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In Sydney. What am I missing?

  • 28-09-2009 06:00AM
    #1
    unreggd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭


    Ive been in Sydney the past 2 weeks now, first time ever in Oz

    I thought it would be amazing, but im completely underwhelmed since Ive been here

    Its just too nuts, and the people are odd, not mean, just slightly hostile

    Also, there's fookall to actually DO

    I planned my trip for Brisbane and have abt 3 sheets of stuff, I only got half a page for Sydney, and its not stuff I wanna do

    Been stayin in Bondi and the city. Bondi beach is average!!

    And its so cold the past few days, I cudda stayed in ireland for that! :P


    So I dno what to do

    Ive extended my trip to Brisbane by one week, might stay up there

    But ive heard its the polar opposite, as in SFA to do

    But as long as I have a nice beach and actual Sun, ill be happy

    Also, its only an hour away from GC / Surfers Paradise, and I have mates there

    Anyways, I'll be movin on again after Xmas, so should be grand wherever I stay

    Ok so this is more of a rant than advice, but, yeah

    So anything amazing in Sydney I need to try? Again, dont wanna walk around lookin at landscapes and buildings! Psssh :P

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Doc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Doc


    Just come to Melbourne mate ;)


  • #3
    macca1983
    Closed Accounts Posts: 180 ✭✭macca1983


    unreggd wrote: »
    Ive been in Sydney the past 2 weeks now, first time ever in Oz

    I thought it would be amazing, but im completely underwhelmed since Ive been here

    Its just too nuts, and the people are odd, not mean, just slightly hostile

    Also, there's fookall to actually DO

    I planned my trip for Brisbane and have abt 3 sheets of stuff, I only got half a page for Sydney, and its not stuff I wanna do

    Been stayin in Bondi and the city. Bondi beach is average!!

    And its so cold the past few days, I cudda stayed in ireland for that! :P


    So I dno what to do

    Ive extended my trip to Brisbane by one week, might stay up there

    But ive heard its the polar opposite, as in SFA to do

    But as long as I have a nice beach and actual Sun, ill be happy

    Also, its only an hour away from GC / Surfers Paradise, and I have mates there

    Anyways, I'll be movin on again after Xmas, so should be grand wherever I stay

    Ok so this is more of a rant than advice, but, yeah

    So anything amazing in Sydney I need to try? Again, dont wanna walk around lookin at landscapes and buildings! Psssh :P

    Thanks!

    Sydney is the most pretentious city in the world, bar none.

    Australia is the most over rated country in the world, bar none. Take out the weather and zero people would visit.

    On a brighter note maybe get the ferry over to Manly for the day.
    Try hanging out with a few freaks in Kings Cross for the day - personally i think Venice does crazy much better in LA, but that is about as different/crazy as things will get in Australia.
    Sydney Opera House - era i presume you have being there already.
    The city of Sydney ain't great but there are some lovely walks around the suburb.
    Maybe go to the cinema!


  • #4
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,927 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    do the harbour bridge walk. have a wander around cockle bay wharf and go to the IMAX, if ur into that sorta thing. The botanic gardens are there too.
    Go to the zoo. you've to get a ferry over.
    Home and Away.
    go for dinner in that big spikey thing in the middle of the city.
    luna park is good for an afternoon, but only if u go on the big "scary" rides.
    try get out of bondi and visit coogee or bronte.


  • #5
    preddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 650 ✭✭✭preddy


    Yea not the place to be when the winter hits, you should really have landed in December start of the summer....

    Its just a city not that much to do other then the above posters.


    Doc wrote: »
    Just come to Melbourne mate ;)

    Heading south in the winter emmmm u must like the cold


  • #6
    FreeAnd..
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭FreeAnd..


    stay away from melbourne - its freezing, although not as bad as canberrra (and almost as bad as sydney) - head north this time of year and south in the summer...welcome to australia :) - it aint that much different


