better to buy adapter over there.

Expensive lah. I bought just the single adaptor already A$14. If multi, probably more

last time i got msian one from jusco, the pins very hard to fit at the home in sydney la!

all of my adapters are bought in Malaysia and dont have any problem when using it in Australia

May 26-31

Vivd Sydney, Anzac Memorial, Market City

will be flying there from 21st - 28th June. finally after 17 years, my second visit! i wonder how's syd now..

If I'm not mistaken there is a Campos coffee at Newtown which is near Glebe. If you are into coffee I can recommend this.
http://www.camposcoffee.com/
193 Missenden Rd, Newtown NSW 2042

I seldom go to Glebe wish I could tell you more.

The rest of the days looks alright. I have many friends visited me these past few months and I basically bring them the same as yours for Day 2 and 3.

For food, yeah definitely try the Hurricane at Darling Harbour. But do book ahead first and tell them you want the river view. Its pretty pricey but very nice pork ribs.

Pancakes on the rocks at The Rocks is not bad. They open 24 hours.
http://www.pancakesontherocks.com.au/

Alternatively you can go Lowenbrau a german restaurant for their famous pork knuckle. Big portion. Their popular beer if you drink is the Hofbrau.
http://www.lowenbrau.com.au/

Morning try the cafe breakfast which costs around $16-20. Pricey but good experience.

Or you can eat at Japanese, Korean or other countries restaurant which I think are heaps better than what you can find back in Msia.

For adapters, I do suggest get it from Msia. Its not expensive here you can get for few dollars in "hot dollar" Asian shop but you won't want to spend time looking for a cheap one around.

A lightweight power bank may help for walking around.

Not sure about Hunter Valley tour but the weather in July will be cold. It is the peak winter month.

Blue mountain is fine to travel by public transport though I never tried before mainly drive. It will be very cold. Many times I went there weather was pretty dull and raining and it can be windy.

If you going to do some bushwalk, wear moist wicking material thermal and a good outer later for windproof or rainproof. Bring a lightweight glove, beannie and a scarf if possible. They are light and you won't regret it when the time comes you really need em.

Not sure which day are you travelling but you may visit the rocks market on every saturday. The rocks market is a street market consist of art works , souvenir , food so on. Royal Botanic gardens.. hmm entering winter i don't think this is a good place to visit as most of the flowers already wiltred. Manly must visit The Corso. Alot of souvenir and there's a super cheap shop which sell china made stuff at a ridiculously low price ( some even cheaper than malaysia ). Darling Harbour must try The Hurricane Grill. They have nice pork ribs and beef ribs around AUD$40 but the serving is quite huge. By the way skip the sparkling water they offered it taste awful and expensive by 5dollars than coles ( the grocery shopping centre). If you enjoy relax life do go hyde park at lunch time. You can see alot of people enjoying their lunch or resting on the green field

Any recommended tour company ya? For hunter valley and perhaps Jervis bay

Does credit card widely used in Australia, especially in cafe/restaurant or to buy attraction ticket? Even though bill is like only AUD$20?

This post has been edited by ivzh: Jun 8 2014, 12:10 AM

credit card is very common in australia so dont worry about that. most of the small care/restaurant will only accept credit card above $20

Hi guys, it will be my first time to Sydney with my wife during this July. We will stay at Travelodge Sydney, and travel via MyMulti3. Here is my drafted itinerary for my 8 days trip

Day 1 (Sun) – Reach Sydney at 8pm, will take airport link to museum station. After checking in will go the coles world square to get some groceries for next few days breakfast
Can we get the mymulti3 pass and activate it on the next day?

Day 2 (mon)- Start at Hydepark – St Mary Cathedral – Macquarie street – Art Gallery of NSW – Royal Botanic Gardens , Mrs Macquarie's Chair– Sydney opera house
Is it too much of walking? Where is the best photospot for Sydney opera house?

Day 3 (tues)– to Circular quay in the morning, taking the earliest ferry to Watson bay – South head lighthouse, Gap park – Bondi to Congee beach walk
Watson bay to bondi beach via bus 380? What is the easiest way to go back to CBD from Congee Beach?

Day 4 (wed)– Hunter valley day trip with Kangarrific Tour (reserved) should reach CBD at 6pm

Day 5 (thurs)– Blue mountain self-tour. going to catch the earliest train from central from katoomba (652am/723am), visit Scenic World, Echo points.

Travel to leura by train (is it worthwhile?), lunch over leura

Taking train from leura to Parratmatta (1hour 40minutes), take rivercat back to Circular Quay
Since Sydney have shorter daytime during winter, with sunset at 5pm, anything to see if I only able to board the river at at 1755? I have check the ferry schedule – it depart 1635, 1755and hourly.
Or if I just skip the leura part?

