Everyday Thousands of people visit and conduct business in the most Historic Precinct in Sydney- The Rocks. Honestly- this is one of my favorite parts of town. When I first arrived I avoided it because I thought there would be too many tourists. Man was I missing out!
What I soon discovered is that the Rocks is a visually striking place- right at the foot of the Harbour bridge (in fact you can walk up stairs to the bridge itself!). The markets are awesome, there are TONS of cool bars that mostly locals attend, and it is much closer to Circular Quay than I thought. Over all- it is a really popular spot. Now there is one more reason to fall in love with the oldest part of Sydney- FREE… yes- that is right FREE wireless Internet access!
The Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority thought it would be a good idea to keep up with the Joneses- namely other major metropolitan cities- and introduce Free Internet in The Rocks. Now visitors can check email and business people can conduct meetings at the many cafes. The Hotspot ranges from First Fleet Park in Circular Quay to Cumberland Street and from the Harbour Bridge to Alfred Street.
Anyone with a notebook, PDA or other Wi Fi device can have free connectivity for 30 minutes. Users will be directed to www.therocks.com The Foreshore’s website.
How to connect:
Happy Surfing! The picture is the QE2 parked in front of the Rocks. Pretty cool eh?
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So many places such as cafes and hostels now have wireless internet, many of which aren’t protected so remain open to everyone.
I remember rarely having to pay to use the internet in Sydney and never having to pay in Melbourne, it became to easy to find connections just floating around.
The only problem with that- is that the account you are using is being paid for by someone- you are basically stealing by using unprotected accounts. Internt is not paid on a monthly amount here like in North America- people pay by the Mega or Kilobyte that is transfered. It is very expensive. If there are cafe’ internet hot spots that’s cool- but be careful not to use someone’s personal account.
Well that is why one should always protect one’s wireless network. If you don’t want other people jumping on your bandwidth then please put some security on it! (just one of my pet peeves is when people don’t protect their wireless networks; its fine if you want other people accessing it but if you don’t it is just stupid)
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