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  • #7
    BlackEdelweiss
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    What were you expecting man, its only a city. You have been listening to everybody else banging on about Australia for years and how brilliant it is and now you are there and nothing is happening it is crap. People loved Australia because of what they done there, the experiences they had, the adventures they had, the people they met, hooked up with for 2 weeks then never saw again. Some of my best memories of sydney were in my room in the hostel, it could have been a room anywhere in the world but we were all on an adventure in Australia, going through the same things, living the life, no worries except finding a few hours work to get enough cash to buy some food for the week and enough beer and grass to keep us going. You dont want to look at scenery or buildings, then go to the pub and sit there and stop whinging and waiting for the time of your life to come and find you. My other best experiences of Sydney were when we were out walking along the cliffs or going to different beaches or sitting on the rocks with a few beers at night watching a lightning storm out at sea.
    Relax and let it happen, dont be waiting with your check list of good things that have to happen for it to be a good time, most likely you probably wont appreciate it all until you are on the plane on the way back home and its all over.


  • #8
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Doc wrote: »
    Just come to Melbourne mate ;)

    Please no wonder the guy is under whelmed, i dont like the big cities of oz


  • #9
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    FreeAnd.. wrote: »
    stay away from melbourne - its freezing, although not as bad as canberrra (and almost as bad as sydney) - head north this time of year and south in the summer...welcome to australia :) - it aint that much different

    It was lashing and pissin rain down here in Hobart on saturday and espically sunday and i loved it, Tasmania is 100 times better than the rest of Aus and thankfully there is not as much sheepish backpackers down here:)


  • #10
    daiixi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭daiixi


    Buy a guide book. Failing that:

    Check out the other beaches. Go up the coast/down the coast. Check out the Blue Mountains. Go down to the snowy mountains - I heard they just had snowfall. Head out to Broken Hill - sure not much there but something different. Walk/horse ride through the Kuringai National Park. Hit the cafes around Surry Hills. Check out the museums/art galleries. Climb the Harbour Bridge. Take a Sky Walk. Enjoy some decent coffee. Do what others suggested above.

    Strange that you visit a city at the end of winter if you don't want it to be cold. Also strange that you bother visiting a city which only has half a page of stuff which you "don't wanna do".


  • #11
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    unreggd wrote: »
    Ive been in Sydney the past 2 weeks now, first time ever in Oz

    I thought it would be amazing, but im completely underwhelmed since Ive been here

    Its just too nuts, and the people are odd, not mean, just slightly hostile

    Also, there's fookall to actually DO

    I planned my trip for Brisbane and have abt 3 sheets of stuff, I only got half a page for Sydney, and its not stuff I wanna do

    Been stayin in Bondi and the city. Bondi beach is average!!

    And its so cold the past few days, I cudda stayed in ireland for that! :P


    So I dno what to do

    Ive extended my trip to Brisbane by one week, might stay up there

    But ive heard its the polar opposite, as in SFA to do

    But as long as I have a nice beach and actual Sun, ill be happy

    Also, its only an hour away from GC / Surfers Paradise, and I have mates there

    Anyways, I'll be movin on again after Xmas, so should be grand wherever I stay

    Ok so this is more of a rant than advice, but, yeah

    So anything amazing in Sydney I need to try? Again, dont wanna walk around lookin at landscapes and buildings! Psssh :P

    Thanks!

    OK first of all why are you in Sydney in the first place?

    If you are there on your own expecting things to happen then no wonder you are bored, you need to get out and do $hit and not wait for it to happen.

    Go visit the Australian museum (its free!), the powerhouse museum (one of the best museums I have ever been) and there is also the aquarium by Darling Harbor.

    There is loads to do there you just need to find out what you like and go do it! These are all indoor type stuff not Dependant on the weather. If you are into museums like I am there are dozens of them all around the place. Go visit the convict museum by Hyde Park. If you are eagle eyed you can spot the guys who got shipped off to OZ 200 years ago after being found guilty of bestiality!! I kid you not!

    Failing all that advice get yourself a girl (or guy!) in kings X for half an hour, that will cheer you up! :D


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  • #12
    shane86
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    Take the bus tour, go to Star City, cinema....tbh there is so much to do and it is so cheap to do it I cant believe that Sydney bores you. Nothing I like more than having a weekday off and strolling around the city doing absoloutely bollix all, just walking around, iPod in the ear, sun shining, birds tanning in the park, stop for a pint somewhere, its heaven. While Ive never spent time in Brisbane if you get bored easily dont bother with outside the big cities. Nearly died of boredom during a month in Queensland, scenery and great weather even in winter are quite litreally all there is above Brisbane. Fcuk all this "dont get stuck in Sydney" crap, Id gladly stay forveer here.

