What i encountered @ sydney totally diff from sydney. In perth, officers stationed b4 immigration and even b4 custom and randomly asking visitors on those food items & etc. in sydney no such officers and once at imi counter they just check what u declared & let u thru thereafter and just b4 the custom, just 1 or 2 officers collecting the yelliw cards and decide which lanes to go. I got 7. Bypassed all screening haha

I used to travel in and out a lot in Sydney Kingsford airport. The Customs is very random, sometimes strict and sometimes relaxed.

Sharing of my short 5D4N trip to Sydney early this Month. Due to the 8 hrs + flight & lost of 3 hrs upon touching down, the 1st day & last day is consider burnt leaving only 3 Full days to enjoy Sdyney & surrounding

1st Day- Burnt - Direct to Sydney by taking the taxi.. Surprisingly not expensive. Only A$37/ taxi or ~RM112. Cheaper than taking train at A$19/pax X 4 This is the taxi we took.. No surcharge eventhough MPV sized. & most of MPV/SUV taxi comes with this OKU platform Outside temp 18C.. and I din bring any sweater Weeks earlier it was so hot in Sydney but suddenly weather changed to cooling


Nice Service Apt with Free WIFI (Well most Sydney hotel charge ridicolous daily Wifi of ~A$20/day.. This one wth free wifi, Full kitchen facility + washer & dryer!! (Meriton Servive Apt- Campbell St - A$160/nite or ~RM490/nite )




1st late Dinner after check-in.. Beside Capitol Square Cinema - A$7 hotdog..that time already almost 11pm our time just 8pm


Around the hotel on the main George st..straight away saw this restaurant.. There are another Penang Restaurant down the road..So many M'sian restaurants indeed Price from A$9 onwards ).. and yeah full of Asian surrounding my hotel..indeed in the middle of Chinatown



Next Morning while walking to Darling Harbour.. more M'sian restaurants: The Mamak & nearby Malay Village. The mamak having very high rating for serving cheap M'sian food Oh wai.. Roti Canai at A$6 haha





This post has been edited by stimix: Nov 18 2013, 11:09 PM

2nd Day, We only targeting Chinatown & Darling Harbour including the Tower. We bought 5 in 1 ticket at A$63/pax covering Wildlife Zoo, Aquarium, Wax museum, Sydney Tower & also Many Seaworld. However we did not visit Manly seaworld due to time constraint. Temperature stil cooling at 17-18C and me without any sweater.darmit.. http://www.wildlifesydney.com.au/news/what-to-do-in-sydney/

Walking thru Chinese Garden & Tobolong park on the way to Darling Harbour- Zoo/Aquarium we saw these purple trees.. So nice.. but dunno what's the name Well, throughtout my days in Sydney, we saw lotsa such trees everywhere.. yeah at the peak of Spring



Yeah our target.. Just after the biggest IMAX teater in the world:



Random of what we saw in the 3 combined location (1/2 day gone here)
Sleeping Wombat inside Sydney Zoo:



Teenager crazy of them for sure inc my daughter


And the biggest aquarium I ever visited! and having the only pair of Dugong in the world!


After the 3 attractions, we walked towards Sydney Tower nearby:

View from the top.. can see abit of Opera house & Harbour Bridge


This post has been edited by stimix: Nov 19 2013, 12:11 AM

3rd day:

Rented a car for 2 days.. via AVIS near my hotel (World Square - My daily shopping there too haha.. Coles supermarket esp, JB Hifi for electronics & priceline for Pharmacy). A$48/day for a Holden Cruze (Similar to Chevy Cruze).. But beware.. Overnite parking is super expensive in CBD!- A$40/nite Most hotels charge parking eventhough you are guest!..

Yeah full day to Blue Mountain, Sydney Southern Head & nite walking ~The rock & circular Quay.. enjoying Harbour bridge close up & Opera House:

3 Sister..atlast


Thereafter back to Sydney to Bondi Beach (nothing much) and straight head towards Watson Bay (North of Bondi Beach) for sunset overlooking Sydney...On of less travel area by foreign tourist.. I bet, Lotsa tourist dunno that these place exist in downtown sydney

Check the rich fella house on top of the cliff 9Diamond Bay)


The Gap:


and the sunset from Watso Bay


Nite at the Rock & Circular Quay:

4th & last full day in Sydney- Very long journey heading South via the coastal Grand Pacific Drive towards Woolongong City & Jervis Bay but we ended up till Kiama only.. Too late for Jervis Bay

Before starting late, we visited Sydney Paddy market/Chinatown for the last time. This is inside Paddy Market .. really like Petaling St ..Got wet market too.. On 1st floor in normal modern mall.




