Things to do in Sydney? : Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:43 pm  

I'm sure there used to be a holiday thread but I can't see it. Me and my girlfriend are going to Sydney for the world club challenge. Can anyone recommend things not to miss while we're over there? I've heard the Blue Mountains are a good day out and obviously there's Bondi beach but I've heard little else. Thanks in advance

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Mon Nov 25, 2013 6:00 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

I'm sure there used to be a holiday thread but I can't see it. Me and my girlfriend are going to Sydney for the world club challenge. Can anyone recommend things not to miss while we're over there? I've heard the Blue Mountains are a good day out and obviously there's Bondi beach but I've heard little else. Thanks in advance

Go to Melbourne and just fly in for the match.

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:33 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

I'm sure there used to be a holiday thread but I can't see it. Me and my girlfriend are going to Sydney for the world club challenge. Can anyone recommend things not to miss while we're over there? I've heard the Blue Mountains are a good day out and obviously there's Bondi beach but I've heard little else. Thanks in advance

Take the ferry over to Manly, spend the day at the beach. Taronga Zoo, Walk along the coast from Bondi to Coogee,. Take plenty of cash, it's expensive down there.

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:08 pm  

I prefer the inner west (I used to live there) but then I'm not a beach type person.

Get a ferry over to Balmain and go on a pub crawl, there's some decent pubs in Balmain and it's a great little suburb.

Other than that theres the usual touristy stuff like the opera house and the bridge etc. it's a great city to visit but yes take plenty cash cos you'll need it.

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:16 pm  

Go for a Tiger Pie at Harry's Cafe de Wheels

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:40 am  

Bridge climb

Westfield tower for drinks or meal

Hunter valley if you like wine

Cafe sydney then drinks on circular quay

Lord Nelson on the rocks

Syren/hurricanes/blue fish on darling harbour the drinks

Like Balmain, which is great, Pyrmont has some great little bars now.

Leon Pryce was right about Bondi but you've gotta have a look.

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:28 am  

Bondi really is a dump, Coogee is nicer if you like the beach. I really liked balmoral beach which isn't a coastal beach so you don't have to see middle aged men surfing in speedos

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:11 pm  

Sheldon wrote:

Cafe sydney then drinks on circular quay

If you're heading down to Circular Quay, there's a very tall round building on the corner of George Street and Bond Street. At the very top of it, and not really advertised at street level, is a revolving bar with great views.

Other than that, if it's your thing, there are some spectacular second hand bookshops around Newtown and Glebe.

IMO Gould's Book Arcade on King St in Newtown is probably a pretty close facsimile of heaven itself.

Great city. The Inner West of Sydney is one of my all time favourite places.

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:21 pm  

Steve May wrote:

If you're heading down to Circular Quay, there's a very tall round building on the corner of George Street and Bond Street. At the very top of it, and not really advertised at street level, is a revolving bar with great views.

Other than that, if it's your thing, there are some spectacular second hand bookshops around Newtown and Glebe.

IMO Gould's Book Arcade on King St in Newtown is probably a pretty close facsimile of heaven itself.

Great city. The Inner West of Sydney is one of my all time favourite places.

The revolving restaurant / bar is called the Summit, I'm scared of heights but I was surprisingly fine up there. Took a mate of mine who visited me on his last night to show him the view, bloody revolving mechanism was being serviced so wasn't working!

Had a few nice meals and cocktails in there.

There's another good bar (not revolving) but had a great view at the top of the Shan gri la hotel

Re: Things to do in Sydney? : Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:48 pm  

Doyle's Fish & Chip restaurant is well worth a visit.

I really enjoyed the Aquarium (but I took young kids with me and they loved the penguins and the platypus).

The Opera House tour is really interesting. I'm an engineer and I really got into the details of the design and construction.

I could go on and on - it's one of my favourite cities!