hi I'm Janice and I hope you're all
doing well so recently I've been making
more Sydney videos and I've been
receiving some comments or messages from
you guys who are actually about to come
to Sydney
whether it be like specific questions or
if I have any tips for you all so I
figured why not just make a video about
it so here are 13 things to know before
coming to Sydney once you land in Sydney
and before you even go through
immigration look to get one of these
guides this is the official Sydney guide
you can usually find it as you are
making your way towards immigration this
is a pretty good guide but why I want
you to get this is because they have
vouchers at the back so if you're
looking to do you know really touristy
stuff in Sydney such as visit the Sydney
Aquarium or Madame Tussauds or Taronga
Zoo
they have coupons at the back that helps
you save anywhere between like 10 to 30%
off so yeah grab one of these books it's
just an easy way to save a little bit of
money when you're traveling to Sydney
and you can usually find an entire wall
of these guide books so grab one of them
secondly border security in Australia is
quite strict when coming into Australia
you need to fill out an incoming
passenger car this is typically given to
you when you're still on the plane but
you can also find it as you're making
your way through to immigration on this
card are declarations relating to
customs and quarantine so for example
there are certain foods that you can't
bring into Australia I've included in my
description a link to the sample card
that's on the Australian border force
website so you can see what declarations
are actually on the card now that you've
gone through immigration welcome to
Sydney there's free Wi-Fi at the airport
so that's always handy now there are
three mobile phone networks in Australia
there's Optus Telstra and Vodafone
there's an optics and VeriFone kiosk at
the Sydney International Airport so you
want to speak to someone about what SIM
card to get you can do that depending on
your
and your duration of stay your needs
might be very different so what I've
done is I've included a link in my
description to a website called whistle
out they do a really good comparison of
the best mobile phone plans for
travelers in Australia
okay now getting out of the airport
there are a few ways to get out of the
airport you can take the train and get
an uber taxi or you can get someone to
pick you up to catch the train in Sydney
you can use either a contactless credit
card or debit card or the opal card in
my opinion the opal card is your best
bet an opal card is free that they have
minimum top-up amounts thirty five
dollars if you're at the International
Airport station usually just ten dollars
anywhere else when you enter the station
that either
Sydney domestic airport or Sydney
International Airport there is a station
fee that you have to pay and it's
fourteen dollars and 87 cents if you're
an adult and that's on top of the actual
fare so for example if you're traveling
from the International Airport station
to Central Station the total cost of
that trip would be seventeen dollars and
forty cents so if you have three or more
people with you or even to people with
depending on where you're going it might
not be that much more expensive per
person if you were to split a taxi or an
uber and if you are getting an uber or a
taxi there are directions that take you
to either the taxi stand or the pickup
zone now while we're on the topic of
transport let me quickly talk about
transport in Sydney the app that I'd
recommend you download is the trip view
app pretty much you select where you
want to go and it tells you when your
next train or bus or metro or light rail
is going to be there are sometimes
delays on Sydney transport especially
during peak hour or really really bad
weather worst if it's both at the same
time so take that into account when
you're commuting to places using public
transport I also want to make you aware
of some of the travel benefits when you
can mute on Sydney's public transport
such as the weekly travel reward where
if you pay for eight journeys
one week and that's between Monday to
Sunday with your opal or your contract
less credit or debit card any other trip
that you take for the remainder of that
week will be half-price there's also a
Sunday travel cap where you can commute
on trains or metros buses ferries for
the entire day and it's capped at two
dollars a tea there are a few other
benefits I won't list them all out in
this video but if you're interested in
reading about them I've also linked it
in my description all right now let's
talk about the weather so December 2 feb
2 2014 2 top of my head so I looked it
up online on a sidecut Australian comm
and here are the numbers
it is currently spring and according to
Australia calm the average temperatures
between 11 to 23 degrees let me tell you
this entire week and it is the 17th of
October today it feels a lot hotter than
23 degrees during spring I'd be
comfortable with jeans and a t-shirt
most people actually feel more
comfortable in shorts and a t-shirt if
you're traveling around this time I'd
recommend bringing like a light jacket
as well because at night it might get a
little bit chillier but it doesn't get
too cold in my opinion during summer
they say that the average temperatures
are between 18 to 25 degrees and
honestly I just recall some up being
like a lot hotter than that like you
know mid to high 30s
sometimes even going over 40 when it's
summer in Sydney and it's not even
summer it is still spring everything in
the car is extremely hot don't let this
buckle accidentally touch you because
it's like getting a this hot iron on
your skin and the steering-wheel hot to
touch so summer in Australia shorts and
t-shirts anything more is way too hot
temperatures for autumn is around 14 to
22 degrees and temperatures in winter
averages around 8 to
like winter in Australia it does get
cold but I'm usually fine if I wait you
know long jeans and then a sweater and
then another jacket and then I bring a
scarf in case I need it
and while I'm on the topic of weather I
also wanted to talk about the Sun here
in Australia the Sun is quite harsh and
I wear sunscreen every single day I slap
50 SPF on my face rain hail or shine and
I am quite Sun sensitive which is why
like I still have a face full of
freckles but you know when you come to
Australia just make sure you are being
Sun safe and being Sun smart where
Sony's wear a cap wear sunscreen it's
why I wear a cap in all my videos I
don't do it for the fashion but I have a
feeling you can already tell moving on
if there are particular restaurants that
you really really want to visit when
you're in Sydney make sure you book them
in advance especially if you're wanting
to visit on a Friday night or a Saturday
night and a good booking website to use
is something called Dimi I think it's
called the fork now but it's just an
online booking system and it's pretty
easy use I'll link it in my description
as well all right tip number 9 you can
pretty much pay with card at most places
in Sydney I rarely ever carry cash with
me and I don't actually know where would
be the best place to exchange cash in
Sydney so if you do know do let us know
in the comments below and while we're on
this topic I want to talk about tipping
there's no expectation to tip in Sydney
95% of the time the price you see is the
price that you pay
I say 95% of the time because on Sundays
and some public holidays there are
surcharges at some restaurants and some
cafes but you'll see that in your
receipt as well tip number 11 if you
want to come shopping when you're in
Sydney great I think we have a good
variety of shops for that you know I've
been to cities where shops don't close
even at 11 p.m. but in Sydney Perth
shops and Sydney close at 5:00 p.m. but
the exception
Thursday which is late night shopping
and no shops closed at night so keep
that in mind if you're looking to shop
in Sydney probably do it before dinner
is what I'd suggest tip number 12 is a
bit of a random one but I find these
things interesting so I'm gonna tell you
about it anyway when you are on an
escalator stand on the left so that
people that want to walk up can walk up
on the right and even with like shared
staircases I usually actually walk on
the left yeah okay I can't finish this
list without talking about one thing
that I'm completely obsessed with I
personally think that coffees in Sydney
are pretty good one of my favorite
places to get coffee in Sydney CBD is a
place called gumption coffee but
honestly there are so many other shops
in Sydney that does a good cup of coffee
that you know don't stick to one like
try different places and see what you
like and try a flat white as well and
see if you like it and that concludes
this list this is just a very basic list
of things to know before coming to
Sydney however if I've missed out on a
very essential tip and you're like how
the hell did she miss out on this please
let me know in the comments below I'd
appreciate it thank you so much for
watching till the end I post new videos
tuesdays and fridays check them out if
you have time
hope you have an amazing rest of the
week and i'll see you in my next video
bye e
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you're still watching here's an
additional tip there are so many flies
in summer so the less time you spend
with your mouth open the better and on
that note I'm gonna stop talking