Sydney - in one day?

Your tour is great for "views from coach". I would suggest that you take the
planned tour of the Opera House, which is of interest to you. Spend the
remainder walking around the Rocks and the Botanical Gardens. Take a ferry
to Manly and back and have lunch there at a seafood restaurant. In the
evening, go to Darling Harbour for a nice meal with great views of the city,
etc. That should take care of most of your time between plane trips and you
will still have change from the cost of the coach trip!

--
The Commissioner

www.the-commissioner.com
"yukonifm" wrote in message
om...
Hi - we will be spending a month in November 2004 in Burleigh and have
booked a return flight to Sydney as I want to see the Opera House. We
fly in to Sydney at 8:30 AM and depart back to the Gold Coast at 10:00
PM.

Does anyone have any suggestions as some sort of day tour of Sydney?
I found this "Best of Syndey" tour online -

http://www.thingstodo-sydney.com/bro...ODE=3998_ 252
and was wondering if this is the way to go or if there are other
(perhaps better?) options.

I will be touring the Opera House separately so that doesn't have to
be part of the tour.

Thanks in advance for any advise you can give!

Iris

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:33:35 +1000, "Geoff Lillico"
wrote:

Your tour is great for "views from coach". I would suggest that you take the
planned tour of the Opera House, which is of interest to you. Spend the
remainder walking around the Rocks and the Botanical Gardens. Take a ferry
to Manly and back and have lunch there at a seafood restaurant. In the
evening, go to Darling Harbour for a nice meal with great views of the city,
etc. That should take care of most of your time between plane trips and you
will still have change from the cost of the coach trip!

--
The Commissioner

I'll second that. I'd add a visit to the viewing platform at Australia
Square when you get back from Manly, then take the monorail to get to
Darling Harbour. If you prefer Asian food, drop in at the Haymarket;
depending on which day it is you could also visit Paddy's Markret in the
same area.

A return ticket on the Manly Ferry has to be one of the best value
sightseeing tickets in the world (not THE best, because it's hard to
beat the free tickey on the Staten Island Ferry:-) Take the "normal"
ferry, not the Jet thing, and make sure you get a good spot on the
appropriate deck for photos.

When you get off at Manly, it's only a few hundred metres to walk from
the ferry to the beach.


Cheers, Alan
--

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:33:35 +1000, "Geoff Lillico"
wrote:

Your tour is great for "views from coach". I would suggest that you take the
planned tour of the Opera House, which is of interest to you. Spend the
remainder walking around the Rocks and the Botanical Gardens. Take a ferry
to Manly and back and have lunch there at a seafood restaurant. In the
evening, go to Darling Harbour for a nice meal with great views of the city,
etc. That should take care of most of your time between plane trips and you
will still have change from the cost of the coach trip!

--
The Commissioner

I'll second that. I'd add a visit to the viewing platform at Australia
Square when you get back from Manly, then take the monorail to get to
Darling Harbour. If you prefer Asian food, drop in at the Haymarket;
depending on which day it is you could also visit Paddy's Markret in the
same area.

A return ticket on the Manly Ferry has to be one of the best value
sightseeing tickets in the world (not THE best, because it's hard to
beat the free tickey on the Staten Island Ferry:-) Take the "normal"
ferry, not the Jet thing, and make sure you get a good spot on the
appropriate deck for photos.

When you get off at Manly, it's only a few hundred metres to walk from
the ferry to the beach.


Cheers, Alan
--

"Alan" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:33:35 +1000, "Geoff Lillico"
wrote:

Your tour is great for "views from coach". I would suggest that you take
the
planned tour of the Opera House, which is of interest to you. Spend the
remainder walking around the Rocks and the Botanical Gardens. Take a
ferry
to Manly and back and have lunch there at a seafood restaurant. In the
evening, go to Darling Harbour for a nice meal with great views of the
city,
etc. That should take care of most of your time between plane trips and
you
will still have change from the cost of the coach trip!

--
The Commissioner

I'll second that. I'd add a visit to the viewing platform at Australia
Square when you get back from Manly, then take the monorail to get to
Darling Harbour. If you prefer Asian food, drop in at the Haymarket;
depending on which day it is you could also visit Paddy's Markret in the
same area.