& the Chinatown gate in front of Paddy market:


Passing thru this Seacliff bridge.. damn no place to snap photo



Otherwise it should look like this:


Rocky but interesting rock formation after the bridge.. Hmnn this really reminded me of the sample image /screen saver in one of the Windows 7 or Vista..also reminded me of Yehliu Geopark in Taiwan



Woolongong City.. Damn so windy here.. and temp dropped below 16C.. and I still without any sweater..damnnn



And we end our journey at Kiama Blowhole:


This is the video of the blowhole in action

Not going up that Sydney Habour Bridge?


Sydney looks boring.....except those outside of City

A$150 climb- nahhh.. Better view by going up Sydney tower. Boring? Well, actually more lively than Perth for sure.. Surprisingly Eateries & Shopping complexes open till late at Night.. Even Coles Supermarket & Prceline Pharmacy open till 11pm.. Perth by 5-6pm it's almost a dead town except Friday night haha.. Sydmey even Thursday, friday & Saturday still lively till Midnite. But for sure cannot compare wth the crazy Aisan cities lah.. Traffic in Sydney after 7pm so light. Jam free! most probably due to the high cost of parking in CBD and forcing the folks there to take public transports

Aussie really boring city....no kick
Really don't like US , Europe , Aussie. Those ang mo country really lausy

Boring 1 thing, Avg meal/pax also already like hell.. Lucky I choose western over Asian during my stays. - Western food having big portion & sometime can share by 1.5ppl.. So for 3 order 2 can liao.

For Asian food, portion like KL but at the crazy similar price to western i.e at ~ A$9 till A$14.... Enjoy eating Steaks, fish & chips, Bacon, Pizza, pasta daily there haha..

Between Sydney and Gold Coast, which one is livelier at night?

Hi guys,

Will be travelling to Sydney next year in March with my family + uncle aunties.

What would be the most affordable place for us to stay? Looking at RM150-200 per night if possible (as we're staying for 9 nights).

Thanks!

Good lucj if you can find haha. Anyway your RM150-RM200 is per pax or per room?

Per room, it's impossible because the cheapest per room rate also ~A$120 dy or RM360/room. If per pax, probably shared bathroom type of hostel that you can get for A$60-A$80/pax. but shared with ~8 ppl

This post has been edited by stimix: Nov 28 2013, 07:39 AM

Like what stimix said, it's pretty impossible to find a room that's so cheap.
Cost of living is quite high in Sydney so be prepared.
Plus, if traveling with family, better to stay comfortably rather than those shared toilet hostels.

I bought the Airasia Go package to Sydney-without baggage, seat selections and in flight meal (will be added later).
This is what I got just now:

5 nights stay at Central Station Hotel
Deluxe Queen Bed
Free Wifi

RM1717.81 per person
Total: RM3435.61 for 2

Travelling the final week of May 2014. Return tickets priced at RM34 per pax.
Is this ok? Sorry, first time

As pe my PM to you, you got a superb great deal at RM34 per pax ticket (Most probably total return ticket of ~ RM550/pax without seat/baggage/food) but after checking the May 2014 rate for Central Stn hotel via booking.com, per room/night is only ~ RM400. Meaning, you probably getting cheaper deal if you book the ticket & hotel seperately

Unless your RM34/pax ticket inc of handling & taxes actually >RM700, you probably getting the best deal for the room from Airasiago dy

Thanks, will check the details again

The tickets are 1508, to and fro, with taxes and all. For 2 person. So, the room is priced at around 2000 for 5 nights, deluxe queen bed.

I checked

KUL to SYD
Fare: 2 x 17
Tax: 264
Fuel: 240
Total: 538

SYD to KUL
Fare: 2 x 17
Tax: 696
Fuel: 240
Total: 970

Hotel (Central Station)
5 nights: 1927.61
1 night: 385.52

These, exclude baggage, seat selection and in flight meal.
Airfare + Hotel (5 nights) = RM3435.61
1 person = RM1717.81

In that case, you got the best rate dy