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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 173357" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>husband & I were talking about this tonight. Plus today, when I drove mother in law to the doctor's, we were talking about husband's niece from interstate who is also coming to Sydney for World Youth Day. She is being billeted well out of the city, a good hour's drive to the north. She's loaded up on thermal leggings, vests, a down sleeping bag etc. They are apparently spending at least one night sleeping in the open at Randwick Racecourse. From my own experiences of sleeping on the ground, even in warmer weather - unless they have GOOD insulation between them and the ground, even a down sleeping bag is going to be cold. OK, maybe there'll be no frost on the ground, but it will feel like there ought to be.</p><p></p><p>So the outcome of the conversation between husband & me tonight is - if any of you have kids coming to World Youth Day and you want them to have an emergency contact over here, PM either one of us. We'll give you an email address you can use.</p><p></p><p>We doubt that there will be any need because the kids will be well looked after by the organisers, a great deal of stuff has been put in place to make sure that everything goes well. But in that event - it's another link, another string to the bow. A phone call from one land line in Sydney to another is a local call (single charge of about A$0.50, unlimited time). Mobile phones are more expensive.</p><p></p><p>If you are sending your child with a mobile phone, check costs of making calls. We found when we went to New Zealand last year that it was cheaper for us to call one another in New Zealand by using a pre-paid SIM card we bought on arrival in New Zealand. We made sure we used up all the credit before we left. To call back home at any time, we swapped back to our Aussie SIM and it became an international call. But to use our Aussie SIM in New Zealand would have meant MAKING an international call from one phone, and RECEIVING an international call with another, even if we were only a few hundred metres away from each other!</p><p></p><p>Also, make sure that any phone you plan to swap SIMs with, is NOT network-locked. My phone was network-locked which meant that in New Zealand is was about as useful as a brick. A single phone call to our service provider before leaving Australia could have had my phone unlocked so I could have swapped SIMs.</p><p></p><p>So rug up, tell the kids to pack their thermals, plan to buy ugg boots at Sydney airport on arrival if necessary and maybe add a Drizabone to the shopping list (like a cross between a trench coat and a raincoat - they keep you warm and dry). Aussie ugg boots are generic, there are cheap synthetic ones but for best winter warmth get the ones made of sheepskin. You can get good ones almost knee-length for A$160. I live in mine, in winter. I wore mine last year in the snow in New Zealand. Uggs are ugly, but warm. If they get wet, do not dry them near heat. Just stuff them with paper and wait. They will still keep you warm, even if they're wet.</p><p></p><p>And don't forget the camera, of course! Even in cold weather, Sydney is a beautiful place.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 173357, member: 1991"] husband & I were talking about this tonight. Plus today, when I drove mother in law to the doctor's, we were talking about husband's niece from interstate who is also coming to Sydney for World Youth Day. She is being billeted well out of the city, a good hour's drive to the north. She's loaded up on thermal leggings, vests, a down sleeping bag etc. They are apparently spending at least one night sleeping in the open at Randwick Racecourse. From my own experiences of sleeping on the ground, even in warmer weather - unless they have GOOD insulation between them and the ground, even a down sleeping bag is going to be cold. OK, maybe there'll be no frost on the ground, but it will feel like there ought to be. So the outcome of the conversation between husband & me tonight is - if any of you have kids coming to World Youth Day and you want them to have an emergency contact over here, PM either one of us. We'll give you an email address you can use. We doubt that there will be any need because the kids will be well looked after by the organisers, a great deal of stuff has been put in place to make sure that everything goes well. But in that event - it's another link, another string to the bow. A phone call from one land line in Sydney to another is a local call (single charge of about A$0.50, unlimited time). Mobile phones are more expensive. If you are sending your child with a mobile phone, check costs of making calls. We found when we went to New Zealand last year that it was cheaper for us to call one another in New Zealand by using a pre-paid SIM card we bought on arrival in New Zealand. We made sure we used up all the credit before we left. To call back home at any time, we swapped back to our Aussie SIM and it became an international call. But to use our Aussie SIM in New Zealand would have meant MAKING an international call from one phone, and RECEIVING an international call with another, even if we were only a few hundred metres away from each other! Also, make sure that any phone you plan to swap SIMs with, is NOT network-locked. My phone was network-locked which meant that in New Zealand is was about as useful as a brick. A single phone call to our service provider before leaving Australia could have had my phone unlocked so I could have swapped SIMs. So rug up, tell the kids to pack their thermals, plan to buy ugg boots at Sydney airport on arrival if necessary and maybe add a Drizabone to the shopping list (like a cross between a trench coat and a raincoat - they keep you warm and dry). Aussie ugg boots are generic, there are cheap synthetic ones but for best winter warmth get the ones made of sheepskin. You can get good ones almost knee-length for A$160. I live in mine, in winter. I wore mine last year in the snow in New Zealand. Uggs are ugly, but warm. If they get wet, do not dry them near heat. Just stuff them with paper and wait. They will still keep you warm, even if they're wet. And don't forget the camera, of course! Even in cold weather, Sydney is a beautiful place. Marg [/QUOTE]
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