Everyday I use public transport to get from central manly to my job up the road in another suburb. I have so far found the bus to be on time, clean and it has a good ticket system. Basically you can buy a travel 10 card for certain zones, all you have to do it dip it in the machine at the front of the bus and you dont need to have any cash on you to pay the driver. Another mode of transport I use sometimes is the Manly to city ferry. It runs every half hour, unless the weather is bad. I bought a ferry 10 ticket and that gets you there and back 5 times for $48. The ferrys are a bit dated but they do the job and the view is just brilliant everytime you come into ...  Read the complete review

I was in Sydney in 1989/1990 and then for the Olympic games in 2000. Transport in Sydney hadn't come far I'm afraid. Trains: The eastern Suburbs are served by one line with only two stations (Edgecliffe and Bondi Junction). The districts of Paddington, Darlinghurst, Bondi, Rose Bay and a whole host of areas such as Randwick (pop: 100,000) still have no railway line, despite the fact that the line was supposed to have been extended to the airport via the eastern suburbs and also to Bondi, either by Rose Bay or Tammarama. The North Shore still only has one line. Ok the topography is difficult, but there is such a thing called light rail. ...  Read the complete review

On the summer of 2001 I found myself walking across Sydney Harobur Bridge whilst being on a choir tour. Although my time was restricted and I was only there a few days I feel I really got to know and like the city. So, in answer to my title; yes, it is as good as it's cracked up to be. One of the things that amazed me however was the numerous ways of travel in the city. In fact, my favourite was walking. I had the whole of Sydney to chose from and one of my favourite things was walking in it. However, this review is on the travel of Sydney so I will try not just to talk about walking. I will start with the monorail. Firstly to my knowledge it is the only city ...  Read the complete review

I managed to find myself on the streets of Sydney last year, after accepting an invitation to join the lady I had just started dating, on her trip to meet up with some overseas web-friends. The lady in question some of you will know has "epiphany" or Kathryn. We had decided to leave excursions and travel arrangements until we arrived in Australia, this turned out quite well, has we only missed out on our airport transfer when we arrived. We did arrange an excursion when we arrived but I'll make that a separate opinion at a later date, this opinion will just cover the transport in general. ~~~SYDNEY PASS~~ We spent the first day ...  Read the complete review

There seems to be something consistent about public transport in general, and bus services in particular. Very similar to my experiences here in the U.K. Sydney has the same problems. Bus services are brilliant as long as you just travel around the city centre but become some kind of lottery as soon as you want to get to and from the slightly more outlying suburbs. I lived in Sydney for about two years and first had a flat in Balmain. Now the actual bus ride from there into the city is about 20 mins. and according to the timetables there are rather frequent buses. But one will almost daily experience that you'll have to wait for up to 45 mins. for the next bus and ...  Read the complete review