Close to buses, the light rail and a short taxi ride to anywhere, Glebe is a great place to stay for a visit to Sydney. There are cafes, pubs & restaurants (of all price ranges and quality), and little supermarkets a minute or two's walk away. It has a village atmostphere with markets on the weekend but at the other end of main street there is a big shopping centre too. From your bed or in the spare room you overlook the city & harbour and can watch the fishing trawlers pull up at the Fish Markets with their catch & walk to them within 15 minutes! Prawns, oysters, lobsters, & fish just begging to be eaten! It takes just 20 minutes to walk to Darling Harbour and 25 minutes to be at David Jones (largest Department Store). There is a great walkway around the harbour foreshore to a lovely big park so you can join the locals (& their dogs) for your daily exercise routine! I live here for all these reasons and more that I've detailed above.
There are great walking & cycling tracks around this area and I ride my bicycle to work as it is very safe.

My name is Sarah and I'm 44 & own a wee hairdressing salon in a neighbouring suburb .
At nights I do lots of crafty things or go to the theatre, movies or catch up with friends.

My boyfriend and I had 2 great home swops in Japan at Christmas with someone coming here to my place from Canada and as I plan to go to Europe with a girlfriend in April/May 2011 I would love to do some successful swops again.