On our visits to Sydney we've found public transport to be pretty good outside of rush hour. We haven't used the buses but we use the rail and ferry services quite a lot. But we normally just travel within the CBD with a trip or two across to Manly. We'd buy a multi-day pass to cover the length of our stay but I think it's all changed to the Opal card since we were last over there. I assume it's similar to the Myki in Melbourne which we found very good.
http://www.transportnsw.info/en/tickets/index.page? Note the airport rail connection is quite expensive but it's not far in a taxi. I think the prices work out fairly similar. Cheers, Dave > On Jan 19, 2017, at 1:53 PM, Gonz <rgonzoma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'll be renting a car while in NZ (God help the other drivers), but > what about Sydney? Would a car just be an encumbrance there? How > good is public transportation and/or taxis, Uber, etc? > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 8:13 PM, David Mann <dmann...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Gee I don't know where to start. I'd say spend the entire trip on NZ's >> South Island but I'm slightly biased. >> >> To be honest I haven't seen much of the North Island but I've heard good >> things about Rotorua, the Bay of Islands and the Coromandel Peninsula. >> Wellington (our capital city) is lovely on a good day and you might be lucky >> enough to get one in December. >> >> Just about anywhere in the South Island is worth a visit. Marlborough >> Sounds, Golden Bay, the southern lakes (Tekapo, Pukaki, Wanaka, >> Wakatipu/Queenstown, Te Anau), the West Coast, Fiordland. The Kaikoura >> coast is very scenic, maybe if you're lucky the road will have reopened by >> then. If it hasn't, the alternative route through the Lewis Pass is also >> spectacular. If wine is your thing, there are plenty of wineries in >> Marlborough and Central Otago. Dunedin and Christchurch are both very nice. >> >> I've visited Sydney a few times and it has to be about the world's prettiest >> big city. It'll be heaving on NYE! >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >>> On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Gonz <rgonzoma...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks to a frequent flyer program, looks like we are headed to the >>> land down under Dec 2017. Landing in Sydney then making our way to NZ >>> north Island then south, then returning to Sydney for the New Year's >>> Eve celebrations. >>> >>> Any suggestions for photo ops from those familiar with those spots? >>> I'll probably take a nicer zoom lens or two plus the K-1 hopefully. >>> >>> Was thinking of splitting the time evenly through those 3 >>> destinations, but I hear the NZ south island is spectacular and might >>> warrant more time than the others. Any input? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. >>> >>> --Gonz >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -- Reduce your Government Footprint > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
