jj......life of an ordinary: 澳洲sydney/ day 1

2012年11月4日星期日

澳洲sydney/ day 1 - oct 19, 2012

旅程overview

oct 19, 12 (day 1) : 香港 --> 飛往sydney (住 - 機上)
oct 20, 12 (day 2) : sydney機場 --> fish market --> the rocks --> paddy's market (住 - rendezvous studio hotel)
oct 21, 12 (day 3) : hunter valley local tour --> china town (住 - rendezvous studio hotel)
oct 22, 12 (day 4) : sydney aquarium --> qvb --> darling harbour (住 - rendezvous studio hotel)
oct 23, 12 (day 5) : the entrance --> bbq --> china town (住 - rendezvous studio hotel)

oct 24, 12 (day 6) : bondi beach --> manly wharf --> sydney opera house --> mrs macquaire chair (住 - rendezvous studio hotel)
oct 25, 12 (day 7) : blue mountains (住 - the carrington hotel)
oct 26, 12 (day 8) : blue mountains --> capitol square area (住 - rendezvous studio hotel)
oct 27, 12 (day 9) : town hall area --> sydney機場 --> 香港

自由人原因

本來2個"盲毛".......又無車牌..............又唔喺好多plan自由人嘅經驗...............最好就喺跟團................都睇啱咗1個團..............點知佢近乎每餐都食中餐..............唔喺化.....................如果去d中東/非洲國家.............好唔啱港人口味,要食咁多中餐............我都理解.............喺澳洲呢個國際美食之都...........咩餐好嘢都有得食............都要食中餐...........我真喺接受唔到..............所以呢個喺我膽粗粗揀自由人嘅主要trigger point~~~~~有時我d rationale都唔喺1般人可以理解到...............hahahahaha

機票

8月頭.............有check過thru唔同agent喺咩價............當時都喺直接同virgin買最平..........1張來回機票+所有燃油附+雜費.............成為hk$7,363 ($4,420+$2,943)/人

酒店
當地酒店5花8門.............選擇10分之多.............我哋當然要地點方便............因為我哋無車............後來聽人哋建議住喺cbd附近............最後揀咗個近cityrail central station的............因為喺好多cityrail線嘅中樞..............望咗網上嘅酒店相..............揀咗rendezvous studio hotel (以前叫the marque hotel sydney)

幫到手嘅訂酒店websites :
-hotelscombined (先target酒店.............之後就show咗大路訂酒店網站嘅價$$$$ comparison) : http://www.hotelscombined.com
-hotelclub : http://www.hotelclub.com/
-hotels.com : http://www.hotels.com/
-expedia.com.hk : http://www.expedia.com.hk
-agoda : http://www.agoda.com/
-wotif.com : http://www.wotif.com/

electronic travel authority (eta)

去澳洲旅遊..........入境前要先apply1個eta..........類似visa..........可以online做..........收費aud20..........有效期為12個月內多次出入澳洲
https://www.eta.immi.gov.au/ETA/etas.jsp?tub=&submit=apply

公共交通概要

我哋真喺自由人planner嘅初哥............而且以前都未去過澳洲.............對澳洲嘅公共交通選擇嘅認識真喺o字.............從人哋嘅blog同買咗本sydney旅遊書.............再自己花d時間上佢哋嘅網familiarize吓..............summarized below :

i) cityrail - 有好多條線............有within cities..............有inter suburban............長到可以有across唔同省
network map : http://www.cityrail.info/stations/network_map
timetable : http://www.cityrail.info/timetables/#landingPoint
fare calculator : http://www.cityrail.info/tickets/fare_calculator

有時同1個站,可以有幾條線pass thru (好似香港輕鐵咁)..............而且同1條線又可以有快車 (stop over limited stations).............喺咁種多變嘅複雜環境下.............我哋買飛前都唔多識搵到我哋想搭嗰條線嘅每個停站表..............於是我哋用咗最直接嘅方法.............就喺買飛前去咗rail information counter問咗先..............問咗佢喺邊個platform上車............etd時間

..............之後先再去買票counter買飛

去到specific platform.............先再望頂頭顯示牌...............show晒全部停站list..............見到啱就可以上車.............有時我都會問吓月台職員/其他等車嘅人啦