    Might be worth moving into a hostel that does organised nights out on the lash as well, good way to meet people. And maybe get out of Bondi- dont know why all the Irish gravitate there. It isnt an amazing beach, tbh the only good thing about Bondi is the Cock and Bull on Sunday (Tea Gardens is a fcuking atmosphereless dive, dont know why the Irish hang out in it).


  • #13
    Derek B
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭Derek B


    Go see a Sydney FC/AFL/NRL game..bring a few mates to lawn bowls..get a portable BBQ and head down to Cronulla for the day..go down the fish markets and have a picnic..go to Watsons Bay and stroll around the heads followed by fish & chips on the wharf..go to any of the great restaurants in chinatown..check out the gig guide and go out somewhere other than Kings Cross/Irish bars...go to Rose Bay and rent a kayak for a few hours...go golfing out in Moore Park


  • #14
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    Museums?


  • #15
    Delorian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭Delorian


    Why not spend the whole time in an Irish bar, drinking with same 8 to 12 Irish ppl, talk about Ireland, date an Irish girl and do everything else that all the Irish ppl that go there seem to do? Shur what else would you want from a trip abroad?

    <sarcasm by the way, in case it wasn't obvious> I thought Melbourne was really impressive, but was only there for 3 days in the hottest time of the year, and ended up being dragged to the Aus Open by a random local, so my opinion is prolly slanted.


  • #16
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    What you are missing is the point that its not up to Australia to make you enjoy yourself.

    Grow up.


  • #17
    The Sweeper
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    This is getting a little harsh lads. I think the OP is just suffering from something that a lot of travelling Irish suffer from. As a nation, when we visit somewhere, we go home and tell everyone who'll listen that the craic was 90, we had the best time of our lives and we paint this fabulous picture of the fun we had.

    Subsequently, some people travel with the romantic notion that the party will greet them on the tarmac off the plane and it'll be non-stop fun from the time they arrive. People forget that you're essentially in a foreign country with no mates.

    The sort of person who arrives in a country with no friends and proceeds to have the time of their bloody lives is usually outgoing to a fault, hyperactive with boundless personality, no shame and the ability to be interested in everything. Not everybody is like that.

    I love Australia. I love living here. It's great. But it's like visiting anywhere in the western world - same shit, different continent.


  • #18
    jank
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    brendansmith wrote: »
    What you are missing is the point that its not up to Australia to make you enjoy yourself.

    Grow up.

    Bit harsh on telling to OP grow up, he just needs to sit down and think why he is there in Sydney in the first place and his answer will come from that.


  • #19
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    jank wrote: »
    Bit harsh on telling to OP grow up, he just needs to sit down and think why he is there in Sydney in the first place and his answer will come from that.


    Sorry Jank, I didnt mean to be harsh. Thank you for calling me on it though. You are such a gent. :)\


    He cant say he wasnt warned though: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055388407&highlight=manage+expectations


  • #20
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    Well apparently you yourself thought that the thread you linked was a crap idea full of things that don't need to be pointed out, because you think everyone should be fully aware of everything you know yourself at all times.

    If only we were all as brilliant as you are, eh?


  • #21
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    brendansmith wrote: »
    Sorry Jank, I didnt mean to be harsh. Thank you for calling me on it though. You are such a gent. :)

    OK look, you might be a bit sore over that otherthread, I can put that behind me but constantly talking to me or others like an idiot is annoying and getting tiresome to us non-idiots here.

    @ The Sweeper I remember reading that post! It puts everything in perspective. What you put into a place you get out of.


