Sydney stopover

We flew from Brisbane to Sydney today and stayed the night there so that it was less stressful getting to the international airport on time.  Also would have been an early start if we flew from Brisbane to Sydney in the morning especially as we lost an hour due to daylight savings....  We stayed at the Formule 1 hotel about 500 metres from the airport.  We didn't realise it was that close so we caught a cab... cabbie wasn't too happy, but we think he had something sorted out so that he didn't have to line up again once he dropped us off.  The room was simple to say the least, but it was clean and quiet and all we needed was a bed and a roof over our head.  Went to a nearby pub for lunch which was ok but pretty greasy.  For dinner we ended up walking back to the airport where there was a lot more variety.

Our View

We had a great view from our room, one bloody huge Virgin Blue billboard.  It was pretty creepy as it looked like the people on it were looking straight at us.  The shower was a normal size, except that there was a toilet and basin crammed in there.  The was a curtain separating the shower from the toilet and sink, but nothing on the floor, so once we had a shower the whole floor was wet.  One could have had a shower, a pee, and wash your hands all at the same time.  Like I said, it was a bed and a roof, and that was all we needed for one night.