The Basement Sydney

... by 12.30 and the restaurant downstairs and the other 2 functions were also finished. My feet were aching as the kitchen is in the basement of the boat and our function was on the top deck. This was when the boss told us to set up for the next day and we ...

... of the issue and didn't take long to reach Wake Up (our home for the whole stay). This was some hostel, with a nightclub in the basement and everything! Man did I feel old J First stop, a walking tour of Sydney provided by the Hostel, a 6 hour guided ...

... trip back to the city I met up with a few people from my room and went to the hostel bar in the basement. It was to be my last night in Sydney, possibly ever, who knows. I have a 9am coach trip to Canberra tomorrow morning, so had everything crossed that ...

... at home. On our last night we moved into the centre of the city and stayed in a really nice hostel. It had a bar in the basement where we drank numerous beers and watched some live music, which was a perfect way of finishing our time in ...

... me in a dilemma as I didn't want to be part of their film and the nearest lift didn't appear to go down into the basement where the trains were.  Luckily, they decided to move off and squeal elsewhere and I was able to escape to the train ...

... to Sydney with an emergency exit seat. I booked a room at the Wake Up! Hostel. It's a very modern hostel with a bar in the basement and about 100 rooms -- should be good. I threw my bag on the bed and walked down to Circular Quay. It took FOREVER. ...

... of crowd, but it didn't take long to feel like the oldest people who had ever stayed there. Imagine a college dorm with a bar in the basement playing techno music...in a country where the drinking age is 18. At least they didn't ask us for our AARP ...

... the train. Lunch was at the Queen Victoria Building in downtown Sydney. It's a crazy, busy place! We got turned around in the basement food court and walked a little out of our way while looking for the buses. We headed out to MacQuarie University ...

... visited a few other stores and my favorite was a posh department store called David Jones that had a whole food shopping center in the basement where you could get either grocery goods to prepare at home or ready-made food.  I’m a sucker for ...

... called Wake Up!, which is pretty much most backpackers first stop and basically a 7 floor party house with a bar in the basement. Probably not the best first hostelling experience as it set my standards pretty high but I suppose it eased me in to the ...