The title pretty much says it all! Me and 3 friends are looking to visit for a week, party sight see and hopefully rent a few ducs to ride around. I just have a few questions, how's the august weather in Sydney? Is there good places for young people to party? And how hard is it to get to NZ fo the day?

Thanks for all your help,
-Adam

Hey Adam,

     There are so many places to party in Sydney, to list them would take a week. August tends to be a bit windy, it is our 3rd month of winter but that doesn't usually stop people from riding.
As to renting Ducati's I don't know of anyone in Sydney who rents them.  
NZ for a day, ummmmm no. Compare it to traveling to from C.A. coast to mid west or so and back in a day.
It's a 3 hr flight plus getting through customs etc. It's more like a long weekend or at least an overnighter, depends on how much you wanna see and do.

cheers
Matty...

And what ever Oprah said it's all lies

 You can hire Ducati's from  http://www.ducatimotorbikehire.com.au/index.html  and   http://www.motorbikehiresydney.com.au/index.html.

Thanks guys! I will have to plan to take a ride with some of you when we go! I don't want to get stuck doing all the lame tourist stuff.

Hey, no problem. We done a fair amount of tour guide activities in the past for our DMF brothers and sisters.

There's a great choice of awesome roads surrounding Sydney. Make a day trip of it (or even better, do a overnight trip) and you'll get some of our best.

Continue to ask questions and we will assist in the planning.

Do you guys know of any good hotels in the Sydney area? Its hard to pick one when you don't know the area!

How far in or out of Sydney CBD do you want to stay and what's the budget?
Anything within a 10k or 6mile radius of the Harbour you are going to pay pretty well for it but then you are also going to be right where the action is too.

Here are a few in the higher end range.
Sydney Intercontinental
Park Hyatt
Hilton on George St
Blue hotel at Woolloomooloo

You can also look at
Sebal at Pier One
Most anything in Darling Harbour area
Star City casino

If you start with those you can get an idea of price and location.

Quote from: awall41 on January 22, 2011, 10:55:58 PM
The title pretty much says it all! Me and 3 friends are looking to visit for a week, party sight see and hopefully rent a few ducs to ride around. I just have a few questions, how's the august weather in Sydney? Is there good places for young people to party? And how hard is it to get to NZ fo the day?

Thanks for all your help,
-Adam

Long way to come for a week, judging by your NZ question I think you may be undersetimating the size of the island! In a week you can sight see around Sydney and party for sure. I would say it will whet your appetite for more in the future.
August IMO is possibly the worst month in Sydney, as Matty says it is generally very windy. If I recall a few of us got some snow in August last year only 1.5 hrs out of Sydney (Lithgow). In saying that our cold isn't what some other parts of the world may call cold, I note Chicago -5 F overnight, ouch.
There is likely to be someone here happy to take you on a tour of the surrounds, stay in touch.

Quote from: mattyvas on January 23, 2011, 05:07:12 PM
How far in or out of Sydney CBD do you want to stay and what's the budget?
Anything within a 10k or 6mile radius of the Harbour you are going to pay pretty well for it but then you are also going to be right where the action is too.

Here are a few in the higher end range.
Sydney Intercontinental
Park Hyatt
Hilton on George St
Blue hotel at Woolloomooloo

You can also look at
Sebal at Pier One
Most anything in Darling Harbour area
Star City casino

If you start with those you can get an idea of price and location.

Of course, we have huge ranges of accomodation here - from youth hostels to the likes of what Matty posted up.

You'd be better to post up a bit about what you want to get up to and what's important.

- is partaying including pubs, live music, clubs etc?
- do you need 24 hour checkin and room service
- do you want to stay within walking distance of the action, or a 10min cab is ok?

For example, if you are your mates are young and looking for all night partaying with like mindeds, its probably better to look around Bondi or Coogee beach, and check out the hostel action (cheaper accom = more to spend on booze). Its a small buss ride to the city for any tourist type action, and you're close to Kings Cross (traditional red light district), Paddington and Newtown and the like for the nightlife.

So after showing my friends the messages you guys have sent we are debating postponing to October or moving the dates up to June.  Between October and June what is the nicest month weather wise?  We said we are probably just going to sight see and party in Sydney and being we are all gamblers we will probably stay in the casino.  Thanks for all your guy's help!

October would be better  mid spring  , not too hot, unless you wan't to go to the beach.
Haven't stayed at the casino but i think you would find it a good place to stay.

October would be ideal mate........i am sure everyone here will help you out and show you around,  Sydney in particular.....a ride along our northern beaches is a must........i know a couple of places of interest around there......i.e.  restaurants etc.....keep us informed..!

I think I'm going to hang around your guys section of the forum.  It seems like you get a ton of posts here.  The southern California one moves soooo slow!  I decided to come during October, by the way. Does anyone here golf?

Mate if you hit Sydney in October ride down to Phillip Island for the MotoGP!! Would make a great ride with the other OzMo's that come down. [moto]

I personally would start in Adelaide but might get shouted down by other OzMonsters