srh82 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 How is Sydney Stacey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka2005 Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 It's good but I haven't been to central Sydney yet. Going tomorrow because we check out this hotel and go to to Pitt street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 It's good but I haven't been to central Sydney yet. Going tomorrow because we check out this hotel and go to to Pitt street Which hotel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka2005 Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 I mean we check out the coogee hotel and go to wake up. I was drinking in the pavilion tonight. It was sooooooo busy, could barely move. I'll definitely have to be sensible with my money soon and only drink goon if I drink. I only had 2 glasses but I can see how it adds up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARYROSE02 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I mean we check out the coogee hotel and go to wake up. I was drinking in the pavilion tonight. It was sooooooo busy, could barely move. I'll definitely have to be sensible with my money soon and only drink goon if I drink. I only had 2 glasses but I can see how it adds up Did you ask about a job there? It looked like it would be busy even when I was there on a Mon or Tues night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingjellybean Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 :happy_face_mummy_go If you want to drink cheaper Stacey then most bars - especially backpacker bars - have something called Happy Hour Drinks are normally half priced or really cheap during HH. Or sometimes you can get free food during HH, if you buy a beer and so on https://www.thehappiesthour.com/ https://www.thehappiesthour.com/specials/sydney/city/sunday/beer/?source=hp There was a Kings X bar that I and every backpacker from miles around use to descend on from 5pm - 6pm each night. For one hour each night they had really cheap jugs of beer on sale, along with free nachos served with guacamole, sour cream and melted cheese. It was great. And some bars have HH actually lasting two hours which makes no sense but who is complaining! So if you want to have a drink - then save money and only drink during HH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I mean we check out the coogee hotel and go to wake up. I was drinking in the pavilion tonight. It was sooooooo busy, could barely move. I'll definitely have to be sensible with my money soon and only drink goon if I drink. I only had 2 glasses but I can see how it adds up What's goon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckleface Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 What's goon? Cask wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Cask wine. I was going to add, I know what a goon bag is, but I didn't realise they sold boxed wine in bars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freckleface Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I was going to add, I know what a goon bag is, but I didn't realise they sold boxed wine in bars I would be surprised if they do but some pretty strange stuff happens in the bars backpackers go to in Syd so maybe they do lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Oh and I twisted my ankle. And only 2 drinks. :wink: You'd better ignore jumpingjillybean's recommendations about Happy Hour. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka2005 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 @Skani Best of it is that it wasn't even when I was drinking! I fell crossing the road when we were walking to get breakfast. I just went right over the front of my foot on the road. Kneeling on the road like a total idiot haha, I was just thinking please don't knock me down! Managed to get up and a man came over to see if I was okay. He shouted over to the girls "I think she's broken her ankle!" :laugh: It feels a bit better now but I'm still not that keen on going out although I do really want to go out and get some pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHeart Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 What's goon? the drink of PIO champions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHeart Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Cask wine. If that's what you call it...bloody awful stuff in the main Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka2005 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Tat $8.50 stuff was probably goon lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 If that's what you call it...bloody awful stuff in the main Goon to my reckoning was the cheaper cask wine. Gut Rot in other words. Almost undrinkable by most bar the desperate. There is more up market cask wine, I'm led to believe these days, considerably removed from the Goon variety. Certainly not al was bad in the past. Besides have more than a few examples of bottled wine being close to unpalatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHeart Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Goon to my reckoning was the cheaper cask wine. Gut Rot in other words. Almost undrinkable by most bar the desperate. There is more up market cask wine, I'm led to believe these days, considerably removed from the Goon variety. Certainly not al was bad in the past. Besides have more than a few examples of bottled wine being close to unpalatable. True but my most recent boxed purchase was apparently 'higher end' and was junk. I tend to steer clear of the dirt cheap stuff but some Reliable names can be found for $5-7 a bottle on special. I had land of giants NZ sauv Blanc yesterday it was great. Was $12 on offer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 True but my most recent boxed purchase was apparently 'higher end' and was junk. I tend to steer clear of the dirt cheap stuff but some Reliable names can be found for $5-7 a bottle on special. I had land of giants NZ sauv Blanc yesterday it was great. Was $12 on offer NZ whites are pretty decent. My favourite are from around the Cape area of South Africa though. I would expect little from a bottle under $15 as a rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka2005 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 I was going to say I'm not even sure if we can drink in the hostel but i suppose they aren't going to know if we put it in our bags. I think on a proper night out id definitely have to pre drink! Vodkas were $10 and a double was literally double the price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka2005 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 I'm in a room full of German or Dutch people and I've worked out that they are talking about goon because they just said "May contain fish and eggs....ewwwww". :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHeart Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 NZ whites are pretty decent. My favourite are from around the Cape area of South Africa though. I would expect little from a bottle under $15 as a rule. South African White is one of my favourites too . Dan Murphys do a lovely one around $10. Fleur de something. Sorry Stacey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flag of convenience Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I'm in a room full of German or Dutch people and I've worked out that they are talking about goon because they just said "May contain fish and eggs....ewwwww". :laugh: That's fine just but watch the offal warnings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skani Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 . I think on a proper night out id definitely have to pre drink! Vodkas were $10 and a double was literally double the price Don't all the young things drink those vodka cruisers? About $12 for a pack of 4 bottles at a bottle shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quokka2005 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 What's a vodkas cruiser? It's so funny - one of the girls is amazed by the littlest things here like bbq areas at the beach or BYO at restaurants but I've known about them for ages because of here. We've also had a few situations where I'm pretty sure the Australians will have been thinking god stupid poms lol. That's me just woke up. I feel worse than I did before my nap and my ankle feels really stiff like the way my wrist did when I broke it and didn't go to hospital. I've popped 2 painkillers so we'll see. I'm going for dinner later but only in the hostel so it'll still stay rested. I'm really hoping it's a lot better tomorrow because they are making us walk around half of the city lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpingjellybean Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Cask wine. Oh. I was confusing it with Coon as in Coon cheese! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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