The venue is on Rosehill racecourse a ten minute bus ride from Parramatta station.
Parramatta is the centre of greater Sydney these days.
We travelled up from the south coast by train to a hotel at Circular Quay in downtown Sydney. The Marriott is excellent and we got a good member’s rate. Sydney hotel prices can be a bit eye watering sometimes.
Arriving early before check in, we did a few touristy things after first having lunch at the Museum of Contemporary Art cafe which overlooks the busy harbour, ferry terminal and opera house.
Unfortunately there was a huge cruise ship docked which blocked out a lot of the view.
But that was only temporary as we were going on a harbour ferry trip afterwards.
We took the Barangaroo ferry (F4) for a round trip from CQ under the Sydney Harbour Bridge, past Lunar Park and into Darling Harbour and back. Barangaroo is a recent redevelopment of an old dock and warehouse area of Sydney. The tall ‘twisted’ building is Crown Towers which incorporates a casino.
YouTube video link below:
This ride is a lot cheaper than the commercial tours of the harbour. The only thing missing is the commentary.
Sunset drinks were at the opera house bar, avoiding being bombed by marauding seagulls (a definite downside of the place) and, after a quick meal, we headed for bed.
Next morning up early for an excellent breakfast at Bar Bellaccino next to the hotel.
We then caught the train from CQ to Central Station changing to the express to Parramatta for the bus ride to Rosehill and the quilt show.
After we finished there, another bus ride this time to Lidcombe station, train to Redfern changing to the south cast train to Kiama, then the motor rail to Berry where we had left our car.
An hour and a bit later we were home accompanied by a Tony’s pizza with the lot picked up in Ulladulla on the way through.
Phew!
A busy two days.
As a footnote, we travel on public transport as seniors for $2.50/day no matter how much we use it.
Much better than driving, negotiating Sydney traffic and paying extortionate parking fees.
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