Venue
The workshop will be held in Sydney, Australia on the campus of the University of New South Wales near Coogee Beach. The address is:
NICTA Kensington Laboratory
223 Anzac Parade
Kensington NSW 2033
Map: http://tinyurl.com/2qqvz6
The venue is in level 1 of building L5, on the University of New South Wales Kensington main campus [map] and easily accessible by public transport from the city center as well as from Coogee Beach.
Buses go at least every 10 minutes and take about 20 minutes from the city and about 10 minutes from Coogee Beach. You find taxis almost all day/night readily available in Sydney. From the city it costs around AUD 15-20 and from Coogee Beach around AUD 10 to the conference venue.
Accommodation
Hotels can be booked online at good rates through hotel reservation systems such as:http://www.hotelclub.com/
http://www.hotel.com/
Some of the hotels in the vicinity include
Barker Lodge (http://www.barkerlodge.com.au/)
* basic accommodation, room quality varies
* 5 minutes walk to the conference venue
Gemini Randwick (http://www.geminihotel.com.au/)
* basic accommodation
* between Coogee Beach and Kensington
* 20 min walk, 5 min taxi to the conference venue
The Dive Hotel (http://www.divehotel.com.au/)
* stylish boutique hotel on Coogee Beach
* 10 min by bus or 35 min walk to the conference venue
Cooge Bay Hotel (http://www.coogeebayhotel.com.au/)
* business hotel
* can be noisy on weekends as it includes a popular pub
* 10 min by bus or 35 min walk to the conference venue
Crown Plaza Coogee Beach (http://www.coogeebeach.sydney.crowneplaza.com/)
* upper class business hotel
* 10 min by bus or 35 min walk to the conference venue
We recommend booking rooms well in advance as the weekend preceding the workshop has the Mardi Gras Parade (http://www.mardigras.org.au/) which typically creates a shortage of hotel rooms in the city.
Sydney and Australia
Below some impressions of Sydney and Australia.
The UNSW Kensington campus:
UNSW campus at night:
On the Bondi to Coogee cliff top walk in Sydney:
A Sydney sunset around Christmas:
The Blue Mountains close to Sydney:
Rainforest in Queensland:
Australian Outback near Broken Hill:
Outback sunset:
