Knowing a few members have been to Australia for The Ashes I’m looking for some info. All being well hoping to going to the Melbourne and Sydney tests which suit my holiday periods.
Which UK airport should I be looking to travel from and which airline.
What areas of Melbourne and Sydney should I look to stay.
Fancy taking the train from Melbourne to Sydney but it’s 11 hours so should I be looking to fly between them.
Are tickets easy to get.
Should I just going for a tour packet but I don’t fancy paying more so someone else have a jolly (Barmy Army)
I know it’s a long way off but just looking see what I could have to pay.
Thanks in advance
I lived in Sydney for over thirty years and have lived the past twenty years in Queensland but often go back to Sydney
and was there for a few weeks over xmas.
For me, if you are only going to be in Sydney for the duration of a test match, I suggest that you couldn't go wrong by choosing the City itself.
You will have a huge range of hotels or serviced apartments to chose from as well as being moments away from all that Sydney has to offer.
Circular Quay and the Rocks area being the oldest and historic part of Sydney, Darling Harbour with its restaurants and casinos and of course the
Opera House and the Harbour bridge ( which I was a crane operator on for over ten years ).
Personally though, my preference would be Bondi Junction.
It has a fantastic bus and train public transport system which will easily/ regularly get you to not only the city and elsewhere but to all the wonderful eastern
suburbs beaches including Bondi, ( Coogee my favourite) Bronte, Tamarama, Clovelly, Maroubra and La Perouse which is a calm beach as it
is located inside Botany Bay. It also has a fantastic seafood restaurant overlooking the bay.
You will also be a shortish bus ride away from the most exclusive suburbs of Sydney such as Double Bay, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, Dover Heights and Watsons Bay.
The SCG is a short bus ride away but it's also an easy walk, The City itself by bus twenty minutes.
Someone mentioned Manly. I was there recently and I've no complaints, we enjoyed our day there and the ferry ride is wonderful but asides from the ferry
which is about half an hour trip, to get there any other than by way of ferry is a nightmare and for me, is too far away from all the City sights and attractions.
I don't have to stay in hotel accommodation when visiting Sydney as we have friends and relatives living there, however, there have been times when we have
needed to and we always stay at the Meriton serviced apartments in Bondi Junction. I don't know if I have just been lucky but have always had a harbour facing
apartment with wonderful city and harbour views.
Melbourne, not famed for beaches would see me stay in the city itself. Great restaurants and fantastic tram service.
Personally I wouldn't use Jetstar to travel interstate as they have let me down many times in the past with last minute cancelations or overbooking.
We for the past ten years have used Virgin and have never had an issue and is only slightly more expensive than Jetstar.
Good luck with it all mate and no need to worry about the Aussies after a test loss.
They love the fact that we get so insulted when they call us a " pommie basta3d" and so they do it even more. To ignore them is to rile them.
I've experienced the " Pom Bashing" for well over fifty years and assure you that it is all in good fun and simply just banter and I've loved every minute
of it although I would have had so much more fun had England, in any sport, managed to have beaten them a lot more often. I always seem to be on
the receiving end than the giving.
UTB
sorry.
