Welcome to your first post Dad2ADD.

Current discussion about SYD Hotels is at:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum94/HTML/003579.html

Those ***** will run you all of $US70 a night, taxes included.

Novotel is "sort" of central, but is not really if you want to do most tourist things. As to surviving 20 hours in coach, take lots of sleeping tablets with you is the only answer. Or get upgraded.

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~ Glen ~