Follow Sydney’s craggy, meandering coastline south from Bondi – passing fun-filled Coogee, sprawling Maroubra and the peaceful, serene beach at Malabar – and you’ll hit the idyllic Little Bay Beach. Hidden …
After safely but tiredly arriving in Perth and finding my way to my hostel, my first week was mainly spent refamiliarising myself with Australia, and aimlessly wandering around the city centre (or CBD …
Fresh from the madness of four months of house renovations and migration preparation, with the twinkly Etihad jingle now continuously replaying in my mind, I finally touched down in Perth and stepped off the plane …
Fresh air, rushing waterfalls and sandstone cliffs jutting out of an undulating carpet of eucalyptus trees: the stunning Blue Mountains should be on any nature-loving visitor to Sydney’s must-see list. Just a …
There are plenty of well-known differences between Australia and the UK: the weather, the scenery, the amount of snags that get thrown on the barbie… But there are also many differences that …
Just south of big brother, Maroubra, and approximately 12km south of Bondi, lies the much lesser-known Malabar Beach. It’s smaller, quieter, but definitely no less spectacular. Tucked into Long Bay, Malabar …
In my last blog post Emigration Preparation Part 1, I detailed how I finally got my permanent residency visa in Australia, why I decided to go backpacking across Australia’s south coast, …
Migration. It’s a pretty dramatic word. A word that may fill you with terror or excitement. Either way, it’s a word that you would associate with months of organisation involving …
Just a 15km drive south of Sydney CBD, the vast and beautiful Maroubra Beach is a whole kilometre of white-sanded loveliness. Its name, taken from an Aboriginal word meaning “like thunder”, rather fittingly describes the crashing, …
Following on from my blog post on how to find a reliable house sitter, I thought I’d write a quick how-to for anyone thinking of placing an advert for a …
Hi, I’m Lisa Bull, a Brit living in Sydney and founder of Australian expat blog Sunsets and Sarcasm. I’ve lived in Australia as a student, a backpacker and now a permanent resident, and I’ve travelled almost the entire coastline. I started Sunsets & Sarcasm to help you travel or move to Australia, and to share the amazing places I’ve discovered living in Sydney. Read more about me here!
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