Friday, May 16, 2025

Sydney 2025, May 16

The standard long trip to the airport in the late afternoon:

  • 1:15 Train to Southern Cross
  • 2:15 Bus to airport
  • 2:45 Airport
  • 4:30 Leave almost on time

It took about 20 minutes just for people to get all their large carry-on luggage to fit in the overhead compartments.

Then the Sydney side of the travel day was:

  • 6:15 Arrive about 20 minutes late
  • 6:40 Train to Central station
  • 7:30 Train to Lidcombe station took 45 minutes instead of 15 due to track problems
  • 7:40 Train to Olympic Park with a big crowd for an NRL game
  • 8:00 Hotel

So about 7 hours of travel for a flight of less than 90 minutes.

There was a Woolworths Metro very close to the hotel but I didn't find anything great for a late dinner.

Back at the hotel I just had time to watch some AFL with Carlton losing to Sydney.

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