Sydney Transportation Tips by Skylink

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Getting TO/AROUND: The Airport Express bus, operated by State Transit, costs $7 single, $12 return (within 2 months). It allows luggage. It stops at many stops including the railway station, George Street, Circular Quay, then Kings Cross. The travelpass is not valid on this bus.

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Getting TO/AROUND: If you want bus information, you can pick up schedules and ask questions at the booths near the bus stops in Circular Quay and the Queen Victoria Building (on the York Street side of the building). There is also a telephone number (131 500) but I never used that service.
At the Circular Quay and QVB terminals, there are posters that list popular destinations, which bus goes there, and where the bus line starts. As you will quickly notice, many of the buses start at one of a few places in central Sydney (such as Circular Quay, Wynyard Terminal, QVB-Queen Victoria Building, Railway Square).

Some examples include Wynyard to Chatswood (bus 272, 273), Circular Quay to Bondi Junction (the terminal) and Bondi Beach (bus 381), Circular Quay to Bondi Junction only (bus 327), Railway Station (across the street from the station) to Fox Studios (bus 339).

This photo is the King Street Wharf where you can board a ferry to Circular Quay. The ferry also stops at the north end of the maritime museum.

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Getting TO/AROUND: A picture of the arrivals level of Sydney airport (international terminal). Samsung has a display with free internet access (near one of the doors to the outside opposite the hotel telephones). In this photo, the free internet machine is to the extreme left.

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Getting TO/AROUND: To reduce jet lag by 2 hours if one lives in the northern hemisphere, consider going to Australia during the northern winter if one lives in North America and during the northern summer if one lives in Europe. Los Angeles is 5 hours ahead (actually 19 hours behind) of Sydney during the northern winter (7 hours during the northern summer). Brussels is 8 hours behind Sydney during the northern summer but 10 hours during the northern winter. This is a picture of the international departures area of Sydney airport. The publicist says that the blue carpet represents the blue waters of Sydney harbour.
The 7 day travelpass is a bargain. It does not seem to be advertised at all. Even the counter in the arrival floor of Sydney airport that sells the Sydney pass did not know of the travelpass. One can buy it at the airport train station and at other train stations.

I got a 7 day Orange Travelpass for A$33. This allows travel on all buses, ferries (except Jetcats before 7 p.m.), but not on trains. A $26 blue travelpass is good on buses in the 5 central zones and certain ferries (but not to Manly). There are about 7-10 different colours of travelpasses, all very confusing for the first time tourist to Sydney. For comparison, a one day Sydney Pass costs $30 and a day ticket costs $13. Those who buy tickets for each trip need to buy a separate ticket on the second bus if they transfer. WARNING: Fares will be increased on July 1, 2002. The newspaper story that I saw said a single journey will increase by 40 cents.

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