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  • #22
    mandrake04
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    BlackEdelweiss wrote: »
    What were you expecting man, its only a city. You have been listening to everybody else banging on about Australia for years and how brilliant it is and now you are there and nothing is happening it is crap. People loved Australia because of what they done there, the experiences they had, the adventures they had, the people they met, hooked up with for 2 weeks then never saw again. Some of my best memories of sydney were in my room in the hostel, it could have been a room anywhere in the world but we were all on an adventure in Australia, going through the same things, living the life, no worries except finding a few hours work to get enough cash to buy some food for the week and enough beer and grass to keep us going. You dont want to look at scenery or buildings, then go to the pub and sit there and stop whinging and waiting for the time of your life to come and find you. My other best experiences of Sydney were when we were out walking along the cliffs or going to different beaches or sitting on the rocks with a few beers at night watching a lightning storm out at sea.
    Relax and let it happen, dont be waiting with your check list of good things that have to happen for it to be a good time, most likely you probably wont appreciate it all until you are on the plane on the way back home and its all over.

    Good Post BlackEdelweiss


  • #23
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    The Sweeper wrote: »
    Well apparently you yourself thought that the thread you linked was a crap idea full of things that don't need to be pointed out, because you think everyone should be fully aware of everything you know yourself at all times.

    If only we were all as brilliant as you are, eh?
    jank wrote: »
    OK look, you might be a bit sore over that otherthread, I can put that behind me but constantly talking to me or others like an idiot is annoying and getting tiresome to us non-idiots here.

    @ The Sweeper I remember reading that post! It puts everything in perspective. What you put into a place you get out of.

    Guys this isnt about you or me or differences we had in the past. Dragging that stuff up leads to tensions and tempers.

    Lets turn a new leaf going forward. This thread is about the OP, its his way or the highway. Lets all come in for the big win ay? How bout it?


  • #24
    mandrake04
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,435 ✭✭✭mandrake04


    Hey mate here are some tips

    unreggd wrote: »
    Ive been in Sydney the past 2 weeks now, first time ever in Oz.... OK Are you on your own or with other people?

    I thought it would be amazing, but im completely underwhelmed since Ive been here.... Well when I first Arrived I was well impressed.... but that was Xmas 2004 and everyone was in Holiday mode....Sydney is an awesome city when the sun is shining and there is plenty of people about.... but can be pretty average when raining and dull... same as anywhere

    Its just too nuts, and the people are odd, not mean, just slightly hostile....Think of Crocodile Dundee when he went to New York.....Sydney is a big city.... No-one is that intrested in some Paddy fresh of the boat..... Your just another tourist..... Like a Japanese Tourist in Dublin wearing those stupid tarten Golf Pants

    Also, there's fookall to actually DO..... Loads to do.....Mate

    I planned my trip for Brisbane and have abt 3 sheets of stuff, I only got half a page for Sydney, and its not stuff I wanna do....Are you talking about Brisbane in QLD??

    Been stayin in Bondi and the city. Bondi beach is average!!.....Correction ...Bondi is a dingey hole.... during the 19th Century Bondi was classed a Slum where poor made shanty towns and lived in makeshift tents.....F**kall has changed....Bondi is now overpriced substandard accomdation usually let out to Irish & Pom Backpackers who dont know any better......Who owns such property? well you see the men walking around dressed completely in black with funny black hats, beards and funny little dreadlocks...the usually say "Shalom" instead of "whats the Craic"...need I say more!!

    And its so cold the past few days, I cudda stayed in ireland for that! :P.....We do have winter in Australia too... drive 3 Hrs south of Sydney and you can actually Ski....maybe you could add that to your to do list

    So I dno what to do.......Try reading Lonely Planet 'Australia'

    Ive extended my trip to Brisbane by one week, might stay up thereOk fair enough.........but dont be complaining about the humidity up there

    But ive heard its the polar opposite, as in SFA to do.....Yeah some things to do in Brisbane but should only take a few days

    But as long as I have a nice beach and actual Sun, ill be happy

    Also, its only an hour away from GC / Surfers Paradise, and I have mates there....

    Anyways, I'll be movin on again after Xmas, so should be grand wherever I stay

    Ok so this is more of a rant than advice, but, yeah

    So anything amazing in Sydney I need to try? Again, dont wanna walk around lookin at landscapes and buildings! Psssh :P.....Do a Jamie Neale and make $200,000

    Thanks!


  • #25
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    jank wrote: »
    OK look, you might be a bit sore over that otherthread, I can put that behind me but constantly talking to me or others like an idiot is annoying and getting tiresome to us non-idiots here.

