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1. Apartment - check out Goldsborough 2-bedroom Apartments at Darling
Harbour an excellent location if you can stretch to $230.00 http://b2b.hotelclub.net/enter.asp?i...sp%3Fid%3D3598 2. Public Transport - have a look at the Sydney Tourist Pass as mentioned by Tom and see all its benifits then work out if you can afford it http://www.affiliate.viator.com/broc...DNEY&AUID=2536 Robin Thank you so much for your advice..I think I will use the public transport except to maybe rent a car one day to drive to the mountains. We are from Colorado so I am not sure whether that is really time well spent. any opinions? We really just want to soak up the culture of Australia and see things that are unique to the area.. I am making headway on the apartment.Has anyone heard of the Grantham apartments or the Woolloomooloo Waters apartments. they are both situated near Wooloomooloo Bay..Is that a good place to be for walking and public transportation? We do like the idea of being near the water and the Botanic Gardens. The York Apartments look good but are a little pricey...Thank you so much for any added advice....Bev |
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Thank you so much for your advice..I think I will use the public transport except to maybe rent a car one day to drive to the mountains. We are from Colorado so I am not sure whether that is really time well spent. any opinions? We really just want to soak up the culture of Australia and see things that are unique to the area.. I am making headway on the apartment.Has anyone heard of the Grantham apartments or the Woolloomooloo Waters apartments. they are both situated near Wooloomooloo Bay..Is that a good place to be for walking and public transportation? We do like the idea of being near the water and the Botanic Gardens. The York Apartments look good but are a little pricey...Thank you so much for any added advice....Bev Woolloomooloo is a little out of the way for public transport, particularly at night. Try Pacific International Apartments http://www.pacificinthotels.com/apar...ey/default.asp They have a number of sites in the CBD. Cheers, Geoff Lillico |
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(Bev) wrote in message . com...
(Bev) wrote in message . com... We are a family of four with 2 teen boys and are planning 5 days in sydney in august. We plan to see the sights in and around Sydney. We would like to be at a central locatiion where we could walk to some things .I need some help with my planning....A few questions... 1. Do you know of a hotel/holiday apartments at a good location that has at least a kitchenette for our family for under $200 australian? 2. Should I rent a car or is the public transport sufficient? Thanks in advance for your help....bev Thank you so much for your advice..I think I will use the public transport except to maybe rent a car one day to drive to the mountains. We are from Colorado so I am not sure whether that is really time well spent. any opinions? We really just want to soak up the culture of Australia and see things that are unique to the area.. I am making headway on the apartment.Has anyone heard of the Grantham apartments or the Woolloomooloo Waters apartments. they are both situated near Wooloomooloo Bay..Is that a good place to be for walking and public transportation? We do like the idea of being near the water and the Botanic Gardens. The York Apartments look good but are a little pricey...Thank you so much for any added advice....Bev I would also recommend staying at The York Apartments. Our family of 4 (2 young kids) stayed there for 4 nights back at the beginning of December. We had a 1-bedroom apartment and it was very nice. Full kitchen, which we used for breakfast each day, as well as in suite laundry facilities. The pool is also very nice, although in August it might be a touch cool for the pool. The York is very well located. We walked to pretty much everything or took public transport. Circular Quay is a short (5 minute) walk, taxis are easy to get, and there is a train station about 300M from the hotel. There is also a Coles (grocery store) in the train station shopping area which is very convenient if you need food for your breakfasts, etc. We booked through one of the online discounters and I have to say that even in December we paid less than $200 AUD/night for the room, so I would think that perhaps in August you might be able to find an even better deal. The catch is that you might have to wait until close to your departure date to get the best deal, which can be a bit nerve wracking if you usually like to plan far in advance. Have fun! |
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On 23 Mar 2004 06:14:00 -0800, (ncurtis) wrote:
(gah, I hope that works) Hi Nancy. This may help for the future. Go to http://tinyurl.com/create.php . Using that, your blue mountains url becomes http://tinyurl.com/yvlpg . I keep the "tinyurl" on my personal links toolbar, very useful. Cheers, Alan |
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Alan wrote in message . ..
This may help for the future. Go to http://tinyurl.com/create.php . Using that, your blue mountains url becomes http://tinyurl.com/yvlpg . I keep the "tinyurl" on my personal links toolbar, very useful. Thanks, Alan--I'll keep it in mind. Nancy |
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Raffi Balmanoukian a wrote in message news:BC84D27B.2233F%walkabout@TAKEOUTTHETRASHTORE PLY.ns.sympatico.ca...
"mountain" has a whole new meaning in Australia, versus Colorado standards. Denver is higher than the highest point in the whole continent! Raffi...hate to be such a trivia Nazi, but this statement is a bit off the mark, albeit not by a lot. Denver, the Mile High City is 5280 ft above sea level. Mt Kosciusko, Australia's highest point, is 7310 ft high. "Mountains" to Australians are a lot like "mountains" to us US East Coasters. Ralph R, CT, USA |
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in article , Ralph R at
wrote on 3/25/04 11:05 AM: Raffi Balmanoukian a wrote in message news:BC84D27B.2233F%walkabout@TAKEOUTTHETRASHTORE PLY.ns.sympatico.ca... "mountain" has a whole new meaning in Australia, versus Colorado standards. Denver is higher than the highest point in the whole continent! Raffi...hate to be such a trivia Nazi, but this statement is a bit off the mark, albeit not by a lot. Denver, the Mile High City is 5280 ft above sea level. Mt Kosciusko, Australia's highest point, is 7310 ft high. "Mountains" to Australians are a lot like "mountains" to us US East Coasters. Ralph R, CT, USA And right you are. I was looking at a US Map which had Kosc. at 2229, which of course it is - in meters. A combination of seniors' moment plus a presumption of imperial readings didn't allow me to mesh that Denver was a little under half a mile lower....maybe if I remembered the aches a day after I climbed to "the top of Australia...." |
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