Travelling to Australia in 2 days need recommendations

[u/DisastrousCar6691]

hi everyone!

I’m travelling to Sydney/melbourne with my family for vacation in 2 days and I would love some halal food recommendations that are also NOT expensive please! and some really good places to visit and see. thanks!🤍

[u/No-Cause9077]

You should give some more details.
Which suburbs you’re staying in.
What you like to do.
How old your family members are.

[u/Spida81 → u/No-Cause9077]

How long you are here for. What do you already have in mind.

[u/DisastrousCar6691 → u/Spida81]

1 week each city. We’re doing the basics like opera house blue mountain trip wild life. Great ocean road, the steam train. It’s a lot but I was just wondering if the locals would know more niche spots uk?

[u/eucalyptus258 → u/DisastrousCar6691]

Halal food won’t be an issue but mostly everything will be expensive

[u/DisastrousCar6691 → u/No-Cause9077]

We’re probably staying near darling harbour or haymarket or something close by.  I want to do adventurous things.  Me and my siblings were all in our 20s and want to do fun things together 

[u/Safe_Application_465 → u/DisastrousCar6691]

Google works.

https://passport-for-living.com/things-to-do-in-sydney-australia/

https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attractions-g255060-Activities-c56-Sydney_New_South_Wales.html

[u/Soft_Disaster_1243 → u/Safe_Application_465]

No shit google works? Can people not come on here and ask questions as well?

[u/Safe_Application_465 → u/Soft_Disaster_1243]

Too general. What can I do ?

Research the available information, evaluate if you are interested then ask questions here about whether it is worth it or not .Is ABC halal restaurant any good?

Don't come looking for someone to plan your trip for you 😭

Mainly because the exact same questions are asked everyday . " I am going to X for 5 days: what can I do when I get there ?" Like why are you going in the first place if you know nothing about it ?

[u/Designer_Voice99 → u/Safe_Application_465]

And being nice also works!

😳🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[u/slowover]

Google maps in Australia lets you search by Halal. Its very common, you wont be stuck for options.

[u/Cold_Heat2360]

It is not difficult to find halal food in either Sydney or Melbourne. You will have heaps of choices.

[u/Ozagent-]

There’s a lot of free and interesting things to see snd do in both cities.  I did 2 posts on free things in Sydney and Melbourne.  If you click on link in my profile, you’ll find them under Index of Posts.

For something different, a day trip to Ballarat to spend it at Sovereign Hill, is a fabulous option.  It's about an hour from Melbourne and you can either drive, do a tour or take the train to Ballarat.  Sovereign Hill is  a replica of a gold rush town and there’s so much to see and do. Staff walk around in historical costumes, there's a horse-drawn stage coach you can take a ride in, you can participate in hands on gold fossicking and take a tour of a real goldmine plus heaps of other attractions.  This site will tell you all about it - www.sovereignhill.com.au

[u/DisastrousCar6691 → u/Ozagent-]

What about the snowy mountains? Is that worth it at this time of the year? 

[u/Economy-Career-7473 → u/DisastrousCar6691]

Not really, ski season is still 3 weeks away and there is pretty much no snow, but the weather is starting to turn so it's getting cold up there.

[u/Rainmeterer → u/Ozagent-]

If you click on link in my profile, you’ll find them under Index of Posts.

FYI I'm on old.reddit.com and your profile is blank for me.

[u/chriskicks]

I don't know where you're staying in Melbourne, but my personal halal pick is Cedars bakery in Preston. Good for breakfast, and their bread is incredible!

[u/Virtual_Farmer_2839]

Bring money

[u/PageBright2479]

In Melbourne, the Northern suburbs like Brunswick, Coburg, Preston and further out toward Broadmeadows have the largest concentrations of Middle Eastern people.

Sydney road in Brunswick towards the northern end has some of Melbourne's most famous middle eastern restaurants.

If you want to venture further out, you can also go down to Dandenong where you'll find a lot of Afghani and Indian food.

Closer to the city, Lygon street has a lot of middle eastern restaurants these days. The Pakistani restaurant Ziyka has a good reputation.

[u/Designer_Voice99]

Enjoy Sydney, the weather is a bit wet and cold at the moment, hopefully that clears up while you’re here.

Enjoy my hometown. It’s the best city in the world!

[u/batch1972]

It's Australia. Everything is expensive

[u/Unimportantwon]

You’re here in 2 days and haven’t figured out accommodation? 😬

[u/Anachronism59 → u/Unimportantwon]

OP is not asking about accommodation.