    @ The Sweeper I remember reading that post! It puts everything in perspective. What you put into a place you get out of.
    brendansmith wrote: »
    Sorry Jank, I didnt mean to be harsh. Thank you for calling me on it though. You are such a gent. :)\


    He cant say he wasnt warned though: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055388407&highlight=manage+expectations

    Right - cut it out you two. If you want to stoop down to petty squabbling the take it to pm. You were at each other in the other thread and I asked you to behave. Don't take it to another thread. If I see you at it again you are both getting banned.

    Also, goading someone and then reporting their response as personal abuse does not mean you are not guilty of anything. Just let it go or take it to pm. I've had enough of it.


  • #26
    unreggd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭unreggd


    Cheers for that! Im in Brisbane now, and its a compl diff vibe to Sydney, i likes it!
    Anyways....

    Ive been in Sydney the past 2 weeks now, first time ever in Oz.... OK Are you on your own or with other people?
    Flew to Sydney on me own. Stayed with me bro + housemates, but they all work form 5am so not much time to hang out. Stayed in a hostel a few nights but was tiny and tried talkin to the roomates, but nothin came of it. First night here been chattin away

    I thought it would be amazing, but im completely underwhelmed since Ive been here.... Well when I first Arrived I was well impressed.... but that was Xmas 2004 and everyone was in Holiday mode....Sydney is an awesome city when the sun is shining and there is plenty of people about.... but can be pretty average when raining and dull... same as anywhere
    Yeah, i wasnt excited abt Syd at all, like, when ur just leavin the airport. I did get that here in Briz tho

    Its just too nuts, and the people are odd, not mean, just slightly hostile....Think of Crocodile Dundee when he went to New York.....Sydney is a big city.... No-one is that intrested in some Paddy fresh of the boat..... Your just another tourist..... Like a Japanese Tourist in Dublin wearing those stupid tarten Golf Pants
    True!

    Also, there's fookall to actually DO..... Loads to do.....Mate
    Like what? I honestly cant find anything bar museums and stuff. went to Manly, thats abt it!

    I planned my trip for Brisbane and have abt 3 sheets of stuff, I only got half a page for Sydney, and its not stuff I wanna do....Are you talking about Brisbane in QLD??
    Yup, QLD :P

    Been stayin in Bondi and the city. Bondi beach is average!!.....Correction ...Bondi is a dingey hole.... during the 19th Century Bondi was classed a Slum where poor made shanty towns and lived in makeshift tents.....F**kall has changed....Bondi is now overpriced substandard accomdation usually let out to Irish & Pom Backpackers who dont know any better......Who owns such property? well you see the men walking around dressed completely in black with funny black hats, beards and funny little dreadlocks...the usually say "Shalom" instead of "whats the Craic"...need I say more!!
    Indeed. hack of Bondi!

    And its so cold the past few days, I cudda stayed in ireland for that! .....We do have winter in Australia too... drive 3 Hrs south of Sydney and you can actually Ski....maybe you could add that to your to do list

    So I dno what to do.......Try reading Lonely Planet 'Australia'
    Will do

    Ive extended my trip to Brisbane by one week, might stay up there
    Ok fair enough.........but dont be complaining about the humidity up there
    Of course im gna complain! :P

    But ive heard its the polar opposite, as in SFA to do.....Yeah some things to do in Brisbane but should only take a few days

    But as long as I have a nice beach and actual Sun, ill be happy

    Also, its only an hour away from GC / Surfers Paradise, and I have mates there....

    Anyways, I'll be movin on again after Xmas, so should be grand wherever I stay

    Ok so this is more of a rant than advice, but, yeah

    So anything amazing in Sydney I need to try? Again, dont wanna walk around lookin at landscapes and buildings! Psssh .....Do a Jamie Neale and make $200,000
    Wudnt mind a bitta tha!

    So anyways, im happy in Briz for now

    Hopefully Sydney round 2 goes a bit better, im sure Ill end up back down there

    CheerZ


  • #27
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    When you go back to Sydney organise a trip for yourself to the blue mountains. Dont do a day tour, do a proper multi day trek with other people while camping. A good way of meeting people.

    http://www.infobluemountains.net.au/activity/walk.htm
    http://www.oztrek.com.au/
    http://www.sydneytoursrus.com/tours_bluemountains.html
    http://wikitravel.org/en/Blue_Mountains#Do


  • #28
    brendansmith
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    watna wrote: »

    Also, goading someone and then reporting their response as personal abuse does not mean you are not guilty of anything. Just let it go or take it to pm. I've had enough of it.


