I would highly recommend a stay with Rosanne and Adrian. They are excellent hosts - warm, friendly and very welcoming. They live in a quiet leafy street in the very interesting suburb of Balmain. I even heard a kookburra call one morning. What a treat that was! Their home is comfortable, full of interesting photos, art works and artefacts. Every morning they provided.a healthy, nurtritious self serve breakfast. From the breakfast bar I would look out on to their delightful lush green garden. Such a lovely calming start to each day. The room upstairs is spacious and "homey " with everything you need - comfy bed, tea and coffee making facilities, lots of wardrobe space, a small fridge, air conditioning, an ironing board, information about Sydney and its surrounds, a TV and a whole bookshelf of books. The bathroom was clean and had a lovely little window through which I could see views of the city scape in one direction and the arc of the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the other. My favourite part of each day though was in the evening when we often had wide ranging interesting chats about "life, the universe and everything". So very enjoyable. And I learnt a lot. So, as I said at the start, I would highly recommend a stay with Rosanne and Adrian. They are such nice people! Jenny :)