The view when you fly out.

ikw777 said...
The view when you fly out.

You're right the views not bad, with the boats in the harbour, the golf course, urban sprawl... wait that's bad... so the harbour from the air is good.

Rex said...
I think its pretty good to fly in, blow a few days looking around at all the sights, and then return to the dreary west

What sights? The Opera house? Anything else will give you sore eyes.

thePup said...
Yes - I'll never forget the first time I jumped on the manly ferry ( and that sideways swell half way across ) and that beautiful bay outlook when you jump off the ferry at manly.... and the big well priced feed at the Leagues Club and excellent beer prices and nice waitresses to look at

You haven't been here in a while, right? Sydney prior to 2004 was awesome, now it's just crowds, traffic, fines, bus lanes, cycle lanes (nobody use) and tolls everywhere.

FlySurfer said...
-Most expensive tolls in the world, and they're every where... $2.50 + $.55 cos your tag isn't going to work just to use a farking ramp.
--$5/hr parking at the beach

You seem to be slightly mis-informed on a few things.

A $2.50 toll is not very common - most of them are significantly more than that - sometimes double. $5 an hour parking at Bondi or Manly is a price from years ago...its much more now Hell spend over 2 hrs in an inner city parking building Mon - Fri and it can cost you over $50! But if you do an early bird and stay all day can get away with $30.

The best thing about Sydney is the F3 as you head north. I live 94km north of Sydney and the F3 makes it all bearable. A beautiful piece of road except when there is an accident - hold ups have been known to last 10 hrs! They have tried to instigate a full lane sharing setup now but it is yet to be fully tested under pressure since it was finished. I hope it works next time

I spent 10 yrs living in Manly and had a blast.....you just need to like crowds and have a reasonable income. Otherwise its an absolute prick of a place. In terms of global big cities its hard to find one that compares re location, beaches, weather, waves, career opportunities etc Some big problems for sure but try living in London - no after work or pre work surf. There are few places that can give you all the upside of Sydney. Having said that I am glad to be out

Sydney has 3 redeeming features:
1. The road north
2. The road south
3. The road west.

its good if you're gay

default said...
its good if you're gay

That's not what they're claiming today...


+ that gay parade just adds to the traffic problem.

Hmmm, i was born in the middle east, egypt to be exact. quite frankly every aussie city is awesome compared to pretty much anywhere else, even crowded old Sydney. Its ok to have a bit of a whinge but seriously even crapsville australia is better than 99 percent of the rest of the world.

sameh said...
Hmmm, i was born in the middle east, egypt to be exact. quite frankly every aussie city is awesome compared to pretty much anywhere else, even crowded old Sydney. Its ok to have a bit of a whinge but seriously even crapsville australia is better than 99 percent of the rest of the world.

Agree with you sameh

I was born in Newcastle, grew up at port stephens lived in Syd for 10 years, now newcastle, have travelled a bit and agree we have nothing to winge about where we live.
We are lucky

but the view flying out (and in) of syd is great :)

Ted the Kiwi said...
A $2.50 toll is not very common - most of them are significantly more than that

I'm talking about the 20m, yes 20 meter Military Road E-Ramp en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lane_Cove_Tunnel

For one thing, there are plenty of jobs, well, relatively so.

There being plenty of jobs means that there are also plenty of people, and sometimes too many. Of course, this then means high prices and people jam packed. (Don't ask my why WA house prices are higher than Sydney, when they have a heck of a lot more available land)

In my experience, in IT, work is easier to find in Sydney than in Melbourne or Canberra, so there is an upside. If you want a better lifestyle move to Wollongong or Newcastle, but be prepared for less variety of jobs being available.

default said...
its good if you're gay

Not necessarily

www.theaustralian.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes

Gunna1 said...

poor relative said...

default said...
its good if you're gay

Not necessarily

www.theaustralian.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes

A crowd of around 300,000 and one copper gets heavy handed after maybe a night of putting up with who knows what and has a brain snap and now people are calling for his head. Give the copper a break, even the victim seems to be handling it better than the "media driven" do gooders.

until it happens to you i guess.

GalahOnTheBay said...
Flysurfer: Just curious, what general area of Sydney do you live?

6300m straight SE line to the harbour bridge.

FlySurfer said...Hands down the most inept government any populace has ever had to endure

NSW, Fly? The Victorian Premier quit today.

Isn't there a large enquiry at the moment going on into a few ministers of the previous government? The gallery has been packed-out every day, such is the interest in this.