VENUE

Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, Sydney

The Championships will be held at the Sydney Showground Members Facilities within the Sydney Olympic Park. This is within 100 metres of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Stadium which is located approximately 20 minutes from the CBD of Sydney.

The site of the "Greatest Olympics There Has Ever Been In History - Man Was It Great". There are world class facilities out there - the Aquatic Centre, the Hockey Centre, the Tennis Centre. The Aquatic Centre is Sydney's premier swimming facility for the general public. 

To set foot upon the hallowed turf/ astro turf/ asphalt/ any other surface your only option is to join a tour group. The Visitor Information Centre has a self guided walk-through exhibition and video presentation and is set within a heritage garden. It’s open daily between 9-5. If you’re disabled you will have access. For $35 you can get a SuperPass which entitles you to take one guided tour of Stadium Australia and the Sydney Aquatic Centre and one self-guided tour of the Observation Centre at the Novotel Hotel. Then they let you have a complimentary swim at the Sydney Aquatic Centre.

The local organisers are arranging discount entry rates for participants for the Olympic swimming pools, the gym, tennis centre, golf centre and the other facilities near the venue in Sydney Olympic Park. 

There are ferries every hour from the venue which take 50 minutes to reach the city centre which is where the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge are located. It takes about half that time to reach the city by rail or road. The train station is beside the hotels.

The local organisers are arranging local bridge players as hosts to pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the venue, and take you to the airport after the event has finished, and to assist you in other ways.