Parrotheads Can Get Their Fins Up Down Under By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Music Blogger In a pre-concert interview with Michael Utley aired on Radio Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett said planning for the 2020 tour is underway and then announced – after a bit of prodding from the long-time Coral Reefer – that it will take place in Australia and New … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Sydney Is A Lot (Too Much) Like Los Angeles
Australia Proves To Be Like Home In L.A. By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger When I leave Los Angeles, go to another country and particularly halfway around the world, I want to feel as if I'm someplace other than home. Yet when I went Down Under to Sydney, I pretty much felt as if I never left L.A. The weather was the same (very nice, I must … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Daily Blog: Having Fun Riding The Sydney Ferries
Visiting Watson's Bay, A Tiki Bar On Manley Beach And Other Cool Destinations By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger Travel is as much about doing the things you don't get to do at home as anything, so when I saw there were ferries to get around in Sydney, Australia, I jumped for joy. I like being on the water and ferries fit me perfectly because … [Read more...]
Sydney Expects 10 Million Visitors This Summer
New Year's Eve, Australia Day, Beaches & Bars Make This A Desirable Destination Down Under is looking up for the end of 2016 and the beginning of 2017 in Sydney, Australia. More than 10 million overnight and day trip visitors are expected to visit Sydney in its designated summer season. Which, of course, is the middle of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The … [Read more...]
Fins Up To Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville In Sydney, Australia
Darling Harbor Location Will Attract Tourists But Locals Can Also Toss Out The Anchor By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Travel Blogger & Parrothead I'm always looking for a smart woman in a real short skirt. You know, one that knows how to flirt. And perhaps she's waiting for me at Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville in Sydney, Australia. What a perfect … [Read more...]
Sydney Opera House Bar Is A Top Party Destination & Happy Hour Hotspot
Happy Hour Drinks By The City's Two Main Landmarks By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Well excuse me, for it took me all of three hours to find the most happening bar in Sydney. And what a find! It's the Opera Bar at the base of the famous Opera House and it nearly blew me away, right into Sydney Harbor. The Opera Bar is not just some … [Read more...]
Sugar Lounge Tiki Bar In Sydney Great For Rum Drinks
Hawaiian-Style Boat Drinks In Manley Beach Sometimes, even in a place so recognized for its beer, you just need a boat drink! And the place to find boat drinks in Sydney is the Sugar Lounge. A tiki bar overlooking the sand in Manly Beach, Sugar Lounge makes up Hawaiian-style drinks in a Polynesian atmosphere, complete with tiki poles and the tacky hula girl statue on the … [Read more...]
The Problem With Traveling In Australia Is That It’s Too Much Like America
Sydney Is Like L.A., Surfer's Paradise Is Down Under's Florida Whenever people ask me how I liked Australia during a one-month visit, I always give the same response. I lean forward in the chair, give an introductory "well,"pause for a second, and then say, "it was okay." This response never fails to get a surprised reaction. Everyone expects me to leap up in an excited … [Read more...]
Five Things To Really, Really Like About Australia
The Best Things About Traveling Down Under Before you ever get to Australia, you already know about it's weather, beaches and great and friendly people. And since that's a given, we'll skip over that for now and get to some other aspects that are very pleasing about traveling Down Under. This is PubClub.com's list of 5 Things To Really, Really Like About Australia. We hope … [Read more...]
Australia Day Top Party Destinations & Best Celebrations Cities
From Surfer's Paradise To Sydney And, Oh Canada!? Editor's note:With all the bad and sad news from the wildfires, PubClub.com is still recognizing something positive – Australia Day 2020. The answer seems simple to the question "where's the best places to party for Australia Day?" Go to Australia and walk out the door. And yes, that will most certainly … [Read more...]
Oktoberfest Sydney Party At Lowenbrau Bar In The Rocks
A Munich-Style Bierhall in Australia It should come as no surprise that there is a great German bierhall in Sydney, Australia. After all, Australians love to drink beer and give it to them in large 1-liter mugs, throw in some "oompha" party music and it makes perfect sense because, well, Australians drink lots of beer and Okotberfest is based on drinking lots of beer. And … [Read more...]
A Final Salute To Australia In Sunny Sydney
Opera Bar, Soldier Of Fortune Pub And Harbor Views Are On Blogger's Last-Day Agenda Thank you Australia, for ending my month-long trip here by making it super-sunny on my last day in your country. There's not a cloud in the blue sky of Sydney and I'm taking full advantage of it. I began the day with a run from the Opera House to and through the Botanical Gardens, cooing … [Read more...]
A Top Tip For Late-Night Drinkers In Sydney’s The Rocks Pubs Area
Bar-Hopping After Midnight May Result In A Premature Last Call Here's a tip for you if you are out in The Rocks, the pub-filled nightlife area of Sydney, Australia: If you are in a pub at midnight, stay there and don't leave. Because you may not get in another pub that night. That's due to a stricter-than-necessary screening process by the independent security … [Read more...]
Sydney Tiki Bar Sugar Lounge Manley Beach Earns Blogger’s Cheers
Mai Tai Meets Satisfaction And Polynesian Decor Fits The Location Hard to port! Drop the mainsail! Cut the engines! I have found a place to toss out my anchor in Australia, a tiki bar in a great beach town outside of Sydney. It's called the Sugar Lounge and it has strong rum drinks, tiki dccor and a view of the ocean. As an additional bonus, you arrive there by ferry … [Read more...]
Melbourne Cup A Big Party In Australia, This American Is Learning
Kentucky Derby Of Down Under Is Practically A National Holiday The Melbourne Cup, I'm learning from my time here in Australia, is quite the big deal Down Under. It's a horse race, Australia's version of the Kentucky Derby. Only from I can gather, it's a much bigger deal than the Kentucky Derby. That's because it overwhelms everything her. Nearly every bar has a poster or … [Read more...]
Travel Blogger Still Seeking That ‘Wow, I’m In Australia!’ Moment
Despite Being Down Under, It Feels As If I Never Left America Perhaps I should have gone straight from the airport for a brief walkabout in the bush or the outback. Seen a Crocodile Dundee movie before I departed for this trip. I've been in Australia nearly a week now, and I feel pretty much as if I haven't left America. Sydney is like a compact Los … [Read more...]
Discovering Sydney: A Free Tour, Opera House Bar And A German Beer Hall
Another Fun Day Down Under Includes Finding Oktoberfest In Australia If this keeps up, then my friends' predictions of me never returning to America may come true. Day 2 in Sydney had me taking a free walking tour, going back to my favorite (to this point) bar that again was the most happening place in the city, and then a new discovery that previously had not even … [Read more...]
The Traveling Nomad Party Blogger Goes To Australia
Sydney, Surfer's Paradise, V8 Supercars Race, Byron Bay And Wine Festival On The Itinerary If it's not the trip of a lifetime, it's the opportunity of a lifetime. I'm headed to Oz – for a month! – a place I've always wanted to visit, and now it's becoming a reality. Why Australia? Well, it has fun people – people who love beer and like to party, have a zest for life and … [Read more...]
Australia The First Stop For This Traveling Party Nomad
Leaving Southern California Opens The Door For Partying Around The World When one door closes, another one opens. Well, it does if you think of it that way. And that's the way I'm thinking of it. I have no choice, really. I am being forced to move from my place of residence for the past several years – some estimates put it at around 15 years although I tend to think of … [Read more...]