Ah, Sydney. How I loved thee.
I’ve fallen inlove with Sydney, mainly because of the harbour and the ferries. I don’t know why, but I just love riding commuter ferries. It’s one of the reasons why I loved the Chao Phraya in Bangkok.
I only spent 3 days in Sydney, though I wish I could have stayed longer. Sydney has so much to offer to travelers, and admittedly, a weekend in Sydney isn’t too expensive. I was surprised when I saw the total myself.
Here’s my 3-day Sydney expense breakdown to give you an idea when you plan your own trip to this lovely city.
[EDIT March 5, 2009] I am an idiot. I made a HUGE mistake in summing up all the expenses, hence the ultra cheap total *facepalm* From Php 13K for a weekend trip, the real total finally came out (after TWO FRICKING YEARS): Php 23K!
| Sydney, Australia | Au$ 1 = Php 40 | ||
| March 2-4, 2007 | |||
| Actual | Actual | ||
| Air Tranfers | In Australia Dollar | In Peso | |
| Virgin Blue | $ 223.00 | Php 8,920.00 | |
| Transportation | |||
| Green travel pass with return | $ 54.50 | Php 2,180.00 | 1 |
| Airport Link | |||
| Taxi | $ 12.40 | Php 496.00 | |
| Manly Jet Cat | $ 8.20 | Php 328.00 | |
| Accomodation | |||
| Big Hostel | $ 57.00 | Php 2,280.00 | 2 |
| $27/night, 6-bed female dorm | |||
| Including breakfast, 2 nights | |||
| + credit card surcharge | |||
| Food | |||
| Includes food court meals, junk food | $ 92.30 | Php 3,692.00 | |
| Fastfood, yum cha | |||
| Miscellaneous | |||
| Souvenirs/shopping | $ 107.85 | Php 4,314.00 | 3 |
| Admission tickets | $ 24.00 | Php 960.00 | 4 |
| Total | $ 579.25 | Php 23,170.00 | |
| 1 With a green travel pass with Airport link, you can ride the train to and from the Kingford Smith Airport, and unlimited rides on the buses, trains and ferries within the green zone. Ferry includes the Manly ferry, except the Manly Jet Cat. | |||
| 2 There is a $20 key deposit, which you get back when you surrender your key upon check-out | |||
| 3 I really should control myself. | |||
| 4 This is for the Chinese Garden and the National Maritime Museum. The maritime museum is free, actually, but you have to pay if you want to get inside the vessels docked (i.e. The Oberon-class submarine, the naval vessel, replica of the Endeavor. | |||
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Posted on April 23, 2007
Filed under Australia, Post trip accounting, Sydney
Tags: backpacker_budget, Sydney, travel_budget, travel_expenses
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Wow you’re right, that IS pretty reasonable. Especially for Sidney. I always thought Sidney would be espensive, no idea why. Thank you for sharing this, this is good info. Now I just have to get myself to Sidney so I could actually use this info.
Isn’t it? I wasn’t able to do some of the more touristy stuff though, like the Opera House Tour (AU$23) or the Sydney Obervation Tower (AU$24) or try the Jet boat rides (AU$50+). The great thing though, is that a number of other touristy places like museums and galleries have relatively cheap admission tickets (free or less than AU$10).
Suffice to say, Sydney is a very tourist friendly place for any budget!
Oh, and if you’re going, go during the first week of March. The Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras culminates to a parade on its last day (first Saturday of March), and it’s really something worth watching, regardless of age or sexual preference
Haha, like in San Francisco, Sounds like fun! Will keep that in mind.
That is pretty good, although it is expensive compared to what you could do with
Hmm, it seems my comment box ate the rest of what you typed Dan :-/
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