Sydney Travel Forum

We are arriving in Sydney at the airport on Sunday next 9th March about 7am and will later in the day be joining a cruise ship. We obviously want to see your fine city in the time available but don't want to be dragging our luggage around with us. We appreciate there is a left luggage station at the airport but we're trying to avoid going back to the airport to fetch it. Please can you tell me where we can safely leave our luggage in the city ?

Dear VTs,
Could someone please suggest a budget hotel(room with an attached bathroom)in Chatswood area?Is the New Church Hall on Shirley Road,Roseville near the train station?How long would it take to walk from the station to there?
Regards,
Vpas

Dear Vts,
I am coming to Sydney in the month of July to do a course.I need inexpensive,decent and safe accomodation near to this address --- Shirley Road,Roseville(New Church Hall)(i cannot afford taxis,so it has to be within walkable distance,
could you also tell me what are the areas near this place that i could visit in the evenings.what is the likely temperature in sydney in july?
what could one shop near this area?
Thanks and regards,
vpas

Dear friends~

I know this might not be the right place to post this question and ask for your kind help, but my little brother, who is studying as a freshman at MQ in Sydney, is helpless now. He's going to move out of the house with all his roommates where he is staying at the moment, because the landlord has raised the rent fee regardless of the contract, and my brother and his roommates are actually to be swept out of the house by the end of this week. He is in an emergency, and asked for help to me-who is studying as a postgraduate at Peking University-during our chat at MSN. Then I came up with this warm virtual family populated by resourseful and kind-hearted world citizens.

He needs a single room near MQ Uni, preferably in Marsfield, for 145-160 aus dollors per week. No specific requirements about the room. He's not a picky-choosy boy:)

If any of you or your friends know any information of the kind, please do let me know. We'd be highly appreciating your help.

Best wishes,

Pingping CHEN

Hi

We are visiting Sydney next week!! Mar 3 to Mar 15. We are planning to spend 2-3 days in Sydney, then start driving along Highway 1 to Melbourne, visiting the coastal cities around highway 1 and staying in hotels around the area. (Sydney, Jervis Bay, Huskisson, Tilba Tilba, Gipsy Point, Swan Reach, Melbourne) I know it will be a tight trip in terms of time.. but we will be back soon!

We would love to get some advises from the locals on what are some must dos and must eats.. My bf and I both just turned 30, and decided to see Sydney by ourselves. Our travel consultant recommended a lot of actiivies around Sydney and Melbourne, but not so much along highway 1. Any recommendations you can provide us would be really appreciated.

There are so much to do around Sydney and Melbourne.. (we picked the Opera house, Coat Hanger bridge, Taronga zoo, maybe the Sydney Aquarium and Manly beach for Sydney; Eureka tower and Queen Vic Market so far and need more ideas for Melbourne)

Also, what are some good restaraunts around this area, good food, and not too pricy?

Thank you!!

I will be Sydney in March/April and wanted to know if there was any place where I could rent camping supplies. Looking to rent tents, stoves, sleeping bags, etc.

Also, if you have any suggestions on good places to camp in NSW or QL, let me know

Thanks

Mike

I'll be staying in Sydney from March to end of May. I am trying to find a good hotel/apartment which is as close to the CBD as possible, but I only have a budget of $65 a day. HELP!

Thanks very much guys!

hello!
Ihave been living in Sydney for about 1 month ago and i want travel around Australia!
I start my travel around the coast of Australia on the 16th march and i was wanting one person to join me on my travels. Im wanting someone who is willing to go halves in payments for the rental car etc.

If your interested in hanging out with me while we travel around Australia, contact me as soon as possible via this website, and i will get back to you.
Thank you, and i look forward to hearing from you soon!!

Adri

I am looking for purchase UV protection shirts. I will be in Sydney and Melbourne.


Is there any shop I could purchase from ? Maybe online?
Is there an IKEA? where?

Has anyone stayed in Somerset darling harbor before? If so is it easy to cross that road thing I see on the maps and on google Earth? The picture shows a crossing but does that lead all the way to Darling harbor (the main Harbor I mean)?
I'm interested in it because it appears so close to Darling harbor. I hope someone can give me some advice.

Hi, I am an 18 years old student from Germany, and I will spend my training time in Sydney from July until September. Before I fly back home Ive got 10/11 days in September where I would like to get to know Australia a little bit. I have been surfing around the internet, but the tour packages I am interested in are just too expensive for a student.
Now I`d like to ask you all for help: Have you got any suggestions that are worth looking after (email-addresses, tour package offerings, bus-tour, flihts and so on)I am really thankful to get the one or other hint. Just surving around makes no sense anymore, because I cannot afford the expensive tours. Thank you in advance for every idea or every hint!
Hello from Germany to Australia
Anna-Sophie

Hello travelling to Sydney next week with my grandson. We went the same time last year and had lots of fun. Anything special on next week. Also any recommendations apart from the usual Powerhouse Museum (wonderful), ferry rides - thanks

Does it make sense to travel by train from Sydney to Melbourne to minimise cost?How long does it take by train from Sydney to Melbourne?I plan to travel in July this year.
Regards,
Vpas

Dear VTs,
I am coming to Sydney in the first week of july this year,to do a course in remedial education.Later my two boys will join me for a week.could you please suggest a few places of interest for my boys aged 13 and 10?(none of us have seen kangaroos or penguins!)ALSO please let me know how the weather in Sydney is at that time.Where can we find aboriginal artefacts?
Thanks,
Regards,
Vpas

Hi,

I'll be visiting Australia this year with my girlfriend who suffers quite badly from hayfever back home (Scotland) during the summer (the 30 minutes of sun we get mid-June).