Day6 (Friday) - Morning Whale watching trip depart from Darling harbour (reserved)– after that walking pass pyrmont bridge to take light rail to Sydney fish market for lunch
Plan to stop by at Paddy market and China town, then may going back to hotel for shower if time permit
We have Brahms & Dvorak (reserved) in Opera house at 8pm

Day 7( Saturday) – Shopping day – Visit QVB, Strand Arcade, And possible Sydney Tower Eye ( Worthwhile?), The Rock Saturday market, Pylon outlook
I plan to have dinner with my wife on captain cook cruise (pending)

Day 8 (Sunday) – Last day in Sydney – Will leave Sydney at 9pm. So we will still have whole day for the final day here..
Manly – Mosman bay – Cremorne points

Comment and recommendation is welcomed =)

Price Guideline:
Meriton Zetland AUD 900 for 4 nights; 2 bedroom apartment for 4 people
Optus sim card : AUD $2 a day for 500mb Internet + unlimited local calls- Excellent coverage
Public transport: check your options, purchase MyBus10; or MyMulti depending on your stay
Taxi: expensive, around $40 for a 15mins ride
Food: AUD $10-20 per person per meal (average and not fine dining style). Portions are huge
Supermarkets: Coles/ Woolworthy - chocs are cheap
Souvenirs: Paddy's market for key chains, tshirts, magnets etc
Rocks Market for more artistic stuff
Sight seeing:
AUD $63 pp: Madamme Tussauds, Sydney Tower, Wild Life sanctuary, Wild life aquarium, Manly Sea life sanctuary
AUD $27 pp: Early bird Sydney Opera House Tour
AUD $78 pp: Blue Mountains + Jenolan Caves tour via AAT Kings

Day 1: 18th June
-Took a cab (AUD $38) from the airport to the hotel - Meriton Zetland (RM 2.7k for four nights; 2 bedroom apartment). Distance from the airport is max 15mins drive. Awesome hotel, can take bus(30 mins max) / taxi(10mins) to the CBD.
- Checked in and left our luggage there for storage since the rooms were not available until 2pm. Walked around 5 minutes to Victoria Park and had coffee
- There is a Thai restaurant; Italian restaurant; coffee shop and convenience mart nearby. Be warned that the convenience store sells things way more expensive than the super markets like WoolWorthy or Coles.
- At 5pm, we took a bus to the CBD. You can travel easily via public transport if you have got GPS/ Internet access.
- Shorter period of daylight during winter so it is pitch black outside after 5pm.
- Went to Circular Quay, walked to the Opera House and places nearby and headed back to the hotel at 10pm by bus.

Day 2: 19th June
- Went for the 9am Opera House tour, takes around 45 mins for the tour.
- Took the ferry from Circular Quay to Darling Harbour
- Visited Madamme Tussauds (30 mins max); Wildlife Park and then Wildlife Sea Aquarium (2 hours max for both)
- Had late lunch at Pontoon Bar at Darling Harbour- cheap and nice
- Walked to Paddy's Market/ China Town at around 4.30pm
Bought souvenirs till 5.30pm (after which they close).
- Went for some grocery shopping at a nearby Asian Supermarket in Chinatown. You can get any Malaysian/ Asian food stuff here.
- Took a bus back to the hotel

Day 3: 20th June
- went to Broadway street, shopped at Woolworthy, checked out one of the malls
- Had lunch at Dulcius Domus and Hari's Vegan restaurant at Broadway St
- Took a bus to Circular Quay and then a ferry to Manly
- Visited Manly Sea Life sanctuary, walked around the beach till 4.30pm
- took a ferry back to Circular Quay and then a bus to Sydney Tower
- Went to the 4D experience theater and the observatory area till 8pm
- Walked to Myers for some shopping before heading back to the hotel.

Day 4: 21st June
- Went to Star casino at 7.30am to board AAT coach for Blue Mountains + Jenolan Caves tour.
- 2 hours drive there and arrived at 3 sisters lookout point at 10.30 and was there till 11.15am.
- continued to Jenolan Caves, another 1.5 hours drive and reached there at 12.45pm.
- Had lunch at a cafe and then went for Lucas Cave tour; approximately 1.5hours with 900+ steps to cover.
- Left the place at 3.30pm and reached CBD at 8pm.
- Had dinner in Harris Street, there was fireworks on Saturday night at Darling Harbour.
- Headed back to the hotel at 9.30pm

Day 5: 22nd June
- checked out early but left our luggage at the hotel for storage
- Went to North Sydney to drop by at a Temple, then headed to Rocks Market
- Walked around Rocks till 12pm and then walked over to Pitt Street for lunch- Nepalese restaurant
- Walked around CBD till 4pm
- Returned to the hotel and left for the airport.

It was COLD during our stay, please bring some thick jackets during winter.
Lots of walking to do though you don't feel it thanks to the weather
Easy to travel via public transport / can be costly
Food is not so expensive (don't work the maths of conversion please)
Lots of Malaysian restaurants
Vegan/ Vegetarian friendly (almost most of the restaurants)
Beautiful parks, friendly/ helpful/ courteous people
More foreigners than locals

I love Sydney!! Wish I could stay there longer/ move there :

This post has been edited by cutejams2004: Jun 23 2014, 08:43 PM

I'm not sure if Coles World Square is open till late night, that too on a Sunday. Please recheck because when I went to the CBD on Sunday, most of the supermarkets were also closed...
Your last day plan, just ensure you can get back to the airport on time. Ferry to Manly is 30 mins one way and I assume you have got to be at the airport at 6pm for check in..

Coles World Square close pretty late during weekend i,e -Fri & Sat.. I was there till 10pm and still open for biz. Sydney esp Chinatown is more lively during weekend.

i believe they open until 12am during weekend. sale as woolworth/safeway but only in prime area

plan to have lunch at Hurricane's Grill Bondi Beach during weekday? need do reservation ya?

good to do it. lunch is quite crowded coz of office lunch break