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The trip up to Sydney was mostly good. The hotel was kind of shit and sydneysiders confuse my brain, but I find myself very disappointed with our transport system. We do buses and night network better than they do, but they didn't privatise (most of) their public transport network, and it is very clearly reflected in the way things are run. They haven't sacked everyone to run things as cheaply as possible, you can actually find their customer service people, although the media has painted all the union strikes as if they've gone and set the trains on fire or something, the conditions they unions have won very clearly reflect in the happiness and well-being of their public facing staff. All the guards and customer service people are very friendly and actually try to help
I'm still going to call them Shitney, because like, I'm legally obligated to hate them as a melburnian, but Sydney now holds a special place in my heart, PT wise