    HAHA guilty as charged!

    Sorry Watna, wont happen again!


  • #29
    moe_sizlak
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 883 ✭✭✭moe_sizlak


    am i the only person in the whole wide world who perfered new zealand than oz


  • #30
    Delorian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 198 ✭✭Delorian


    moe_sizlak wrote: »
    am i the only person in the whole wide world who perfered new zealand than oz

    No, you are certainly not, I moved to Wellington after travelling both. However, it depends what you're into. If you like outdoor activities, or, like me, haven't done that much but would like it to be so convenient as to give everything a go, NZ is the place to be. But if you want sand, sea, sex and all the rest, I can see how Oz is attractive. Personally though, I wanted to change my life a bit more drastically, and felt I could do that more in NZ.


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  • #31
    PhiliousPhogg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 288 ✭✭PhiliousPhogg


    Top 10 things to do on the October long weekend

    1 2009 NRL Telstra Premiership Grand Final

    2 Sydney Architecture Festival

    3 Manly Jazz Festival

    4 Parklife

    5 Festival of Dangerous Ideas

    6 Oktoberfest

    7 Darling Harbour Fiesta

    8 Circus Skills 2009

    9 Che: Parts 1 & 2

    10 Bananas in Cabanas

    Was never much impressed with Sydney. It's worst feature is the nightlife, very hostile - bouncers and the general punter. The attitude of bouncers would put you in a bad mood when you get into a place. Taxis are a nightmare, don't stop for guys, if they do stop they might drive off if they don't want to go where you're going, even for girls. Kings Cross and George St are insane - gangs and gangs of loud, obnoxious idiots, laughing at stuff that isn't funny. OK it's not all that bad, but to someone recently arrived it's not a welcoming place if you ask me, unless you've got loadz of dollaz.


  • #32
    pclancy
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    moe_sizlak wrote: »
    am i the only person in the whole wide world who perfered new zealand than oz

    No way....Sydney was a cool place to visit and check out...but i'll probably never bother going there again.

    I remember getting on the subway at circular quay and thiking...feck there's more people on this train then i've seen in Wellington in a week! NZ is tiny and empty compared to Oz, but its nice that way :)


  • #33
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    moe_sizlak wrote: »
    am i the only person in the whole wide world who perfered new zealand than oz

    Shhhh dont tell them or the place will be over run by boozed up GAA cladded Paddies.


    Nothing to see here.... move along...:o


  • #34
    shane86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    PhiliousPhogg wrote: »
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    Was never much impressed with Sydney. It's worst feature is the nightlife, very hostile - bouncers and the general punter. The attitude of bouncers would put you in a bad mood when you get into a place. Taxis are a nightmare, don't stop for guys, if they do stop they might drive off if they don't want to go where you're going, even for girls. Kings Cross and George St are insane - gangs and gangs of loud, obnoxious idiots, laughing at stuff that isn't funny. OK it's not all that bad, but to someone recently arrived it's not a welcoming place if you ask me, unless you've got loadz of dollaz.

    Eh? Compared to back home most door staff here are fairly grand. Ive only been refused maybe twice, and that was because i beyond locked. Despite the whole RSA laws they are more likely to let you in with a skinful in you than Dublin clubs. Been put out the odd time for being too pissed but tbh its pretty rare, and usually only around 4-5am when Im fooling myself by buying more drink. As for the music, Dublin is so backward. Most Sydney clubs play decent dance tunes- most Dublin clubs have the same cheese music policy as Side Bar, The Gaff and other places locals here wouldnt dare set foot in. (having said that the worst nightclub Ive ever been in was the Woolshed in Cairns. What a dive, wanker crowd and crap music). The crap weather and the overpriced sh1t nightclubs are the main reason I left home.


  • #35
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    shane86 wrote: »
    Most Sydney clubs play decent dance tunes- most Dublin clubs have the same cheese music policy as Side Bar, The Gaff and other places locals here wouldnt dare set foot in.

    Another Sydney trait, pretentious as hell.


