Sydney September 18-23
 

My partner and I will be in SYD over the above dates as part of "trip of a lIfetime" and will be staying at The Westin Sydney. Would like to meet up with some FT'ers for a beer or three!

Although I haven't finalized my itinerary, I should be arriving in SYD from HKG around September 21. I haven't decided where I'm going to stay yet, but when I figure that out this coming week I will post it here. Hopefully the regulars in SYD can meet up with us (you know who you are) for lunch or dinner in the city.

hey iluv2fly, would love to catch up, ill be available from the 24 sept if you'd like to catch up for lunch, dinner, or both.

Very cool!! I'll let you know.

Hey guys. If you are both still flying here, we should set up a dinner September 22 or so as I may be out of town after that date.

Maybe one of you can safely transport Freddie Junior back to ORD? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif


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happy to come along too, that's if im invited?

kawoh - you seemed to post above you were not available until Sept 24. ORDPLATAA's thread indicates he/she will be here until 23rd, hence my suggestion of September 22, as both visitors appear to be here then, and I may be out of town after that day.

Hey Oz-

I'll check with the "better half" but drinks at a minimum should be cool on the 22nd (we leave on the 23rd for Port Douglas). I'll e-mail so we can square away the details. Anyone else in SYD on the 22nd is welcome! I do have to warn you that he still thinks FT is a bit crazy (but then again it has him in seat 1K to HKG!!).

Cheers & Go Gators!

Bob

Oz - sorry my mistake.

Ord - When are you heading off on the 23rd? I arrive back at 930am (international terminal) and will probably head straight into town, if you're still around we could catch up for lunch.

[This message has been edited by kawoh (edited 09-06-2003).]

I emailed ORDPLATAA to tell him I would be there, too.

Coincidentally, we have almost the same itinerary, except I will be flying back to LAX on the 23rd, instead of Port Douglas.

Count me in.

SS

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Susie & Oz-

Dan and I are The Wing right now (09/17/03 at 8:05pm). We just used the Cabanas (awesome!!!!) and will be in Sydney tomorrow. Dan and I are are still game for drinks/dinner and possibly bringing Freddie Jr. back stateside! Post here if still interested.

Cheers-

Bob & Dan

I arrive Sunday morning in Sydney. Will be staying at the Intercontinental Hotel. please post on here if you want to meet and when/where etc. Besides a few business lunches and dinners, I'm pretty free (but not cheap).

[This message has been edited by iluv2fly (edited 09-17-2003).]

OK folks so does Monday September 22 still fit? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

How about late lunch somewhere downtown?

I'll bring Freddie Junior. He now has an Air Niugini FRAGILE tag around his neck!

Fits for me, but I have a lunch with a customer that day (have to justify my trip there). Can do it later.

And I ain't schlepping anything anywhere.

I met Bob & Dan last night for a drink, then a quick dinner. (Great meeting you two!)

I can do lunch, but I have a date with the bridge at 4pm, so that means no drinks for me. Can't be too heavy a meal or too late, either!

Suzie

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anyone want to catch up? at times square at the moment, but will be back in sydney on the morning of the 23 sep....

24 would be better, but can do 23 sep....

kawoh.

I can. Either date.

What's happening on Monday, folks?

Hmmmm. Juggling act here.

Stagedoor Suzie needs to be gone by 4pm and can't drink.

Joh can make it if a late lunch as she has builders at home until then.

1luv2fly has a lunch already - but would 2pm or so be OK?

ORDPLATAA is in town and hopefully can fit in - and has kindly offered to take back Freddie Junior to ORD.

corbetti emailed me that he is now in SYD, so maybe he too is OK for about 2pm?

ozstamps does not care where or when as long as booze is involved. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Orrrr - if Suzie is done with her north side excursion is DINNER in the city Monday better for all?

Saturday afternoon now, so lets hopefully get this set up!

Methinks my lunch is at 12:30, so I could be late to SYD Lunch Part Deux (I'm thinking not more than 1/2 hour). I am assuming I'll be in the CBD (will have to check with our office in SYD), so anything close to there would work out really well.

Obviously the later the better, but I'll leave it to ozzie to do the juggling act.

Corbetti says: count me in and I'll shout Ozstamps the first beer for giving me the heads up on this one.

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I'm going to be moving that morning into my new digs, so I might be a few minutes late...

I can make lunch at 2pm. (I'll have more time if we eat in or near The Rocks area because I have to be at the bridge climb office by 4pm.)

Of course, I'll be ready for a beer or three after the climb, so dinner would be a great alternative, if that's still an option.

Suzie

It is to me.

Dinner actually works better for me - just keep us posted on what we all settle upon...

of course, I could easily be convinced to do both http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

just at JFK t7 heading off to SF, will be back 23 sep but the folks will be around so would prefer to keep that day for them.

hey iluv2fly, let's do lunch on Wed 24 September at 12pm, at the Establishment on George Street Sydney, between Bridge St and Bond Street.

If anyone wants to come along just come along, i'll be waiting on the left hand side at the lounges when you walk in, and will be wearing glasses

iluv2fly knows who i am!

i'll be there, kawoh and iluv2fly, for lunch on 24th, but only for a shortish lunch as i have appointments in the afternoon...cheers,

OK .... so you are doing a bridge CLIMB Suzie? I took it to read you need to cross (drive) the Bridge at 4pm.

Anyway, evening suits you, evening suits Marty and evening suits Corbetti, so evening it is. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thumbsup.gif

Just hope ORDPLATAA and Dan read this. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Joh has something else on in evening, so she sadly can't join us on this one.

