Car Hire in Sydney - Getting to Sydney

Most visitors to Sydney arrive at Kingsford Smith airport. Airfares to and from Australia are still quite pricey but options are numerous.

Australia's internal airlines offer discount flight packages (to be used once inside the country) to most major domestic airports, including Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. So if you've only got a short time there, it's well worth flying, as Australia is a very large continent indeed.

Sydney has a good train network, including an underground city centre loop. It's the fastest way of getting out to some of the district’s more distant areas, but not exactly the most scenic. Interstate and regional trains run from Central station, and will take you to most other capitals, as well as cities and towns throughout NSW.

All the major bus lines run services into and out of Sydney. Most lines offer student discounts, and Greyhound, Pioneer and McCafferty's all have a good bus pass deals available to most major destinations. There are also a number of specialised bus tours running out of Sydney.

Major roads from Sydney go north to Newcastle and towards Queensland, west to the Blue Mountains, south to Melbourne, Victoria and Canberra and further down the south coast to Wollongong. Highways are good, but getting out of Sydney in rush hour is hair raising.