  • #36
    Mr Benevolent
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    Now that I'm here, Australia is very overrated. It's like being in a 70's/80's timewarp. It's a nice country, the cities are more attractive than Dublin (wouldn't be hard, even Sofia is more attractive than Dublin) and there's a bit more to do, as well as being cleaner. On the downside, on average it's more expensive than Ireland. The bars are ridiculously old-fashioned. It's not particularly safer either, with weird looking guys in mullets and sunglasses going around obviously looking for a fight, the usual druggies/beggars/alcos too.

    There's one overriding feature though. Australians are incredibly cheap. Our apartment bedroom is the size of my single room at home, but they've dumped two single mattresses on the floor and called it a double. The walls are paper thin, the place is utterly, utterly bare and we can't use the oven, grill or air conditioning because 'it costs too much money'. The building construction is sh!t, the lift is terrifying (this is a 5 year old building) and the list goes on. Oh, one last thing. They drive ancient cars that no self-respecting European would be seen dead in. And smog. What first world country still has smog in 2009? Italy I suppose.

    Sorry for the semi-rant.


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  • #37
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    Confab wrote: »
    Now that I'm here, Australia is very overrated. It's like being in a 70's/80's timewarp. It's a nice country, the cities are more attractive than Dublin (wouldn't be hard, even Sofia is more attractive than Dublin) and there's a bit more to do, as well as being cleaner. On the downside, on average it's more expensive than Ireland. The bars are ridiculously old-fashioned. It's not particularly safer either, with weird looking guys in mullets and sunglasses going around obviously looking for a fight, the usual druggies/beggars/alcos too.

    There's one overriding feature though. Australians are incredibly cheap. Our apartment bedroom is the size of my single room at home, but they've dumped two single mattresses on the floor and called it a double. The walls are paper thin, the place is utterly, utterly bare and we can't use the oven, grill or air conditioning because 'it costs too much money'. The building construction is sh!t, the lift is terrifying (this is a 5 year old building) and the list goes on. Oh, one last thing. They drive ancient cars that no self-respecting European would be seen dead in. And smog. What first world country still has smog in 2009? Italy I suppose.

    Sorry for the semi-rant.

    Hmmm, so much to pick at so little time....


  • #38
    OldJay
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    macca1983 wrote: »
    Sydney is the most pretentious city in the world, bar none.

    Australia is the most over rated country in the world, bar none. Take out the weather and zero people would visit

    There is loads to do in Sydney and its environs. Its a massive place so do forgive them if they seem a tad cityslicker-ish :rolleyes:
    If you want pretentious, try any city bar anywhere on a friday afternoon/evening when suits go for early start to the tear.
    Since the Irish found money in the 90s, you'll find more "pretentious" people here than you'll care to admit.

    Australia is the most beautiful country that I have lived in and where I lived there, the people were the best.


  • #39
    shane86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Another Sydney trait, pretentious as hell.

    Mate, I honestly cant respect the intelligence of anyone who considers getting drunk to that level of cheese to be a good night out. They dont go because it is ****ing sh1t. Same wat you wont find Aussies in the bleedin Woolshed- because t is SH1T. Unfortunately it was only on my last night of my wretched trip there I found out there is one club in Cairns playing decent trance, house etc. Stick to the guidebooks and all they mention is fookin Woolshed, Gilligans and Rhino bar (though tbh Gilligans wasnt as cheesey as the other two)


  • #40
    m@cc@
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭m@cc@


    shane86 wrote: »
    Mate, I honestly cant respect the intelligence of anyone who considers getting drunk to that level of cheese to be a good night out.

    Yet, "trance" is the thinking man's music?


  • #41
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    m@cc@ wrote: »
    Yet, "trance" is the thinking man's music?

