# Oi! Reprise and other Sydney dopers... read this **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 29, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433 "2002-07-29T22:01:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/1 "2002-07-29T22:01:37Z")
Oi! I’m coming to Sydney in August. I land the morning of 9/18 and will be leaving on Sunday 9/25. If anyone wants to get a drink… or dinner… or show me some sites I’m all up for that! I’ll be staying at the La Meridian. It’s a working trip so most of the weekday hours will be spent working but I do have time in the evenings, the 18th, most of the 19th and the 24th for fun and games. Lemme know! ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/2 "2002-07-30T00:47:41Z")
Hey **BMU** 😃 18th, 19th and 24th works for me, though you’ll probably want to just take it easy on the 18th after the flight. Evenings don’t work at all for me, but if they work fine for everyone else, I’ll just have to see the pics. What are the things you’d really like to see / do ? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/3 "2002-07-30T01:09:59Z")
G’day there **BMU**. I’d be glad to extend a bit o’ Sydney hospitality to you, along with **Goo, woolly, reprise** , or whoever is available. It’s time we had another Sydney Dopefest. The 24th is the best day for me as I don’t have to work, and I can hopefully steal my car back from my girlfriend. If you haven’t already done the Harbour / Opera House tourist bit by that stage, we can spend the day down there if you like. Maybe catch the famous Manly ferry (it’s really very butch), then fish and chips on Manly Beach, or if you’d rather an evening bash, we can hunker down in a pub somewhere. My email’s on my profile, or you can go to the link in my sig to meet more of the Sydney Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/4 "2002-07-30T06:32:39Z")
24th? Yeah, I could tag along … just to be hospitable like. Conversely **BMU** , if you’re at a loose end prior to that, we can probably arrange something somewhere in the city. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/5 "2002-07-30T06:49:21Z")
I think I’m free on 24th and probably during the week. ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/6 "2002-07-30T07:17:19Z")
heh, with **don’t ask** and **TLD** fronting up it looks like another nice trip to The Gap with a friendly and unsuspecting 'merkin might be on the cards 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/7 "2002-07-30T14:32:30Z")
Woo! Quite the turnout for lil ol’ me! Sounds great! I don’t have any specific plans yet. I’d really like to get some pics and such (the opera house would be grand if I don’t see it by then). I was also told to hit the Many ferry and was also told to hit Doyle’s seafood. Quite frankly for anyone willing to be a tourguide for me on the 24th I’d love to see some sights, to get a taste of what Sydney is all about, and afterwards some good olf fashioned drinkin 🙂 If anyone else wanted to have a night or two out I may be game for that as well. If someone wants to gather all the email addys together and such you can email me (it’s in my profile) and we can plan something. I don’t even know what’s near the La Meridian, as this is my first trip to Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/8 "2002-07-30T14:35:21Z")
And I was just there, too. (went for a week, met a girl, stayed for 2). ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/9 "2002-07-30T23:39:55Z")
It so happens that **smiley\_brat** will be away overnight on the 19th on a school camp, which means that I can pretty much fit in with any plans which include evening stuff for the 19th (if the jetlag doesn’t kill you **BMU** ). Do we want to aim for two specific “events”? A low-key, jetlagged “welcome to Sydney” thingy on Monday 19th and a more “let’s show you Sydney and get pissed together” thing on Saturday 24th? (Do you still have Mondays off work **TLD**?) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/10 "2002-07-31T00:41:34Z")
Nope, **reprise**. Well, not usually. I need either Tuesday or Wednesday if I can get it, so I can take Ben to preschool, and pick him up again. I will only really be available in the late afternoon / evening of my day off, and any time on the Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/11 "2002-07-31T00:45:14Z")
Monday ought to be ok. I need to work a half day so something low key would be nice… i can’t get too smashed as i need to work Tuesday morning teaching a class. A Saturday free-for-all sounds great too! ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/12 "2002-07-31T00:47:57Z")
Let’s see if we can drag **Balmain Boy** and **ell** out of the woodwork this time, too. Any idea what time you’ll be working on the Monday **BMU**? ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/13 "2002-07-31T01:02:41Z")
Probably 10am to 2 or 3pm is a guess. ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/14 "2002-07-31T07:01:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BurnMeUp \* > I don’t even know what’s near the La Meridian, as this is my first trip to Sydney. Dunno about the “La Meridian”, but [“Le Meridien”](http://www.lemeridien-sydney.com/HistoryLocation.asp) is located in Jamison St, which is around [here](http://www.whereis.com.au/search/result.jhtml?_DARGS=%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.jhtml.2). ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/15 "2002-07-31T14:30:48Z")
blah blah blah la le… what’s the difference. I’m sure with my yank accent it all sounds the same to you folks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/16 "2002-08-01T02:17:52Z")
Back at work so back to posting. **BurnMeUp** mentioned Doyles and **woolly** spoke of The Gap. Recently a bunch of us from work, in Parramatta, took the ferry to Watson’s Bay to have lunch at the pub version of Doyles. It was a bloody great day out. The ferry runs every couple of hours and is probably pretty popular on weekends but its a great trip along the harbour. When you arrive at Watson’s Bay you only have a 50 metre walk to lunch. If you feel energetic there’s a good flat walk out the back to South Head, Lady Beach, Camp Cove etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/17 "2002-08-01T11:11:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by reprise \* > **Let’s see if we can drag Balmain Boy and ell out of the woodwork this time, too.** You’ll have to drag me kicking and screaming. I might also invite my sister who is a doper but I’m not telling you her name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/18 "2002-08-03T09:52:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BurnMeUp \* > \*\*Oi! I’m coming to Sydney in August. I land the morning of 9/18 and will be leaving on Sunday 9/25. \*\* I know the seasons are different down under, but is the calendar? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/19 "2002-08-03T10:07:29Z")
Yeah Rilchiam…you know that International Date Line thingy…well you guys are actually a MONTH behind us Antipodeans, not just a day!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433/20 "2002-08-03T12:53:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\ ***BurnMeUp** mentioned Doyles and **woolly** spoke of The Gap. Recently a bunch of us from work, in Parramatta, took the ferry to Watson’s Bay to have lunch at the pub version of Doyles. It was a bloody great day out. > > The ferry runs every couple of hours and is probably pretty popular on weekends but its a great trip along the harbour. When you arrive at Watson’s Bay you only have a 50 metre walk to lunch. If you feel energetic there’s a good flat walk out the back to South Head, Lady Beach, Camp Cove etc. \*\* God I love Watson’s Bay. In April I went to Doyle’s and had a prawn salad and a bottle of chilled Aussie wine, and watched the magnificent sunset. There are two places I’d _love_ to live when I move back to Oz, and they are Watson’s Bay and Byron Bay. Sigh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oi-reprise-and-other-sydney-dopers-read-this/121433.md?page=2)