Trip to Sydney last night.

[stabicraft]

Well, I got a little more than I bargained for when I took my two daughters to Sydney last night for a Ghost tour.

The trip down was rather uneventful, not the kind of precursor one wold expect when navigating Sydney.
Even the trip into the Rocks was reasonably easy, if somewhat complicated.

But once there................
I have no idea why people would choose to live there.
Noisy, too many people and way too many tourists.
No parking at all and parking officers wandering the streets after 10.00pm.

All in all, no real issues, just traffic, traffic, traffic and more traffic.

But the fun starts after 10.00pm.
All the young sheilas come out in packs and wearing next to nothing.
Stumbling all over the place and falling down, drunk as skunks.

I observed virtually no blokes drunk and the Japanese tourists were everywhere.
Hundreds and thousands of them.
All very polite and taking selfies all over the place, but
They have no idea what a pedestrian crossing is or that its not a good idea to stay on the footpath.

Heading home was about the only drama filled time with guys in hot sports cars racing around and idiots in 4X4s taking up all the lanes, but back into the sanity of the Central Coast I drove with nary a problem to be encountered.

Sydney.......the best view is in the rear view mirror while high tailing out of the place.

[Bird]

Remember if Australia needed an enema Sydney is where they'd insert it.

[Swannie]

Not even sure the relevance of the post?

Swannie

[scrapsD40]

The Rocks is my favorite place to stay when I travel to Sydney for work, for all the reasons and events you mentioned. The Orient Hotel and Basement Jazz Club. Heaps better than sitting out in a hotel in Parramatta too scared to leave the foyer.

My family live at Wamberal, Saratoga and Erina, and I lived for a time in Mannering Park and Copacabana. Whenever I visit them which is often, I call the Central Coast the land that road planning forgot

[Bird]

The Rocks is my favorite place to stay when I travel to Sydney for work, for all the reasons and events you mentioned. The Orient Hotel and Basement Jazz Club. Heaps better than sitting out in a hotel in Parramatta too scared to leave the foyer.

HEAPS BETTER?? A ****IN JAZZ CLUB???
At the Macure in Parra  you have hooters over the road!!!!!!!!

[scrapsD40]

HEAPS BETTER?? A ****IN JAZZ CLUB???
At the Macure in Parra  you have hooters over the road!!!!!!!!

been there, done that. Hooter quality in cbd much better

[tk421]

Strange to go one of the city's biggest Tourist destinations, on a tourist tour and then complain about the tourists. 

This sounds like Iguana Joes in Gosford.

"But the fun starts after 10.00pm.
All the young sheilas come out in packs and wearing next to nothing.
Stumbling all over the place and falling down, drunk as skunks."

[scrapsD40]

Strange to go one of the city's biggest Tourist destinations, on a tourist tour and then complain about the tourists. 

This sounds like Iguana Joes in Gosford.

"But the fun starts after 10.00pm.
All the young sheilas come out in packs and wearing next to nothing.
Stumbling all over the place and falling down, drunk as skunks."

from memory the odd ex politician may have also done this, or am I thinking of a different CC venue?

[stabicraft]

Just saying
I live where there is much less traffic and much less pedestrian traffic.
Generally after 10, other than isolated pockets of people, the CC is deserted.

I have no issues with tourists, I are one myself when travelling, but I stay on the foot path.

My gripe, while less than clear was the TRaffic TRaffic TRaffic.

I drover from the Rocks to my parents house (where they lived before they died) and it took me over an hour.
Its only 9 klm

In an hours driving up on the coast I can get past Newcastle or out past Morriset.

And did you know there are   15246375647327 traffic lights in Sydney, all set to 3 second intervals??

[scblack]

I reckon - seeing Sydney is Australia's largest, most populated city - I would EXPECT heavy traffic, and not be surprised by that. Heavy traffic is hardly a newsworthy event.

If you had hopped on a train at Gosford to Wynyard or Circular Quay, you would have saved a Shit-load of petrol, time, aggravation, and not had us wondering why you posted this at all?

[achjimmy]

Remember if Australia needed an enema Sydney is where they'd insert it.

But itd hit Melbourne much further up in the bowel!?!

[achjimmy]

Yep probably about the best part of Sydney to be down by the rocks and harbour. Warm salty night would have been great

[cruiser 91]

I left Sydney in 1998. Found a beautiful seaside suburb 40min south of Adelaide. Very country like at the time with country priced homes (1/3 the cost of Sydney).
Today, the rest of the world has caught up to my once quiet little country seaside town. It's time to move on again to find that greener pasture again.

[Rumpig]

Just saying
I live where there is much less traffic and much less pedestrian traffic.
Generally after 10, other than isolated pockets of people, the CC is deserted.

I have no issues with tourists, I are one myself when travelling, but I stay on the foot path.

My gripe, while less than clear was the TRaffic TRaffic TRaffic.

I drover from the Rocks to my parents house (where they lived before they died) and it took me over an hour.
Its only 9 klm

In an hours driving up on the coast I can get past Newcastle or out past Morriset.

And did you know there are   15246375647327 traffic lights in Sydney, all set to 3 second intervals??

don't feel bad mate, I am no fan of Sydney myself. My words to the misses when she wanted to go there many moons ago were...what do you want to go to that sh#%hole for?...lol. I insisted if we go there we had to spend a few days in The Blue Mountains, which is what we did. The misses had never been there before that trip, and on return wasn't a big fan either...though she did like The Blue Mountains.