    Duuuuuuude. You need a hug. *hugs* *runs back onto dance floor with glow sticks*


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  • #42
    empirix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭empirix


    man,just chill and go with the flow. hang out down the rocks and sink a beer or two up themercantile,you'll probably get talking to somebody, hit jacksons and george/9at night/) not as good as it was but hey its gotta be done, then hit darling harbour, oh wait i am a total piss head:). Learn to play pool,its good for meeting folk, Sydney is a whole lot better than brissie!!! check out paddington, basically go for walks during the day and explore the place,buy a car and explore,go out at night and have a good time, invite your fellow roomates out, there will always be somebody up for it, basically be more enthusiastic,you come across a bit down and maybe shy, your a long way from home but dont worry about it, embrace it and be happy,put a smile on your face and enjoy your new life(for the time being), have a carlton cold for me, actually make that a slab of em for me:)


  • #43
    jank
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 13,018 ✭✭✭✭jank


    Ill be going there for work purposes next week. Just a quick one but are the muesums open late ANY day? They all seem to close early.


  • #44
    VNP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭VNP


    1. Try out crystal meth with some locals in paramatta
    2. Enter in a local cage fight for the crack
    3. Hire the biggest road bike you can and ramp it off bondi cliffs wearing just a snorkel.
    4. blow all your money on dwarf prostitutes and ring ur mommmy in the cop shop .. ive been MUGGED!!!!
    pathetic!!!!


  • #45
    The Sweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    Thanks for a fabulous contribution VNP. I'll bet you've never left your home county, have you?


  • #46
    empirix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,723 ✭✭✭empirix


    The Sweeper wrote: »
    Thanks for a fabulous contribution VNP. I'll bet you've never left your home county, have you?

    ah he was, he seems to know Paramatta inside out:)


  • #47
    watna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,367 ✭✭✭✭watna


    VNP wrote: »
    1. Try out crystal meth with some locals in paramatta
    2. Enter in a local cage fight for the crack
    3. Hire the biggest road bike you can and ramp it off bondi cliffs wearing just a snorkel.
    4. blow all your money on dwarf prostitutes and ring ur mommmy in the cop shop .. ive been MUGGED!!!!
    pathetic!!!!

    What? That post doesn't even make sense.

    Whatever you were trying to say, you need to tone it down. This is a helpful forum and posts like that certainly aren't helpful.


  • #48
    Discostuy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭Discostuy


    I found Sydney to be a great spot...its really what you make of it.
    I found Brisbane to be to European-y for me...i dunno, i just wasnt mad about it.
    Sydney was great. But a city is a city is a city. Nightclubs and bars will be the same anywhere you go in the world, you'll get prententious knobs and azz head bouncers everywhere (although the "islander" bouncers in Sydney can be gits, but so would i be dealing with drunken Irish/English eejits all year).

    I always prefer to stay outside of cities when i travel (except places like NY and all)...there is tonnes to do in and around Sydney. Darling harbour is cool, do one of the boat cruises around the harbour. Climb the bridge. Visit the zoo. Luna Park etc.

    Get a gang and hit one of the parks and have a BBQ. The parks over there have cool BBQ's that are really well looked after.

    Go out to Bondi (its not as bad as people make out) The beach is lovely, try a bit of surfing, do the Bondi to Coogee walk on a nice day its really really great.

    Dont try and "fit the mold of the cool travellers". If you wanna sit in Irish bars then do it, its your trip, it doesnt make you any less of "original backpacker"...

    Just get out and see stuff, chat to people. Dont stay in the city the whole time and dont sit on the internet the whole time either :)

    Just my tuppence.


  • #49
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    This thread is great, I'll be taking all this advice on board when I finally get on the plane :D


  • #50
    Wuggectumondo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭Wuggectumondo


    unreggd wrote: »
    Ive been in Sydney the past 2 weeks now, first time ever in Oz

    I thought it would be amazing, but im completely underwhelmed since Ive been here

    I'm just back from Sydney so am happy to see this thread. There is indeed alot of hype about Oz! I personally found Sydney a bit too busy in the city centre. If I'm to move to Oz for a year, I think Id prefer a smaller town


  • #51
    Wuggectumondo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 170 ✭✭Wuggectumondo


    Confab wrote: »
    Now that I'm here, Australia is very overrated. It's like being in a 70's/80's timewarp. It's a nice country, the cities are more attractive than Dublin (wouldn't be hard, even Sofia is more attractive than Dublin) and there's a bit more to do, as well as being cleaner.

    Oh, one last thing. They drive ancient cars that no self-respecting European would be seen dead in. And smog. What first world country still has smog in 2009? Italy I suppose.

    .

    I totally agree!!


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