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Seeking accomodation in Sydney please xooxox

janeababe — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:59:51 GMT

I need your help and advice on where is best to stay in Sydney.

We need to be at the Australian Technology park in Sydney in April and i would like to stay somewhere very close for the weekend.

I note that the Alexandria Hotel is very close, but it doesnt do accomodation (according to its website) 😞

Any suggestions? Cheap would be best as 2 nights for 3 adults might cost a pretty penny, and I dont know the city that well at all.

nothing fancy, just a bed and a shower really.

Thanks Sydney-ites 🙂 xooxxo

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mainecoon1 — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:14:10 GMT

jane as I live in Sydney I don't really know much about hotels but I have found the below link I hope it will help.

On my travels I have stayed in the Formula 1 hotels and they are not to bad, cheap, very basic but clean and I think they still provide a continental breakfast.

http://www.hotelsaccommodation.com.au/Eveleigh-NSW/

If you are going out at night for a meal New Town is a great place to eat but stay away from Redfern especially after dark.

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**meep** — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:37:56 GMT

have you looked at their website?

http://www.atp.com.au/Our-Location/Accommodation

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*mrgrizz* — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:47:36 GMT

just note that POTTS POINT is KINGS CROSS

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**meep** — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:51:27 GMT

its not THAT bad......

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*mrgrizz* — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:57:26 GMT

if you don't want to sleep

or be accosted by tossers everytime you leave you hotel

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womblewa — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:44:44 GMT

Hello, I can only tell you where NOT to go...

Last year about this time we stayed in Cronulla, at a Caravan Park there, that had "newly refurbished" cabins.

Absolutely ugh!! and if this cabins were newly refurbished, then they must've been truly terrible prior. Disgusting!

The website looks great, but in actuality, the place is absolutely dire. We booked the best 'luxury' (pause for laughter) cabin, the biggest (3 adults in our party), and the one that looked top notch on their website.

On arrival, stunned because the caravan park (no caravans, only cabins) itself is up a lane at the rear of a seedy shopping centre, that cabin looked as revolting as the others, but we did only see the outside of it, because even though we paid for it months in advance; they gave it to NZ family members - so we got the next one down the line with a small refund.

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i-need-a-martini — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:57:40 GMT

hotels around the australian technology park

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i-need-a-martini — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:59:34 GMT

Sorry meant to say there are no decent hotels around the australian technology park.

How are you planning to get around?

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buzzlightyearsgirlfriend — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:57:46 GMT

Try here:

http://www.australiansunriselodge.com.au/

Short walk to Newtown or St Peters stations and get the train to Redfern.

If you want a better class of hotel and want to pay more try:

http://www.rydges.com/accommodation/sydney-nsw/camperdown/welcome?gclid=COmyxsb_hbYCFSFgpgodlgcAtw

You could get a train from Newtown to Redfern.

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azureline** — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:00:03 GMT

Formula 1's are very claustophobic for 2 or 3 people, I would never stay in one unless alone.

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i-need-a-martini — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:14:38 GMT

Problem is that ATP is not in a very nice area so you wouldn't want to be stuck there.

There won't be anywhere to stay that you could walk to the park so the best thing to do would be to stay anywhere near a train station.

Newtowns good - lots of shops and cafes. Never closes. There are some B&Bs in Newtown but usually only one or 2 rooms so not sure what your sleeping arrangments are like.

Or near Central station? Valentines On George, BreakFree and the Pensione Hotel are all little hotels at the scungy end of the CBD. All on George Street and very close to Central Station. Walking distance to Chinatown and down the hill from all the hip cafes and restaurants in Surry Hills.

If you want cheap but not nasty there is the Sydney Central YHA. The place gets loads of tourists and you can stay in own rooms. I often have breakfast on the cafe on the ground floor and it is usually full of the older Scandinavian couples or English backpackers. That is right opposite Central station.

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0z_girl — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:36:27 GMT

I stayed here last year, got a good deal for breakfast included

it was reasonably priced, clean and close to the city.

http://www.vibehotels.com.au/hotels/new-south-wales/sydney/rushcutters-bay/vibe-rushcutters/

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janeababe — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:13:33 GMT

Thanx everyone.... 🙂

We intend to travel to the hotel by car, then whilst in Sydney, go by Public Transport.

I did check out the accomodation section of the ATP website, but it was for fancy pansy hotels only.

I actually dont mind the Formula 1 motel chains. They are now called *Ibis* I think. ... We will most likely just stay at one of these, most likely Wentworthville as that is close to the train-station. I was just hoping that there was something closer... Might give ibis hotel a google. LOL
Im not claustrophobic! 😉

Cheers folks.
Hoping there will be an update about this after the event... *wink wink* 😉 😉

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i-need-a-martini — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:12:21 GMT

Wentworthville?? ?:|

You realise that is about 40kms out from where you need to be right?

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icyfroth — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:04:57 GMT

Try somewhere in Parramatta.

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donnashuggy — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:09:06 GMT

Too far icy

What about Randwick? - Fairly close and plenty of choices

http://www.sydneylodges.com/locations/randwick/

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icyfroth — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:17:21 GMT

oh yeah I see.

I don't even know where Australia Technology Park is:

Maybe a place near Broadway.

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donnashuggy — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:21:37 GMT

Randwick is kind of nice and on the transport lines, if you are not used to Sydney the inner west and City areas may be a bit scary, and it is close to the beach.

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i-need-a-martini — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:20:46 GMT

I don't think janeababe needs to even go as far as Randwick Donna. You would pay around $100 per night for the Wentworthville Ibis but there are some really decent places in Sydney centre for that price.