Australia/Sydney

keverton · October 3, 2011

More for all your aussie blues on here and those who have been. I fly out there in 2 weeks to see my brother who is studying there. Is there anything i should take ( i know passport) or be aware off. Any places which anybody can recommend as a good place to visit. I am stopping in the centre close to the train station.Really looking forward to it except the flight

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · October 3, 2011

Les Girls is a fantastic show, and The Albury is a must for a jar.

keverton · October 3, 2011

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
Les Girls is a fantastic show, and The Albury is a must for a jar.

cheers reidy mate is the albury some kind of pub i assume

McBain · October 3, 2011

Ill get back to you mate, just needed a loooooong weekend to unwind.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · October 3, 2011

keverton said:
cheers reidy mate is the albury some kind of pub i assume

Yeah mate, great night out.

It was a while ago like.

There's plenty of brass houses up Kings Cross as well, but if you can't pull in the Albury you should give up.

keverton · October 4, 2011

McBain said:
Ill get back to you mate, just needed a loooooong weekend to unwind.

cheers my friend i knew you would. Thanks again

keverton · October 4, 2011

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
Yeah mate, great night out.

It was a while ago like.

There's plenty of brass houses up Kings Cross as well, but if you can't pull in the Albury you should give up.

Hope the wife does not read GOT LOL

trigger the blue · October 4, 2011

keverton said:
More for all your aussie blues on here and those who have been. I fly out there in 2 weeks to see my brother who is studying there. Is there anything i should take ( i know passport) or be aware off. Any places which anybody can recommend as a good place to visit. I am stopping in the centre close to the train station.Really looking forward to it except the flight

Go down to an area known as the rocks,plenty to do down there mate!

SteveSC · October 4, 2011

Stay away from the coogey bay hotel (cbh) most commonly known as the GBH due to all the trouble down there

McBain · October 5, 2011

steveojcc said:
Stay away from the coogey bay hotel (cbh) most commonly known as the GBH due to all the trouble down there

It just gives me the sh!ts

http://www.hospitalitymagazine.com....into-Coogee-Bay-ice-cream-scandal/433529.aspx

McBain · October 5, 2011

McB's TOP TWENTY THINGS FOR TOURISTS TO DO IN SYDNEY

I love Sydney. Its got a bit of everything all rolled up in nice, somewhat stable weather.

INTERESTING FACTS

The first British colony found in 1770, settled in 1788.
Population 4.5m
Land area of over 12,000 sq.km
Theres 13 McDonalds in the CBD alone
Crocodile Dundee used to work on the Harbour Bridge as a Painter.
Tipping is not a general custom.
The Sydney basin been inhabited for 30,000 years.
Is the largest natural Harbour in the World.
The Sandstone Sydney sits on is around 200 to 600m thick and is around 200 million years old.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · October 5, 2011

Being a Leyther, I can recommend a number of Bakeries around Sydney for you but you will need to hike to Maroubra Junction to get a pastie.

McBain · October 6, 2011

20. THE HARBOUR

Yes, spelled with a 'u', the correct way. The gem of the city, 'Port Jackson' is the playground for Sydneysiders getting back to nature. 19 kms long and with an area of 55 sq kms, the Harbour is a drowned valley, or ria. There's evidence as little as 10,000 years ago the Harbour was land. Aussies and the World love the place. It's so close to the City and can be accessed from north, South East and West. Get out in a Tinny to do some fishing, or on a ferry or cruiser to head over to Manly for a beer and Fish and Chips. There are hundreds of places to chill out right across the Harbour. There's secluded Islands you can sail to, check out places like Cockatoo Island http://www.cockatooisland.gov.au/ The Touristy delights of Darling Harbour http://www.darlingharbour.com/

Sydney Harbour is met by 'The Heads' 200 foot sandstone bluffs.

Water Taxi smashing it.

The Opera House is tops.

The Harbour naturally funnels into rivers, Middle Harbour and Lane Cove River to the north, and the Parramatta River to the west.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · October 6, 2011

Isn't Cockatoo Island a toxic dump, from all the asbestos etc when it was a shipyard ? There was a big expose on it when I was there, there was also a denial of any asbestos at garden Island where I was working, despite yellow bags everywhere with 'Danger- Asbestos Waste' all over the quay.

McBain · October 6, 2011

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian said:
Isn't Cockatoo Island a toxic dump, from all the asbestos etc when it was a shipyard ? There was a big expose on it when I was there, there was also a denial of any asbestos at garden Island where I was working, despite yellow bags everywhere with 'Danger- Asbestos Waste' all over the quay.

They cleaned the Harbour up over the last decade mate. I'd think you'd be pretty shocked at the pace of development in this city nowadays.

All the Mortlake/Concord factories have been bulldozed or converted in Apartments. Cockatoo island just held the world dirt bike championships and has been redeveloped.

I don't think you'd recognise the place now mate.