Monthly Archives: January 2007

avalon airport terminal building

Australian Open Tennis Championships 2007

27 Jan Filed under australia, events, photos, travelling, sightseeing, victoria. No comments.

A week ago on Sat 20 January Bettina and I had to get up early at 5 am in order to catch our JetStar 900 km flight down to Melbourne. After a 1.5 hours sleep on the plane we arrived at Avalon Airport, picked up … Read More →

bettina cockatoo royal botanical gardens

Bettina’s 25th birthday

23 Jan Filed under australia, events, new south wales, parties, photos, sydney. 3 Comments.

Last Friday was Bettina’s 25th birthday. After some Mud-cake at home we went to the near Royal Botanical Gardens across the Domain and had a small but delicious picnic close to the waterfront. There we attracted not only plenty of seagulls, pigeons and whatever all … Read More →

tenacious d concert

Tenacious D concert – A pick of destiny

18 Jan Filed under australia, events, music, concerts, festivals, new south wales, photos, sydney. 4 Comments.

On Tuesday 16 Jan 2007 I was able to add one more concert to the list of concerts I ever had been attending as we went to see Tenacious D: To be more precise Jack Black and Kyle Gass on their ‘Pick of Destiny’ tour … Read More →

bettina and nick

Jazz Festival and Cargo Bar

15 Jan Filed under australia, events, music, concerts, festivals, new south wales, parties, photos, sydney. No comments.

This Saturday we went to the Domain and attended a Brasil Jazz Festival as part of the Sydney Festival that takes place every January. This venue is for free and therefore quite a lot people had been around to listen to the music and to … Read More →

vanessa and tomte

New Year’s Eve at Milk Beach

9 Jan Filed under australia, events, new south wales, parties, photos, sydney, videos. No comments.

Just like Christmas 2006 New Year’s Eve 2006 was something different to the years before. Having the opportunity of having some pretty nice beaches around, we took the chance and celebrated on one of our most favourite ones, on Milk Beach in eastern suburb Vaucluse. … Read More →

melbourne: nela, tommy and bram

365 days

4 Jan Filed under australia, daily life, events, photos. 4 Comments.

It’s a year, Mrs. Walker, it’s a year! You might not believe it. I actually do not. But today on the 4th of January 2007 I’ve been in Down Under for precisely 365 days already. Even in Sydney I’ve been staying more than 9 months: … Read More →

tommy

Sydney Aquarium and wine tasting tour to the Hunter Valley

3 Jan Filed under australia, new south wales, photos, sydney, travelling, sightseeing. No comments.

For the days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve Bettina and me actually planned to rent a car and go down the coast. But unluckily there was no way to get any available vehicle. Neither at Thrifty, Avis, Europcar nor Budget Car. Only Hertz offered … Read More →

boxing day christmas dinner: franzi, tom and bettina

Night out and Christmas days

2 Jan Filed under australia, daily life, new south wales, other, parties, photos, sydney. 1 Comment.

I know, I’m really late. But I don’t like to leave out a few things that happened during the Christmas holidays. To start with the Saturday before Chrismas: We went out with some friends from the house to celebrate Tom’s birthday. The first destination was … Read More →