Sydney Forum: Shops open on 2 April (Good Friday)?

yeah, It's a day for caution in my experience. Always worth deciding what you might want to do and checking if they are open first.

I think you still can't buy takeaway alcohol on Good Friday - although many pubs will be open, but most will close by 10pm.

Thinking more about you than your sons I guess...

Cricket season is pretty much over now, so there won't be any cricket matches on that I know of, unless you were planning to stage your own.

Hello hello,

It is in someways surprising how many shops and things still close on Good Friday - a combination of a largely incohate sense of devotional obligation and stiff industrial award conditions, I suspect. Anyway, as the others have suggested, it can be a good move to decide on what you'd really like to do first and then check if it's going to open. Most things you're likely to want to do will have a website. I'd opt for something outdoorsy if the weather allows. Walking from Bondi along the coastal walk is always good fun.

Note, too, that public transport options will operate on a public holiday timetable. For the most part, this means reduced bus and train services. The Manly ferry service public holiday timtable isn't too bad.

As for cricket, SpencerBenjamin is right - I think. Cricket is a summer sport, and so by the start of April (i.e. autumn) competitions have basically wound up. Should you like to see some sport on Good Friday, why not consider the Sydney Roosters v Brisbane Broncos NRL match at the Sydney Football Stadium that evening? Could be a fun sporting night out. And the match won't take up the same sort of time as a cricket match!

And, yes, liquor licences do have certain restrictions for Good Friday - no takeaway alcohol from bottleshops and some restricted trading conditions for on-licences (e.g. pubs).

Happy Easter!

The Royal Sydney Easter Show opens on the 1st April which will be a great day for the boys. Easy public transport out to Homebush, check out the website www.eastershow.com.au.

learn to surf at Bondi. Get the boys home and they'll be sleeping :

http://www.letsgosurfing.com.au/

otherwise the Eastershow is definitely a good option.

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