On Saturday I delivered my presentation on Branding Your Blog at Nuffnang Blogopolis. Blogopolis is an annual blogging conference and this year it was held in Sydney. I had a fantastic time and have shared my presentation on slide share for those who are interested. You may need to click through here to see the slide show if you are reading via email.
24 hours in Sydney Via Instagram
I was in Sydney for just over 24 hours, but had time for some quick sight seeing and iPhone photo taking. You can follow me on Instagram (planningqueen) or if you don’t have an instagram account, you can still take a peek at my photos here.
The weather was superb. Melbourne has been bitterly cold, so to be able to wear short sleeves out on Friday night to the pre-conference was such a thrill.
The Airport Train service from Sydney is brilliant. Reasonably priced and frequent, making getting to the city super easy.
Took a very long cut walking from Circular Key to The Rocks where my hotel was. I was using Google Directions on my iPhone, but took the car directions and with Sydney’s myriad of one way streets, the driving route took me twice as long too walk!
Bonus of my navigation errors was I saw things like this, which I wouldn’t have otherwise done.
I stayed at the Harbour Rocks Hotel and can recommend it highly. I wished Mr I had been there to share the loveliness of this hotel with me.
I wished I had time to use this!
My room was off the gorgeous little courtyard.
My super comfy bed for the night.
As I mentioned the weather in Sydney was so lovely, it was beautiful to sit here and look over my presentaion.
Loved these lights.
I had time for a quick run to the beautiful Sydney Botanical Gardens and around the Opera House.
Very wind swept tree.
Busy Friday at Circular Quay.
Pre conference drinks at Helm Bar.
Heading back to the hotel to get some much needed rest via the Suez Canal.
The Suez Canal by night.
Foyer at the Harbour Rocks Hotel.
More photos of the pretty lights in the courtyard at the Harbour Rocks Hotel.
A quick run on Saturday morning meant I was able to capture this lovely view – taken at about 6.30am from The Rocks.
How I wished I had more time to stay!
Time to leave.
Blogopolis was held at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel which was a great venue.
Was able to catch up with many wonderful bloggers including Christie from Childhood 101 and her beautiful little girl.
Twinings sponsored the conference and provided the most amazing high tea.
Jeff Tan had a great presentation on SEO and Google Analytics
Then it was my turn to present. {Image credit – Trevor Young. If you are interested in the whole concept of personal branding, you should check out Trevor’s new project Micro Domination where you can download his free Mico Maven Manifesto.}
Rachel Divine presented a really practical session on Blog Photography and gave out the most beautiful booklet to accompany her session which included the key points.
It was a super fun day, which I had to leave early unfortunately, so missed the frivolity of the post conference drinks. But made it home in time to attend the lovely Mr I’s birthday party.
How was your weekend?