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Bike Hire @ Sydney Olympic Park
This is the way to see our lovely, local Bicentennial Park. By hiring a bike and helmet, you can travel over 35 km of cycleways between 9 and 5, Saturdays & Sundays. For more information once you\'re on the web site, find the \'Play in our Park\' picture, then click on \'Bike Hire\'.
The two Visitor Centres are an excellent starting point to find out what tours, activities, events, and transport are available for your enjoyment every day of the week, both in Bicentennial Park and in the wider Sydney Olympic Park.
PLEASE NOTE THAT PREVIOUS GUESTS DISCOVERED YOU MUST HAVE PHOTO ID IN ORDER TO RENT BIKES HERE.
THIS INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY \"MUM\'S HOUSE\", www.stayz.com.au/5446.
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Sydney Royal Easter Show
This was originally Australia\'s pre-eminent agricultural show. It has now expanded to include about 800 commercial exhibitors, holds approximately 12,500 competitions over the 14 days of the show, and offers some 3,000 varied and skilled entertainers. Of course the children often head straight for the showbags, of which there were nearly 300 in 2004. The show attracts about 1,000,000 visitors each year, making this Australia\'s largest annual event.
THIS INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY \"MUM\'S HOUSE\", www.stayz.com.au/5446.
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Auburn Botanic Gardens
The Auburn Botanic and Japanese Gardens consists of 9 separate sections: Japanese hill and lake, sunken rose gardens, woodland theatre and billabong area, Australian rainforest, Australian woodlands, picnic and BBQ area, Bonsai garden, aviary and fauna reserve. The Avenue of Remembrance, planted with Eucalyptus microcorys (tallowood), starts next to the entrance of the Japanese Gardens. All access playground with liberty swing for wheelchairs. It is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm (till 7 pm during daylight saving) and costs $2 per adult. It is located at the corner of Chisholm and Chiswick Rds., Auburn. You will also find there BBQ Facilities, Picnic Area, and Public Toilet.
THIS INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY \"MUM\'S HOUSE\", www.stayz.com.au/5446.
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Cooks River Cycleway
This long and interesting cycleway takes you from Ryde (Settlers\' Park), through Rhodes, Bicentennial Park (use underpass to cross Homebush Bay Dr.), Homebush, Homebush West, Strathfield (use underpass to cross Liverpool Rd.). A chain of parks now takes you through Strathfield South (an underpass takes you under Punchbowl Rd. into Belfield), Canterbury, (underpass under Canterbury Rd.), Earlwood, Undercliffe, and finally to Tempe. There\'s a train station there if you want to travel on, or back. (Bikes travel free outside peak hour.)
THIS INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY \"MUM\'S HOUSE\", www.stayz.com.au/5446.
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Direct Factory Outlets (DFO)
This is a retail outlet with over 80 shops in one complex. There is fashion for everyone, handbags and luggage, homewares, shoes, and jewellery. They sell discontinued, end-of-season, previous season lines and special purchases. There is lots of parking, but DFO is also accessible by public transport (525 bus from Strathfield Station). When checking out the web site choose the location \'Sydney\'.
THIS INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY \"MUM\'S HOUSE\", www.stayz.com.au/5446.
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Paddy's Markets, Flemington
Paddy's Markets, across the Station bridge at Flemington, have a Swap and Sell Market on Saturday between 6am and 2pm. You'll find over 250 stands selling knick-knacks, books, tools and other pre-loved treasures. The retail fresh food market is open on Friday between 10am and 4.30pm. Here you will find certified organic fruit and veg, and also organic breads, condiments, meats and grocery items. The Fresh Food Market on Saturday from 6am till 2pm sells honey, farm eggs, nuts, legumes, deli meats, herbs and spices. Paddy's Market itself, selling all kinds of new - but cheap and discounted - goods, is open at Flemington on Friday from 10am till 4.30pm and on Sunday between 9am and 4.30pm.
The regular produce markets (NB - bulk-buying by the box/crate ONLY) operate every week-day, on Monday from 5 am and Tuesday to Friday from 6 am, until 12 noon. At least 137 producers can be found in Buildings A, B, C and E.
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Rhodes Shopping Centre
Just a few kilometres from Homebush, this new centre has the largest Ikea in the Southern Hemisphere, plus Coles and BiLo and 100 specialty shops (incl. The Tea Centre). Also, Reading Cinemas has opened 8 cinemas, two of which include crying rooms. (These are for the baby, not for you!) Retailers are open until 7 pm weeknights, 9 pm Thursday and 6 pm on the weekend. Rhodes Centre is serviced by rail (Rhodes Station is just a 3-min. walk away from the Centre itself), bus (458 & 459 service) and road. There is a free week-day shuttle bus that picks up at Rhodes Station every 5-10 min. between 11 am and 3 pm. THIS INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY \"MUM\'S HOUSE\", www.stayz.com.au/5446
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Bakehouse Quarter
The Bakehouse Quarter Markets is a funky new-style market set within an old industrial factory. A group of street artists named Twisted-Ink have been commissioned to create a \"visual feast\" on the external and internal walls of the building. This is the previous home of Arnott\'s Biscuits, and is on the corner of Parramatta Rd. and George St. at North Strathfield. The markets will operate every Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm. Stallholders will trade in everything from art, plants and herbs, to fashion accessories, homewares, Chinese massage, certified organic foods, speciality condiments and international foods. The focus of the market is to be on young designers, painters, scuptors and other artisans. THIS INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU COURTESY \"MUM\'S HOUSE\", www.stayz.com.au/5446
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