contacting numerous agencies, it was my good mate Tom who set me up with a logistics job at a stationery warehouse. Not all that glam but it pays the bills and the lads there are a good crack, although I have suffered mercilessly thanks to my cricket team…and of course being a “pom”. 
I finally got my own back after Friday though when we finally managed to break the Ozzies and avoid a total tour whitewash! Yay!
Oh and of course, I forgot to mention the Australia Day celebrations, held on the 26th January. A fantastic day followed by even more fireworks, which were almost as good as the NYE ones! Check out these two die-hard Ozzy chicks!
So thats about it from me at the moment, I hope you are all well and enjoying life where-ever you are! I’ll be updating again in a few days and adding some comments to all of the pics as well as some more for you to take a look at - there are some good ones to come
TTFN! 
Dave
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