20/02/07
Posted in Travelling in Australia at 12:49 pm by Vitaly
Today 20th of February 2007 small historical event occurred in Sydney, Australia. Two sisters the Queen Mary 2 and the Queen Elizabeth 2 entered the Sydney Harbour at the same time.
The Queen Mary 2 is the biggest ship ever to visit Australia. 151,400-ton ship met her sister The Queen Elizabeth 2 around 7:10 pm in […]
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15/02/07
Posted in Travelling in Australia at 11:21 am by Vitaly
Today I would like to talk about Manly. It is the first place where I stayed for 8 months after I had arrived to Australia.
A bit from history: As I mentioned in my previous Article about Botany Bay
Captain Arthur Phillip decided to go to north from Botany Bay and discovered Sydney Harbour. Manly was […]
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09/02/07
Posted in Travelling in Australia at 12:13 pm by Vitaly
I just read in news that a large shark swam into Botany Bay in Sydney.
I know this place quite good because we usually sail in Botany Bay with our friends. I will put some photos.
Do you know that this place was the one where James Cook arrived on the board of the barque […]
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07/02/07
Posted in Australian Attractions at 4:31 am by Vitaly
A couple of months ago my father came to Sydney, Australia to spend 1 month with my family and me. As everybody knows usually there is no time to go somewhere during a weekly routine but as soon as you have a guest you want to show a lot and as a result start to […]
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05/02/07
Posted in Australia National Parks at 4:54 am by Vitaly
Last week Michael Chujko the friend of my friend Alexey came to Sydney from Minsk to join a conference about standardization. And on Friday we had a quick travel to Palm Beach.
In my opinion it is the most beautiful lookout around Sydney. That is why I decided to show it to him notwithstanding that we […]
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Posted in Travelling in Australia at 12:54 am by Vitaly
Every year Australia (Downunder) becomes more and more popular for tourists from different parts of the world. And it is really great to know that more and more web projects are started to support tourism here. downunder-dago is one of this young projects for tourists from Western Europe who would like to visit Australia (Downunder). […]
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04/02/07
Posted in General at 11:34 pm by Vitaly
Finally this blog is online. I am happy!
I have moved to Downunder more than 1 year ago and very soon I understand that I really like this country. I like the nature, climate and Australian lifestyle. That is why I would like to write down a bit about my travelling experience and my impressions about that as well […]
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