So we returned to Sydney with the aim of finding ourselves a place to stay for the next few months and a job to cover our costs and save a little for the rest of travels. We booked ourselves into a hostel on Kings Cross - it being a center for backpackers and a hub for the nightlife of Sydney. We had been warned and to be honest we were curious and it would be a place of interest or rather an interesting place ticked on the list. The latter was an understatement!!!! ;o)

We found ourselves in a dingy place and argued a dorm of our own because we were initially placed in a dorm with four other guys who had clearly been on a boozy one the night before - at the 7am the room did not smell pleasant!!! The room we were put in, was actually quite nice and we were happy with it - besides it was only going to be for a few days. We got straight on the internet and sorted ourselves some viewings on an ongoing basis as with the applications to various agencies etc.

Kings Cross is quite a pleasant place with shops and cafes and the usual city bustle, until about 4/5pm. In true Richard Attenborough style - "this appeared to be the time when the more unusual of the human species started to come out to play." Streets would be littered with drunks, and hobo's and at the risk of being really racist - abo's everywhere drunk and out of their mind, along with the druggies and the pimps and ho's. Thats right....Kings Cross is the Red Light District and it was a great place to have a bit of fun and see a totally different side to Sydney! Even the tourist buses come through for a cheeky peek! As for Tim and I, we enjoyed just watching the weird and wonderful world below us from the comfort of our room, where we had a balcony (being on the third floor) allowing us to have front seats of the pimps, pushers, prostitutes and all the revellers in their supe'd up cars with ridiculous alloys and loud music and neon lights galore! Fantastic!

But the fun had to end, and we decided to move on to a hostel in the City Center where we were more accessible to find work. By this point we had already found ourselves a place to stay - we just couldnt move in until the end of the week. So off we went, and didnt look back.

written by  Priya&Tim on October 4, 2006 from Sydney, Australia
from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip
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hey priya, hey tim.

Sounds and looks like your adventures are really moutning up now you are in Oz. Good luck with the work programme- hope all goes well. Just had chance to check Blogabond out after a hectic few months since arriving back in UK. My folks were out there for a month when you were there in Melbourne- Sydney.

Anyways- i live in Nice now, by the old port in a great location with a great lady called Lénaïc. Its time i got on with things P.

I will be checking the blog more often i hope now and once again wish you all the best for your stay in Oz, looking forward to hearing what work you end up doing!

best wishes.

50. (b.)

written by  50watts on December 7, 2006

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Hey guys,

We're still working our butts off in Melbourne, which sucks but we're trying to save up for a couple of weeks off over New Year. Going to the Boxing Day Test Match and then heading back up on the 28th December. Have a room booked in a random guest house in Kings Cross until the 3rd and then, who knows? Only going to be hanging around until the end of January as we're leaving Oz abit sooner than planned but that leaves plenty of time for several raucous nights out. Will get your number off Tibbles when we get there. See you soon, and Merry Christmas!

The smug adventurers x

written by  Murph on December 9, 2006

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