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Sydney Public Transport – For Backpackers Info

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Airport Link

This is a railway service operating from 5AM till midnight 7 days a week, links the domestic and international terminals to all city circle railway stations. For additional information you can call 02 8337 8412 or visit the website www.airportlink.com.au.

Buses

Sydney Busses operates in the entire city. The main bus terminals are at Circular Quay, Wynyard, Town Hall and Central Station. You can find more information about Sydney Buses from:

Bus kiosks located at Circular Quay, Wynyard Station and Queen Victoria Building (QVB) & Railway Square (Central Station).

Calling 131 500 or www.131500.info

www.sydneybuses.info

Trains

Metropolitan services

You can use the CityRail leisure and tourist tickets to get you where you want to go. For travelling around the city centre you can take the City Circle Line (Circular Quay, Wynyard, Town Hall, Central, Museum and St James Stations). There is a station also at Martin Place. Ticket vending machines are open 24 hours. Information about CityRail services is available from:

Train kiosks at circular Quay and Central Stations

Sydney Transport Infoline: www.131500.info Tel: 131 500

City Rail website: www.cityrail.info .

Interstate and Intrastate Services

The main junction for interstate and intrastate rail services is the Central Railway Station. You can find additional information about interstate and intrastate train services from:

Train kiosks at Central Station

Sydney Transport Infoline: www.131500.info Tel: 131 500

Countrylink Infoline: www.countrylink.info Tel: 132 232.

Ferries

Taking a ferry to and from the city will give you a delightful experience. You can catch one at the Sydney Harbour. For further information you check call or visit:

Ferry kiosks at Circular Quay and Manly

Sydney Transport Infoline: www.131500.info Tel: 131 500

Sydney Ferries website: www.sydneyferries.info .

Light Rail

Sydney’s latest transport system is the Monorail. You can ride the Monorail on any day or hour of the week.

You can even take a Tram ride from historic Central Station through vibrant Chinatown and Darling Harbour to the Star City Casino, the Sydney Fish Markets and Wentworth Park.

Call Metro Light Rail on 02 9285 5600 or visit www.metrolightrail.com.au if you need to know any more information.

Monorail

The monorail has a wonderful city loop with eight stops throughout the CBD. There is a monorail departing every 3-5 minutes and takes approximately 15 minutes to finish the circuit. Single trips or day passes can be bought at every station. Dial 02 8584 5288 or visit www.metromonorail.com.au for additional information.

Taxis

There is an abundance of taxis in Sydney, you can either hail one that is passing you by on the street or get one at ranks at Circular Quay, Wynyard Station, or at the Town Hall Station. You can ask your hotel concierge if you need a taxi to pick you at the hotel.

Sydney & Bondi Explorer (Tourist buses)

If you are looking to having most comprehensive hop-on hop-off sightseeing tours available, then you can check that out with the 27 stop ‘red’ Sydney Explorer and 19 stop ‘blue’ Bondi Explorer. They are the only timetabled services, which offer a minimum 20-minute service frequency and include travel on the regular Sydney Buses network (blue travel zone).

You can purchase one day or two day tickets from both Sydney and Bondi Explorer. You can even buy your ticket on board the bus.

For additional information dial 131 500 or visit www.sydneyexplorer.info

City Hopper (Train)

You can ride the City Hopper train and enjoy unlimited all day rail travel in the area bounded by Kings Cross, North Sydney and Redfern.

Visit www.cityrail.info for additional information.

SydneyPass (Tourist ticket)

The SydneyPass is available for 3, 5, and 7 days. With this you can enjoy unlimited travel on the Sydney and Bondi Explorer buses, all CityRail trains within a bounded area, all Sydney Buses and all Sydney Ferries, and return AirportLink train transfers. Your ‘SydneyPass’ tourist ticker also provides you with discounts into Sydney’s major attractions. You can purchase a SydneyPass ticket onboard the Explorer buses as well as from tourist outlets, travel agents and most CityRail Stations.

Visit www.sydneypass.info or phone 131 500 if you need any more information.

Day Tripper Ticket

If you are looking for ‘all in a day’ ticket then the Day Tripper ticket is for you. This ticket provides you with access to all three modes of Government transport in Sydney. You can utilise your ticket to travel in all regular Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries and CityRail Suburban Services within a bounded area.

Accommodation tips for Sydney Backpackers

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:44:10 +0000

For all Sydney backpackers who are on a low budget, most likely the fist thing in their minds is to finding cheapest accommodation. As it is with any other popular tourist destination amongst backpackers, the Internet is the ideal place to quickly find an abundance of information on cheap backpacker accommodation in Sydney.

A search for Sydney backpacker accommodation on any search engine will reveal a plethora of Sydney backpacker accommodation providers claiming they offer the cheapest accommodation in Sydney. However, to get the best deal in town you first need to do some serious research of your own.

After finding as many cheap accommodation providers in Sydney as you think is enough, you then need to compare the rates and facilities displayed by different, ‘providers of cheapest accommodation in Sydney’. Doing this will make it possible for you to find out the actual cheapest accommodation provider in Sydney as well as the Sydney budget accommodation provider offering the best value for your money.

Your research will make you realize that some budget accommodation providers in Sydney may have Slightly higher rates than the cheapest accommodation providers, but when looking at the facilities they have and the kind of service they promise to their clients for the rates quoted, you can easily judge for your self as to whom should you choose between the two, whether it is the one having the cheapest backpacker accommodation rates in town or the one who is offering the best value for money budget accommodation deal in town.

Kings cross hostels, are often chosen by Sydney cheap accommodation seeking backpackers, because staying in a conveniently situated Kings cross hostel will help them save money otherwise spent on transportation. If you need to know more about Kings cross hostels, you can easily do so on the Internet

Getting The Best Deal From Sydney Hostels

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Internet is the most convenient and also the ideal venue, to shop for Sydney hostels.

You can find out as much information as you want about Sydney hostels through the Internet, make an online reservation at the lowest rates available, maybe even arrange it with the hostel to send someone to pick you up at the airport, the railway station or bus stand beforehand! This way you can avoid any usual travel associated inconveniences involved when having to start looking for a Sydney hostel to stay the night, immediately after you arrive in Sydney.

Convenient because, if you are someone living in some place faraway from Sydney, it is possible for you to search for Sydney hostels on the Internet, conveniently, from your home. All you need is an Internet connection and your laptop to have the best of all Sydney hostel deals at your fingertips!

You can choose a Sydney hostel room by visiting the wide range of Sydney hostel websites available on the Internet or check for room availability by visiting the website of your preferred Sydney hostel, and if all the rooms are booked, you can then find out when will it be possible for you to make a reservation, so that if it can be done, plan your trip to coincide with those dates. By visiting websites of other Sydney hostels you haven’t been before, you can compare their offers with the usual stuff you get at your most frequented Sydney hostel and choose to stay at a different Sydney hotel because you found out that they are providing better faculties for the same rate you are paying at your usual Sydney hostel.

The Internet is the ideal place to find out the best Sydney hostels room deals. Within a few hours you can easily find a huge number of Sydney hostel room deals on the Internet, offering comfortable accommodation at bargain rates along with a plethora of other location related information. When not using the Internet to find out about Sydney hostels, because of the very limited access to additional information other than what is being told to you by your sources, and of the hugely time consuming process of information gathering, it is highly likely that you very rarely will get to hear about special promotional deals and when you do it may have even expired by then!

However, if you use traditional sources to find out the same number of Sydney hostels you will find on the Internet, to compare prices and find the best available deal, it will certainly take you much longer than a few hours, may be even weeks or months to get the same amount of information that is displayed in the hostel websites.