Sightseeing in Sydney

[Guest vikkiann]

I'm going to Sydney in September.

I'll be staying in Northern Sydney, 40 minutes out of the city.

 

Can anyone tell me ... Is the public transport good?

I don't really want to hire a car if I can just jump on a bus or train.

[Diane]

Public transport is brilliant - we used an app on our iphones -tripgo or something like that and it gave us connection times etc. We got a travel pass during our stay which from memory cost about $10 a day and covered all the busses, trains, ferries and tubes.

 

We went out to the Blue Mountains and back one day - all between the hours of 9 and 3 to fit in with a summer school our son was on - and all covered by the pass.

 

Don't bother with a hire car - it's a bit like London, public transport is so good you really don't need one.

 

Oh and there is a ferry between Manly and Circular Quay that many people use as a daily commute. From memory when we stayed at Narrabeen in the north one year the trains into the city were brilliant.

 

Edited - it may have been more than $10 - I've just googled and it looks like it might be $24 and called a Multi DayPass

http://www.sydneycloseup.com/city-passes.html

Edited March 27, 2015 by Diane

[Guest vikkiann]

Awesome, thanks Diane.

I'm staying in Narrabeen!