Sixth Australian Celtic Conference 2007 - Local Guide & Accomodation

CELTIC CONFERENCE 2007

University of Sydney

Local Guide and Accommodation

Accommodation

Please note that some Travel Grants and student accommodation may be available for Post-Graduate Students (please contact the Convenor for further details).

This information is intended to be a guide only, and includes only a small selection of the many colleges, hotels, and hostels that are close to the University of Sydney.

University Colleges:

Sancta Sophia College	St John’s College
Wesley College	Women's College
St Andrew's College

Pricing Example:

Sancta Sophia College:

8 Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050
Ph: +61 2 9577 2100 Fax: +61 2 9577 2388
http://www.sancta.usyd.edu.au
For their conference price-list go here.

Conference Manager
Ph: +61 2 9577 2333 Fax: +61 2 9577 2388
Email: Conference Manager

Approximate pricing guide:

$65 per night ~ single dormitory room (including breakfast)
$69 per night ~ single room with en suite (including breakfast)

Off-Campus Accomodation (within walking distance to Sydney University)

YHA (Youth Hostel), Glebe

Billabong Gardens (Hostel), Newtown

Hotel UniLodge , Broadway
Ph: (Australia only) 1800 500 658 Fax: +61 2 9338 5111

Camperdown Towers Motel
Ph: +61 2 9519 5211 fax: +61 2 9519 9179

Rydges Hotel, Camperdown
Ph: 61 2 9516 1522 Toll Free: 1800 226 466 Fax: 61 2 9519 4020

See also websites such as http://www.wotif.com/ or http://www.check-in.com.au for great savings on last-minute hotel bookings. Also, www.cheaperthanhotels.com enables bookings further in advance as well as last minute, and it has multi-language translators.

Local Guide

Transport Links:

State Rail Authority of NSW (Including links to City Rail timetables)

Sydney Buses & Ferries

Sydney Airport: the easiest ways in which to get from the Sydney International Airport to the University of Sydney Camperdown Campus are either a cab ride (should cost approximately AUD $20-$25, depending on traffic, before the airport taxi surcharge), or by rail, using the Airport link (an adult fare one way is about $13 and takes 15 minutes to get into the city). There may also be various shuttle buses operating for guests of particular hotels.

Getting from Sydney's CBD to Camperdown campus of the University of Sydney: Getting from CBD or Central train station to The University of Sydney takes approximately 20 minutes; the university is located in the Inner West, and the closest rail station to the University is Redfern, about a 15 minute walk from the Woolley Building. However, many prefer to get out at Central Station, and catch a bus to the University. Most buses which pass by Central Station also pass by the University (for a useful link to plan your trip via public transport go here).

International Currency Converter:

For a full university map go here

Whereis Online : search for an online map locating any particular street and/or suburb.

Yellow Pages for commercial business search. Search the White Pages Sydney for telephone subscriber listings.

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Tourism NSW ; things of interest to do and see in Sydney might include visiting Taronga Zoo or doing a Bridge Climb.

Weather-wise, you can expect late July in Sydney to have a temperature high of about 16 degrees, and low during the night of about 7 degrees. See Bureau of Meteorology for further detail.

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This website is maintained by Bronwyn Ledgard (email Bronwyn.Ledgard at arts.usyd.edu.au), on behalf of the Celtic Studies Foundation, University of Sydney.

Last updated: April 2007