Our aim was to spend four nights in Sydney to see as much as possible of our son and his partner (living in Camperdown/Newtown) and have a day shopping in the CBD. Newtown Mews offered great convenience for rail access to City and back as well as to the host of shopping, browsing, eating and drinking options in and near King Street.
What we didn't realise was the difficulty of being picked up or let down by friends or taxis on busy Enmore Rd, or that we would have to contend with multiple sets of stairs to gain access to our room. With quite a bit of luggage, arriving on a very hot afternoon, and I being blind, made the arrival process somewhat more stressful than anticipated. We owe a debt of gratitude to a friendly resident neighbour who helped us up with all our luggage.
We didn't much like the smell of dampness in the room at first and were annoyed to find that the small oven/microwave was quite dirty, obviously not having been properly cleaned for some time. When we had cleaned it, we couldn't get it to work anyway.
These were the only major negatives, apart from traffic noise, however, there were plenty of positives: a motorised external screen which cut out a considerable amount of the noise and the sun's afternoon heat; the apartment was clean and spacious, well equipped for a short stay, had a good and large fridge, washer/dryer and extractor fan in bathroom, and had a comfortable bed.
