Paddington Reservoir Gardens

The Paddington Reservoir Gardens were opened in Sydney 29 March 2009. This is a sunken garden in what was an 1880's underground water reservoir, across the road from the Paddington Town Hal. I thought I would plan a day out in Sydney to visit the gardens (and compare it with Istanbul). As it is Saturday there are the Paddington Markets from 10am. Also the City of Sydney Library at Customs House there is "Remodelling Architecture: Architectural Places - Digital Spaces" with digital design work by young architects. Then a visit to Sydney's Paddy's Markets for some fresh produce would be good.

To get around to all those, I have planned the journey using the excellent, but badly named Transport Info 131500. This provides public transport information for Greater Sydney (with Newcastle, Central Coast, Wollongong and the Illawarra). With this you put in the landmark or locations you want to from and to and the service plots a route by bus, train and freey, taking into account how long it takes to walk between stops.

In this case I am starting from the Annandale Post Office and going to Custom House Square Sydney after 10:30am. The system recommends:

Option 1 : 37 minutes

Mode	Details
	Walk to bus stop Annandale, Booth St Nr Johnston St - 96 metres
	Take the 470 bus*1 (Sydney Buses) Dep: 10:36am Annandale, Booth St Nr Johnston St Arr: 11:03am Sydney, Bridge St Nr Loftus St
	Walk to Custom House Square Sydney - 224 metres

Notes

1 Wheelchair Accessible

Not all landmarks are in the system. As an example "Paddington Reservoir Gardens" is not. But "Paddington Town Hall" is:

From: Custom House Square Sydney

To: Paddington Town Hall

When: Saturday, 3 October 2009

Leave after: 12:00pm...

Option 1 : 31 minutes

Mode	Details
	Walk to bus stop Sydney, Phillip St Nr Bridge St - 312 metres
	Take the 333 bus*1 (Sydney Buses) Dep: 12:14pm Sydney, Phillip St Nr Bridge St Arr: 12:32pm Paddington, Oxford St Nr Ormond St
	Walk to Paddington Town Hall - 128 metres

Notes

1 Wheelchair Accessible ...

You can slow the walking speed, if set to "high" the system tends to suggest trips with 900 m or more of walking between stops. There is also an option to minimise the walking and for wheelchair accessible services.

The maps are lacking in detail compared to those from systems such as Google Maps, but do show the essentials. The service could benifit from having a simplived version for mobile devices.