As well as a stack of the usual small discounts on goods and services, there's one very big benefit to be had: very cheap travel and lots of it. For $2.50 per day I get to go on any bus, train, tram or ferry in Sydney. I can get on and off at will, don't have to worry about whether it's a pre-pay bus or whether I have the correct form of currency required for that particular service. Don't even have to worry about whether it's the wrong bus. I can just get off and try again!
Twice a year you can even do journeys of hundreds of kilometres across the state for the same paltry sum. I haven't tried this one out yet, but maybe it's time to start researching such a trip.
I have been out and about, trying out my 'go anywhere card', exploring some of the less well known (to me) Sydney suburbs though. Last week I popped down to Hurstville, the Hornsby of the south maybe. Except when I'd done a Google search beforehand on the sights of Hurstville, there weren't any! So I went anyway, and it was true. Nothing much there, except a rather big and uninspiring Westfield shopping centre. Actually, there was also lots of nice smelling food from all over the world, and my lunch was a particularly tasty Japanese bento box.
Today it was the turn of some of the suburbs beginning with 'S', for example Surry Hills, Stanmore, Summer Hill, and Strathfield. Except I only got to Surry Hills and Stanmore before the camera battery died on me.
Inner city Surry Hills was at its best this morning in the perfect blue sky sunny weather. Colourful autumn leaves, so trendy houses, lots of cosy cafes and restaurants, bike paths and streets much narrowed since I'd last negotiated them. Quite the place.
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