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Hi. *waves*

I am willing to answer any questions you may have about Sydney, anytime. It's my closest city so I'm there often and currently about a third of my high school friends are living there for study/work opportunities so I'm pretty familiar with unis up there, and sometimes they have good music stuff on.

What I can tell you about the city is that you will need a map. You will probably need a map even when you've lost count of the amount of times you've been around it. I still sometimes need a map. There's even a meme about it, and it is accurate.

Don't feed the birds. Ever. Even the pretty ones.
Don't stand under trees in parks, because they either have possums or flying foxes, and both of them pee.
Don't get comfortable with buses. They change routes and times so often you're better off just asking the driver if they're going to a certain place.
Don't go exploring in the bush unless you bring a compass and can navigate. No joke, they will never find your body.
Don't hitchhike. Ivan Milat was only one of the crazies.

Do visit pancakes on the rocks, ASAP.
Do find a cheap pub you like near campus.
Do be rich and willing to be scabby and cheap. Sydney is expensive as all hell.
Do prepare yourself for the possibility of living in a rental slum with 12 other starving students.
Do drink in moderation, because you will likely be left passed out in public places by your new Australian friends. Sometimes we are too laid back. Sorry.
Do swim between the flags on patrolled beaches.
Do read all warning signs.
Do wear sunscreen and hydrate.

There's so much more. If you want to PM me, feel free. I have plenty of specific advice for Manning campus or creepy old UNSW, and suburb-specific advice like "you will probably want to live in Newtown, but nobody actually lives in Newtown. Just live in Stanmore and tell people you're living right near Newtown."

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Don't stand under trees in parks, because they either have possums or flying foxes, and both of them pee

I didn't know what a flying fox was and I kind of expected it to be squirrel-like or something, but I just found out that it's the largest bat in the world. Holy shit

If you stand outside at sunset, they all fly overhead at once. If you're drunk in the park and you play theme music, you can be lord of the bats.

I mean, I'm too mature to have ever done this obviously. *cough*

They're pretty cute, but they stink so bad.

Oh man, I was only in Sydney for a while and I have to agree with all of this.

Along with:

Don't fuck with spiders
Don't fuck with snakes
Don't go into the bush by yourself, but there are a bunch of hiking trails that are perfectly suitable for day hikes and they take you out into the bush safely in case you want to experience that

DO go eat a seafood platter at the Sydney Fish Market IMMEDIATELY. Bring at least three friends.
DO go out for Malaysian food. Holy crow.
DO visit the art gallery. It's lovely.
DO see the zoo, as it's one of the nicest facilities I've had the pleasure of touring.

Taronga zoo is pretty good. Mogo used to have lion cubs behind the desk at the reception, which is probably highly illegal but I got to feed one so I don't care.

They're planning to rebuild around the fish markets, Herpy! I'm not sure if they're closing temporarily or moving, but a lot of locals are really mad about it.

Noooo but where will all the pelicans go to be mean assholes who try to bite tourists who try to take selfies with them!?

Lmao. Anywhere there are people to drop huge loads of watery poop on?

The art gallery is also getting a makeover soon! See? You miss things when you go away!

Pelican: Notice me, senpai! I'll poop on you ngyuuu~

I got nothing.

Someday I'll have to come see Oz again.

Do it!

I will catch many pelicans and release them upon your arrival. It will be majestic. Like obese doves.

Feed them a huge bucket of fish first so they overfill their beaks and when they take off they rain stinky dead fish down upon the land.

These are my terms lol.

Taronga Zoo has some of the best views of Sydney Harbour. This fact amuses me because it means the ones who get those views the most are the animals.

OP

When I checked Google Maps, I wondered if I was just that easily confused by roads and it looked perfectly fine to other people. Turns out not.

Thanks for all the tips :) And thanks for the PM offer, I might in the future if I have more specific questions.

No worries! Don't google map NSW on zoom ever. We have some creepy sounding places. Worlds End is an actual place, and it's here. :/

In the car with my best friend driving and me trying to navigate, we ended up unnecessarily crossing the bridge 4 times. As in, we missed the turn off and went over the bridge, turned around and did exactly the same thing again. Did I mention there's a toll? This is why I prefer the train. It's not as good as London if you're familiar with the tube over there, but you can use the cityrail trip planner online and it will tell you if there's trackwork scheduled. We've just started using a similar swipe card system to London, too.

Don't hesitate if you need anything or have any questions! I'm sure you'll make friends and figure out where you're going quickly.

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