Lonely Planet Pocket Sydney

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781788681650
• Print ISBN:
  9781786572707

Inner West

The bohemian sweep of the Inner West is an array of suburbs crowded with great places to eat and drink. The quiet streets of Glebe and louder Newtown, grouped around the University of Sydney, are the most well-known of these tightly packed suburbs, but Enmore, Marrickville, Summer Hill, Petersham and more are all worth investigating. All the essential hang-outs for students – bookshops, cafes and pubs – are present in abundance, but the Inner West is a lifestyle choice for a whole swathe of Sydney society.

The Inner West is a sociological stew of students, urban hippies, lifestyle-focused professional couples, artists and more. The most high-profile suburb, Newtown, where stoners and home renovators collide, shadows sinuous King St, lined with quirky boutiques, bookshops, yoga studios, cafes and Thai restaurants. It’s climbing the social rungs, but is still free-thinking and bolshy.

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Getting There & Around

d Central and Redfern train stations are handy for Darlington and Chippendale, while Newtown and several other suburbs have their own station.

j Glebe has two light-rail stops.

g Buses from the city ply Glebe Point Rd (370, 431–433), Parramatta Rd (413, 436–440, 461, 480–483, M10) and City Rd/King St (352, 370, 422–428, M30).

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Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Sydney
• Top Sights
• Eating
• Four Perfect Days
• Need to Know
• Sydney Neighbourhoods
• Circular Quay & the Rocks
• City Centre & Haymarket
• Darling Harbour & Pyrmont
• Inner West
• Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
• Kings Cross & Potts Point
• Bondi to Coogee
• Manly
• Survival Guide
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writer