Adelaide, Sydney and Newcastle

Can any of you Aussies on the boards give me some ideas on where I should go for a decent night out in any of Adelaide, Sydney or Newcastle.

I'm on a cricket tour for 3 weeks and fancied a bit of advice on where we can go for a decent night out, that isn't going to be full of manky travellers, especially in Sydney!

There are none in Adelaide or Newcastle.

Helpful bastard aren't you, JGK ...

Charlie, if you must go to Adelaide, just crawl down Rundle Mall and you will find something to take your fancy. And despite what JGK says, no place full of young ladies in summer clothes is all bad. Take a tram down to Glenelg to catch the local 'sights' over a quiet ale or three, and a day down the MacLaren Vales would not be wasted (far easier to access than the more internationally known Barossa Valley). There's a good Bradman Museum in Adelaide, and there's always Copper's Pale Ale. Warning: don't drink the other local beers ... they're shite.

lardbucket wrote:Helpful bastard aren't you, JGK ...

Charlie, if you must go to Adelaide, just crawl down Rundle Mall and you will find something to take your fancy. And despite what JGK says, no place full of young ladies in summer clothes is all bad. Take a tram down to Glenelg to catch the local 'sights' over a quiet ale or three, and a day down the MacLaren Vales would not be wasted (far easier to access than the more internationally known Barossa Valley). There's a good Bradman Museum in Adelaide, and there's always Copper's Pale Ale. Warning: don't drink the other local beers ... they're shite.

Cheers Lardy. We're in Adelaide for 4 days and have 3 games one against Kensington and a couple of others. Then off to Barossa, Clare and Hay for games in the country, then up to NSW.

I shall have a a very good sample of the Copper's Pale Ale.

Sorry for the typo, that's Cooper's ...

So you'll venture across the Hay plain ... sheesh, what a drab moonscape that is. One of the few bits of land I've been on where you can appreciate the curvature of the earth.

lardbucket wrote:Sorry for the typo, that's Cooper's ...

So you'll venture across the Hay plain ... sheesh, what a drab moonscape that is. One of the few bits of land I've been on where you can appreciate the curvature of the earth.

Indeed, we have a game out there. And get billetted out to the locals for a day and a bit. So god knows what we'll end up doing.

Also get to take in the Clare festival or something, and a game on coconut matting in Barossa as well.

Any other suggestions?

Don't hang around in Snowtown or Truro.

TRuro in any country had got to be a no go area!!!!

I'm on shaky ground in that area ... currently resident in Launceston.

Not the one in 'Cronwall'.

Where else are you heading in your three weeks away?

By the way, give Sydney a miss, there's nothing there.

lardbucket wrote:I'm on shaky ground in that area ... currently resident in Launceston.

Not the one in 'Cronwall'.

Crikey. I was down in Bude a few weeks back, and was dragged about Launceston and Barnstable shopping. Not too bad in the grand scheme of things Lardy. Big fan of Bude though. Always have been.

lardbucket wrote:Where else are you heading in your three weeks away?

WE do 2 day/nighters in Sharjah against Emirate XI's. Then to Adelaide, Barrossa, CVlare and Hay.

Then up to Sydney to play all the big clubs up there, like the Uni, and the Waugh brothers club (unless they are the same?) We've got 8 games in Sydney and our stay in Sydney is split with 4 days in Newcastle.

We're staying in the World Tower or something in Sydney???

Highlight of my tour will be the Cat cruise on the harbour on Australia Day!!

Make sure you bring sun screen for the Cat cruise.

Also, it seems you will be in town for the Police concert on 24 Jan.

JGK wrote:Make sure you bring sun screen for the Cat cruise.

Also, it seems you will be in town for the Police concert on 24 Jan.

Aye, factor 30 is already in the bag!

Wheres the concert being held? That'll be something worth going to if its an open air jobby or something like that?

Concert is at the Olympic Stadium - pretty easy to get to.

You would need to get scalped tickets but as the Barmy Army keeps on reminding us, you get 3 dollars, to the pound....

Bugger, we're on the road to Sydney that day.

Here's the itinery!

Sat 12th (1) Emirates Development XI (day/night) 3
Sun 13th (2) Emirates XI (day/night) 4
Mon 14th Depart Dubai for Adelaide 5
Tues 15th Nets / Rest day 6
Wed 16th (3) v University 7
Thurs 17th (4) v Kensington District 8
Fri 18th (5) v Barossa 9
Sat 19th Travel to Clare 10
Sun 20th (6) v Clare Invitational XI 11
Mon 21st Rest Day - @ Hotel sports centre / golf / tennis etc 12
Tues 22nd Travel to Hay 13
Wed 23rd (7) v Hay XI 14
Thurs 24th Travel to Sydney 15
Fri 25th ( v Northern Districts @ Barker College No. 1 gnd 16
Sat 26th Australia Day – Harbour Cruise 17
Sun 27th Rest Day 18
Mon 28th Rest Day (Bank Holiday), then travel to Newcastle 19
Tues 29th (9) v Newcastle District XI @ Newcastle No. 1 gnd 20
Wed 30th (10) v Mereweather Travel to Sydney 21
Thurs 31st (11) v Sydney Uni @ Sydney Uni No. 1gnd 22
Fri Feb 1st (12) v Aust Old Collegians @ Barker College No. 1 gnd 23
Sat 2nd Rest Day 24
Sun 3rd (13) v Bradman XI @ Bowral 25
Mon 4th (14) v Eastern Suburbs @Waverley Oval 26
Tues 5th (15) v Bankstown @ Bankstown 27
Wed 6th (16) v St. George @ Hurstville Oval 28
Thurs 7th (17) v Sydney Cricket Club @ Balmain Oval 29
Fri 8th Free Day 30
Sat 9th Depart for London 31

Concert is at night so you might be able t get there in time.


Looks like a great trip. Shame you aren't playing Mosman (Brett Lee's club) whose oval is about 400m away from me.

What sort of standard teams/grades are you playing?

JGK wrote:Concert is at night so you might be able t get there in time.


Looks like a great trip. Shame you aren't playing Mosman (Brett Lee's club) whose oval is about 400m away from me.

What sort of standard teams/grades are you playing?

Probably all first grade stuff I expect, or as many as they can get out on the week days. Its organised in conjunction with Australian Old Collegiates I think, and the ECB and CA. So will be pretty decent stuff I expect. I'm assuming most of those sides a A grade????

I'll see what I can organise and see if we can hit the Police concert, as thats one we shouldn't miss.

They are all grade clubs so you could be playing first grade (and possibly state) players I guess. But the problem might be midweek games as most first graders will probably work.

JGK wrote:They are all grade clubs so you could be playing first grade (and possibly state) players I guess. But the problem might be midweek games as most first graders will probably work.

Yeah, I think they tend to but out sort of half and half First/Second graders, and the odd state player.

I know in a previous tour Warne played. I also know that the Waughs have played before, and the non-famous brother who plays over here will be playing. So it'll be a decent standard. hasm to be with the ECB chucking a miniscual amount of cash into it!

Sitting here enviously staring at the schedule

Just remember us when its -15 here

There might be a Big Day Out concert while you're here, Charlie. Again, tickets might be difficult to obtain, but not impossible.

Watch out for the Road Warriors. They're nasty. If you need any help, look out for a bloke called Max Rockatansky. He may help you - dependant on if he's a burnt out shell of a man.

JKLever wrote:Sitting here enviously staring at the schedule

Just remember us when its -15 here

It'll p1ss down with rain in Sydney, just you watch.

Yeah it'll be a good one.