Click on any of these images and they will appear full screen. As you can see, the flat is between the city (3km to Hyde Park) and eastern beaches of Bondi, Bronte (4km) Coogee (5km) etc. If you have Google Earth, search for 49 Cook Rd, Centennial Park, NSW, 2021. Get directions from Google maps it will tell you how to get from here on foot, by car or by public transport. How far, how long it takes etc. (A miracle). Cross reference this info with the Trip Planner at the public transport site (www.tp.transportnsw.info).
Highly recommended before you make a decision about The Annexe.
The main transport corridors are Oxford St and Anzac Parade with frequent 24hr buses in both directions.
From the city, catch a 333 (from Circular Quay to Bondi Beach via Bondi Junction) 340 (from Chatswood and North Sydney to Bondi Junction) or 440 (from Leichhardt to Bondi Junction via Central Station and Bondi Junction) to the corner of Oxford St and Jersey Rd, Woollahra/Paddington - it's a 7 min walk from there.
These buses are very frequent - all but the 340 run until midnight. The 333 is 24hrs. Less frequent daytime buses also run to/from Marrickville/Newtown/Alexandria/Bondi Junction (355), Marrickville/Newtown/Sydney Uni/Surry Hills/Bondi Junction (352). For timetables go to: www.sydneybuses.com. The Eastern Region Guide is an excellent document for getting orientated. There's a hard copy of this, and many timetables in hard copy in The Annexe.
The Opal card is the long awaited revolution which is making ticketing for public transport simpler and cheaper. It's now active on all the buses, trains, light rail and ferries and is a must have. Check it out at www.opal.com.au. There are 2 cards in The Annexe for new arrivals and short stayers....longer stayers will get their own.
Adjacent suburbs are Paddington, Woollahra, Randwick, Moore Park and Bondi Junction. You're also very near The Sydney Cricket Ground, Football Stadium, Paddington Markets and Oxford St vibe. Fox Studios and The Entertainment Quarter are within walking distance too. Centennial Park is on your doorstep.
You don't need a car here - the transport links are excellent and the distances short enough to walk everywhere if you have the time.
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| This cracker of a shot shows the SFS and SCG in the foreground. Large hangar-like buildings behind them belong to the Fox Studios movie making mob. Cook Rd is behind them....a line of ugly tower blocks (ugly to look at, lovely to live in). The Annexe is in the second of these buildings from the left. Centennial Park is behind them. The Pacific Ocean is in blue to the east. (North is to the left of the picture) |