I'll dig out Ent. Book and find somewhere pretty central that will save us a few bucks, and post here in a few hours.

How long is Suzi, Bob, Dan here -- I'll loan you the book if you like as there are a ton of things in there that you'll use as visitors. A lot of those Captain Cook morning or afternoon Harbout cruises type things (excellent trip let me tell you) save you about $30 if used on a 2 for 1.

Marty is at Intercon, Bob at Westin, and Suzie around Rocks it seems(?) so will get something around The Rocks area as it seems central to all.

Does about 8pm sound OK?

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[This message has been edited by ozstamps (edited 09-21-2003).]

looks like i'm in for TWO outings on one day http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Oz, count me in for 8 pm as well.


Can everyone just let me/us know where the final meeting locations will be so we can join you?

Hey Gang-

Sorry for being "out of touch" the past few days....Dan and I made it into SYD safe & sound. Met up with Suzie on Friday and we were off to the Hunter Valley yesterday and, finally, spent today with Suzie at the zoo and the markets around the rocks.

We are up for dinner tomorrow (09/22). We are doing the Bridge Climb starting at 4:05 Monday so figure we will be done by 8:00pm. Suzie is doing the same climb so we are going to be rather casually dressed so we are up for a casual fun dinner afterwards (and God I will need a drink after that climb!!!). Oz, will leave it to you for a suggestion as to where to meet up. Leave a post here and we will check e-mail in the morning to see what is up and will meet you tomorrow!

Bob, Suzie, Dan & Rob

OK .. here is my suggestion.

THE best located hotel in Sydney is without doubt the Park Hyatt, which sits right on the Harbour as you can see here:

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They have a bar and casual dining restaurant there called the HARBOUR BAR. (Note the correct spelling in the English language, and do not confuse if with the rather formal and stuffy Club Bar there!) Some info:

http://sydney.park.hyatt.com/sydph/dining_01.html

and photo of it here:

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Food has a reasonable selection - steak, chicken breast, and lighter fare down to burgers even.

It is not terribly expensive - $A25 or so for Sirloin steak etc.

We can eat and drink there right on the Harbour looking at The Opera House at night etc. So do bring your Cameras if you think of it and want some tourist shots of Freddie Junior basking in the glow of the Opera House. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

The Park Hyatt is at 7 Hickson Road, The Rocks.

Everyone knows where it is if you ask, but if you get to Circular Quay where all ferries (and trains) leave from, (and close to Marty's hotel) just walk along the foreshore boardwalk toward it .. it sits ON the Harbour a few 100 yards away.

Or for Bob and Dan simply walk down George where your hotel is, to the Rocks, and where George and Hickson meet, keep right on Hickson! (Do watch for the signs tho, as it is George that veers left really, and Hickson goes right ahead.) It is 5-10 mins walk from Westin. On main road, and 105% safe to walk.

If 8 p.m. suits everyone I made a reservation for then.

Tall Aussie redheaded guy called Mike was very helpful and says he will try and get us a window view table. Monday is not busy, so we picked a good evening.

We can have a drink at bar from 7.45pm onwards say.

I have a couple of 25% off entire bill coupons, so we will save $50 at least there.

iluv2fly and Corbetti have met me before here so a few of us will hook up fine. For the others a few pix of me are on here so at least you'll recognise one of those to look out for!

p.s. - I'll be the one with a beer in hand. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

I might have miscounted when booking for 6?

Who is Rob?

ORDPLATAA -- Glad to keep up on your travels via this thread! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif The view is amazing from the Hyatt! Also, good dessert (one of my favorites!) is the Wattleseed ice cream you can get at one of the restaurants next to the Hyatt that faces the Harbour. Second restaurant from the left....say hi to the SYD gang for me and hope to meet them one of these days on a MR or DO.

Oh, and if you want to bring me back something -- besides Freddie Jr. -- wattleseed cookies are my FAV!

Cheers! RB

Oz,

Thanks for arranging everything. Sorry about the Rob confusion. He's Robertw477, who is here, too. Although he's not joining us for the climb, I believe he wants to come to dinner.

I'll call Bob and Dan to let them know the plans for tonight, as they didn't bring a laptop. I'm certain they will attend!

See you later this evening,

Suzie

Okay, Park Hyatt, 8 p.m.

Be there or be square.

heya everyone hope you had a good time, currently at AKL, will be in sydney later today, iluv2fly, look forward to catching up wed 24 sep.

Sorry for being a no-show folks, but a business meeting turned into a "let's see how many bottles of red we can finish on a monday night" session that ended sometime around 1 am. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

If anyone's still around, i live here (Sydney) now, so I'm always up for a get together.

C

Yeah, yeah, excuses excuses. See kawoh's post earlier for time and location tomorrow (Wednesday).

Corbetti, if you are around Late Oct, see: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum95/HTML/003614.html

That's OK .. your share of the check is in an invoice headed right your way. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

Hey .. drinking until 1pm .. why didn't you call?? These tourist wimps had one Guinness afterwards at The Mercantile and called it a day. I am usually there until 1am too. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif

Whimp? Guess who's buying next time, stampman.

And great meeting up with Bob, Suzie, Dan, Rob and Marty. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thumbsup.gif http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/thumbsup.gif

Thanks for keeping the Sydney economy ticking over with Harbour Bridge climbs, coffee cruises, hotel stays, meals and drinks and $60 local phone calls etc! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

ORDPLATAA now has Freddie Junior in his safekeeping, and I am sure he enjoyed his meal sitting in the warm open air with the harbour and Opera House at his feet.

And I beelive scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef in on his tour agenda in the next few days? We want PHOTOS! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/biggrin.gif