My iBook wasn't talking to the wifi in the Hotel, and it seemed that a firmware update might be necessary, so we strolled up to the local Apple sto…

On Monday morning we visited the Botanical Gardens in Sydney. With typical Oz humour, they have signs asking you please to walk on the grass (as …

On Sunday we decided to take the ferry to Manly. I'd wondered what distinguished a Manly ferry from a more Effeminate one, but that puzzlement to…

The weather was good when we woke - this being winter, after all; and having come from dismal Cape Town, and been stalled by the icy horror of Jozi…

After a twelve hour fight that covered twenty hours, I arrived in Sydney. Touching down, I epected the horror to continue, and was gobsmacked to di…

The fastest way to get to The Rocks, where we were staying, is by train. It's all terribly efficient, and coming from a country where public tran…

If it were funny, it might pass as a Comedy of Errors. As it stood, it was more tragedy than farce. From the start - the delays in booking, the…

This is officially my worst airport in the world. Besides being a vast, sprawling and very unfriendly construction site, facilities are etremely…

And so, the battle of luggage retrieval needed to be waged.At the point at which I'd checked in - all those ages back in Cape Town - my luggage had…

If I did it all again, I'd... hmm! Stockpile valium, for a start...I'd been due to fly out on Sunday 24th, but my visa had yet to be issued. South …

OR Tambo Airport was snowed under, causing a backlog of flights. Flights out of Cape Town were delayed - up to six hours, apparently. I was due to …

Finding a shuttle to the airport at prices locals can afford is extremely difficult. Luckily, a friend passed on a tip (thanks Alistair!) and so I …