Survival Guide - Sydney - page 531

Emergency Rooms
Hospitals with 24-hour accident and emergency departments include the following:

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA;

9515 6111; www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au/rpa ; Missenden Rd,

Camperdown; Macdonaldtown)

St Vincent's Hospital (

8382 1111; wwwsvh.stvincents.com.au ; 390 Victoria St, Darlinghurst; Kings

Cross)

Sydney Children's Hospital (

9382 1111; www.sch.edu.au ; High St, Randwick; 400)

Sydney Hospital & Sydney Eye Hospital (

9382 7111; www.sesahs.nsw.gov.au/sydhosp ; 8

Macquarie St; Martin Place)

Pharmacies
Every shopping strip and mall has a pharmacy. The following have conveniently long
hours:

Blakes Pharmacy (

9358 6712; www.blakespharmacy.com.au ; 20 Darlinghurst Rd, Darlinghurst;

9am-11pm; Kings Cross)

Wu's Pharmacy (

9281 9431; 629 George St, Haymarket; 9am-9pm Mon-Sat, to 7pm Sun; Town

Hall)

Money

» The unit of currency is the Australian dollar, which is divided into 100 cents.
» Notes are colourful, plastic and washing-machine-proof, in denominations of $100, $50,
$20, $10 and $5.
» Coins come in $2, $1, 50c, 20c, 10c and 5c. The old 2c and 1c coins have been out of
circulation for years, so shops round prices up (or down) to the nearest 5c. Curiously, $2
coins are smaller than $1.
» Travellers cheques are something of a dinosaur these days, and they won't be accepted
everywhere. It's easier not to bother with them.