Lazy Sunday morning, but we had to be out of the hotel by 10 am. The flight wasnât until 2pm. We decided to take it easy and explore our section of the Sydney CBD. We walked up to the QVB building and wandered around. Then to a nearby bookshop and from there up and around ... [More]
Saturday in Sydney. We headed out early towards Pyrmont. My partner-in-crime wanted to do the local Park Run, 5km starting at 8am. It was a decent walk – the L1 tram would have been an alternative but it was out for works all weekend, and thanks to bad experiences in Melbourne, I avoid replacement buses ... [More]
Sydney day two: I was keen to try the L2 or L3 light rail; these lines opened in 2018 and 2019 but were under construction during my previous visit in early 2018. The trams have certainly transformed George Street, which used to be a traffic sewer awash with buses, and is now a CBD pedestrian ... [More]
Long time readers would know that I like to blog my holidays. If you’re here for the transport content, there’ll be some, but that’s not necessarily the focus. It was time for a break from Melbourne’s winter. In 2024 it was the Far North Queensland and Thursday Island, in 2025 it was Brisbane. This year: ... [More]