We will be visiting Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney and would really appreciate any info/advice as to whether she is likely to have any problems, and if so what times of year are most irritating?

I know its a bit of an odd question but information regarding this is hard to come by and I was wondering if anyone who suffers from this in the UK has found it to be more/less of a problem in Australia.

Cheers!!!

Could you give me some advices on how to get to Melbourn from sydney by public transport and hotel around US$100 in Sydney, easy to go to sightseeing spots.

Thank you

Thien

Can anyone help me? I am due to move to Sydney on the 26/03 from the UK i have never been there before and also don't know anyone over there! I have a job at long bay correctional institute however i am looking at accommodation to share and don't want to be anywhere quite, i am mid 20's and love going out and socializing i also like shopping. i am from a small town in the UK near the beach which i tend to use for running. My concern with locations in Sydney is traveling to and from work safely been a young female and also times of travel. i will be working both early mornings and till late at night, and also nights and i am struggling to locate the perfect location with the travel options. could anyone please advise me on this matter? thanks

Hi -I will be visiting my brother who lives in Sydney. i have been before and loved it. this time I am taking my 4 year old daughter with and we would like to do some exciting stuff- For a day trip or half day, I beleieve that the Hawkesbury River has a lovely boat trip that follows the postal route..any info on this?

Are there any other nice things to do in and around. i enjoy nature and beauty.
Thanks v much
mandy

I'm heading dowm for a quick visit to Sydney and want to see the day night game at the SCG. It's a bit sad to sit alone so any other VTers going to the game?

Hi all, we're hoping to visit Sydney in September for a wedding and I'm wondering about who to fly with. Most of the major airlines appear to be around the £800-£900 mark so I'd like to book it based on good service, good legroom etc... Does anyone have any feedback on flights from the UK to Sydney (good or bad)?
Thanks

We are thinking of doing a 31 day camping tour of the Outback to Ocean with AAT Kings. It goes from Sydney to Adelaide to Coober Peedee to Alice Springs up to Darwin over to Cairns and down the Gold Coast. We would be doing this in Nov.08. Has anyone done this tour? I was wondering what the weather would be in the various area. eg outback / rainforest / beach. Please let me know all the infor you may know. Thanks

Hi. We will be traveling to Sydney in Oct.08 and will be there for 2nights and 2 full days leaving early on the third day. We have been looking at the 4point Sheraton on Darling Harbor and the Metro on Watson Bay. We were wondering which one would be closest to Sydney Opera House and Harbour as we were thinking of doing either a tour of harbor and opera house or just opera house. Are either of these hotels within walking distance of the Opera House?? If we have to take a bus to get there what would be the cost?

Hello everyone!

I am coming to Oz and I do not understand well how it works with the DL, do I need to do something from my country? Or should I wait to get there and go to some kind of office? Please HEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ciao ;-)

From Hospital Road in Concord to North Ryde

Moving to Sydney soon and want to continue playing football while I'm there. Are there pick-up football games in Sydney? Adult leagues? sand or grass is fine.

Thanks!

Last year when visiting Australia, we prebooked flights and excursions from the UK but found that we had a lot of time on our hands. For example, an excursion which finished at lunchtime but our prebooked flight wasn't leaving until the following day. this meant paying for an extra nights hotel accommodation and meal instead of continuing our journey.

As last year we are only there for April and our base will be Sydney. So while we are travelling I don't want to have too much time sitting around hotel pools although that can be welcome sometimes. This time we plan to book trips when we arrive so i need any tips on good internal airlines or land carriers and good excursions in and around NSW and Victoria.

My boyfriend and I have been trying to find a short term rental for our upcoming vacation. It seems most places we are interested in are a minimum lease of six months or else very expensive. I found this place online and the price and location is good for us. I was wondering if any of you have heard of it, know anything about it, if its a good neighborhood, or know of anyone who has stayed there and you have some feedback. Any info would be appreciated.

Here is the url:
http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/nsw/sydneyarea/easternsuburbssydney/accommodation/apartments/the-furnished

Thanks!

If you could pick five locations within Sydney that would be good for my girlfriend and I to rent a flat for a 4-6 week period in Febuary-March. We would like to be in an accessible area, good for strolling, shopping, restaurants, nightlife and hopefully close to the beach or atleast easy to get there by public transit. We will be having friends visiting us often and would like the area to be central. We are both in our 20's and want something trendy and hip.. If you have any websites that we could find a rental please list them. We are looking for a bachelor or one bedroom and are hoping to pay no more than 1600$

I plan to go to Australia on March or April for vocational study
I would like to live in a boarding house / apartment
I am looking for cheap apartment / boarding house
but I heared from friend, he paid around 150 AUD / week in apartment where he lives now

I need to find much cheaper than that

Help me please. thank you anyway for the response

I plan to go to Australia on March or April
but I heared from friend, he pay around 150 AUD / week

I need to find much cheaper than that

Help me please. thank you anyway for the response