[scrapsD40]

Well, I got a little more than I bargained for when I took my two daughters to Sydney last night for a Ghost tour.

The trip down was rather uneventful, not the kind of precursor one wold expect when navigating Sydney.
Even the trip into the Rocks was reasonably easy, if somewhat complicated.

But once there................
I have no idea why people would choose to live there.
Noisy, too many people and way too many tourists.
No parking at all and parking officers wandering the streets after 10.00pm.

All in all, no real issues, just traffic, traffic, traffic and more traffic.

But the fun starts after 10.00pm.
All the young sheilas come out in packs and wearing next to nothing.
Stumbling all over the place and falling down, drunk as skunks.

I observed virtually no blokes drunk and the Japanese tourists were everywhere.
Hundreds and thousands of them.
All very polite and taking selfies all over the place, but
They have no idea what a pedestrian crossing is or that its not a good idea to stay on the footpath.

Heading home was about the only drama filled time with guys in hot sports cars racing around and idiots in 4X4s taking up all the lanes, but back into the sanity of the Central Coast I drove with nary a problem to be encountered.

Sydney.......the best view is in the rear view mirror while high tailing out of the place.

possibly actually quite lucky with the time you went. Prior to this you might have also had to deal with bike riders.

Please note, no cyclist was injured in the creation of this post, nor it is written in any form of disparagement toward people who might like to ride bikes. The point being made was more around if driving into or out of Sydney on roads apart from freeways, you might also expect to being sharing the road with people on bikes.

[achjimmy]

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[oldmate]

and not had us wondering why you posted this at all?

I didn't wonder.  It what people do around here at the moment.  I think every one need to go camping, away from Sydney, emails, Facebook, phones, bike riders and govt solar schemes.

[Foo]

Sydney is the asehole of Australia. Hate the bloody place and worse if you drive a truck.    I"d sooner drive an extra 7-8hrs and go to Melbourne or Adelaide. 

Foo

[Bad Scott]

Copacabana.

No way. My Aunty & Uncle have lived at Avoca Beach for over 20 yrs, and my cousin lives in Copacabana for many years.

[scrapsD40]

No way. My Aunty & Uncle have lived at Avoca Beach for over 20 yrs, and my cousin lives in Copacabana for many years.

yes way.

[Rumpig]

I think every one need to go camping, away from Sydney, emails, Facebook, phones, bike riders and govt solar schemes.

i was going fishing on Sunday, but that just got canned today...friggen weather 

[MDS69]

I live in Sydney. I love Sydney. It such an amazing place with sporting events, cultural events, restaurants, a dozen universities etc etc. I grew up on the Central Coast and recently went back for a 30 year school reunion. Whilst it was great to catch up with some old friends I couldn't believe what a dump some of it had become.

In the last few weeks I was doing some research on moving to Mudgee and the real estate looked attractive but there were no jobs. Also looked at weekend sports for the kids and ourselves and the options were limited.

You want to buy a new Holden, you have a choice of 5 dealerships within a 15km radius to shop around, on the CC you have one or two . This list goes on and on.

Want to see a major sporting event like the NRL grand final or state of origin, an international music act, they are 20 minutes from home. I am taking the family to the World Baseball  Classic qualifier tomorrow night, 20 minutes from home.

We tossed around the idea of moving to Narooma a few years ago with a young family and decided against it for a few reasons but one being (in our opinion) no oppurtunities for the kids once they finished school. They would need to moved to another regional centre or elsewhere.

Each to their own I guess.

[scblack]

I live in Sydney. I love Sydney. It such an amazing place with sporting events, cultural events, restaurants, a dozen universities etc etc. I grew up on the Central Coast and recently went back for a 30 year school reunion. Whilst it was great to catch up with some old friends I couldn't believe what a dump some of it had become.

In the last few weeks I was doing some research on moving to Mudgee and the real estate looked attractive but there were no jobs. Also looked at weekend sports for the kids and ourselves and the options were limited.

You want to buy a new Holden, you have a choice of 5 dealerships within a 15km radius to shop around, on the CC you have one or two . This list goes on and on.

Want to see a major sporting event like the NRL grand final or state of origin, an international music act, they are 20 minutes from home. I am taking the family to the World Baseball  Classic qualifier tomorrow night, 20 minutes from home.

We tossed around the idea of moving to Narooma a few years ago with a young family and decided against it for a few reasons but one being (in our opinion) no oppurtunities for the kids once they finished school. They would need to moved to another regional centre or elsewhere.

Each to their own I guess.

You have echoed exactly my own thoughts. I agree with all you have said. Sydney provides employment, education and lifestyle opportunities that simply aren't available in a regional town.

I also grew up on the Central Coast and recently went to a 30 year school reunion. You didn't happen to be at Gosford High did you? I'll PM you. At the reunion I had not been to the Central Coast for at least 10years, and agree some of it looks like a dump now. By and large much of it is in a time warp. Not much change there - but possibly that's not a bad thing either.

As you say, each to their own.

[achjimmy]

Of the central coast I went to the entrance last year. Turned off the motorway and just about wore a set of tyres out going through all the roundabouts getting there. Id rather a hundred traffic lights than 50 roundabouts specially towing.