A return ticket on the Manly Ferry has to be one of the best value
sightseeing tickets in the world (not THE best, because it's hard to
beat the free tickey on the Staten Island Ferry:-) Take the "normal"
ferry, not the Jet thing, and make sure you get a good spot on the
appropriate deck for photos.

When you get off at Manly, it's only a few hundred metres to walk from
the ferry to the beach.


Cheers, Alan
--

I'll third that.

I would skip Chinatown - its got great cheap food, but you won't be doing
enough eating in one day to care about the cost. Paddy's market is
disgusting.

There's a very nice - though not cheap - restaurant on the beach at Fairy
Bower - a delightful 15 minute walk along the water from the Manly surf
beach. What you save from the tour can pay for a meal there several times
over.

"Alan" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 17:33:35 +1000, "Geoff Lillico"
wrote:

Your tour is great for "views from coach". I would suggest that you take
the
planned tour of the Opera House, which is of interest to you. Spend the
remainder walking around the Rocks and the Botanical Gardens. Take a
ferry
to Manly and back and have lunch there at a seafood restaurant. In the
evening, go to Darling Harbour for a nice meal with great views of the
city,
etc. That should take care of most of your time between plane trips and
you
will still have change from the cost of the coach trip!

--
The Commissioner

I'll second that. I'd add a visit to the viewing platform at Australia
Square when you get back from Manly, then take the monorail to get to
Darling Harbour. If you prefer Asian food, drop in at the Haymarket;
depending on which day it is you could also visit Paddy's Markret in the
same area.

A return ticket on the Manly Ferry has to be one of the best value
sightseeing tickets in the world (not THE best, because it's hard to
beat the free tickey on the Staten Island Ferry:-) Take the "normal"
ferry, not the Jet thing, and make sure you get a good spot on the
appropriate deck for photos.

When you get off at Manly, it's only a few hundred metres to walk from
the ferry to the beach.


Cheers, Alan
--

I'll third that.

I would skip Chinatown - its got great cheap food, but you won't be doing
enough eating in one day to care about the cost. Paddy's market is
disgusting.

There's a very nice - though not cheap - restaurant on the beach at Fairy
Bower - a delightful 15 minute walk along the water from the Manly surf
beach. What you save from the tour can pay for a meal there several times
over.

"yukonifm" wrote in message
om...
Hi - we will be spending a month in November 2004 in Burleigh

plan to do some surfing i hope?

Hi 4000 - sorry to say that surfing isn't on my agenda. Although I do
plan to watch - does that count??

Thanks everyone who posted for your advice - I will take all your
suggestions and pass on the bus tour!



"4000 psi" nospamever wrote in message ...
"yukonifm" wrote in message
om...
Hi - we will be spending a month in November 2004 in Burleigh

plan to do some surfing i hope?

Hi 4000 - sorry to say that surfing isn't on my agenda. Although I do
plan to watch - does that count??

Thanks everyone who posted for your advice - I will take all your
suggestions and pass on the bus tour!



"4000 psi" nospamever wrote in message ...
"yukonifm" wrote in message
om...
Hi - we will be spending a month in November 2004 in Burleigh

plan to do some surfing i hope?

Hi 4000 - sorry to say that surfing isn't on my agenda. Although I do
plan to watch - does that count??

Thanks everyone who posted for your advice - I will take all your
suggestions and pass on the bus tour!



"4000 psi" nospamever wrote in message ...
"yukonifm" wrote in message
om...
Hi - we will be spending a month in November 2004 in Burleigh

plan to do some surfing i hope?

"Peter Webb" wrote in message . au...

There's a very nice - though not cheap - restaurant on the beach at Fairy
Bower - a delightful 15 minute walk along the water from the Manly surf
beach. What you save from the tour can pay for a meal there several times
over.

Thanks for the tip. I just got back from lunch there! The restaurant
is le kiosk (http://www.lekiosk.com.au/) and the food was excellent.
The presentation was outstanding, and it looked as good as it tasted
(had the snapper special). The winter weather cooperated: we sat
outside in the sun, with a pleasant cooling breeze.