Totally recommend staying with Fran if you want to be close to the city but also within an easy walk to many cool bars and restaurants. Newtown has a fun bohemian vibe. The room was airy and very clean, as was the rest of Fran’s attractive Victorian on a very quiet dead end street just a 10 minute walk from the train station. I really enjoyed relaxing on the front porch listening to the birds. Fran was very welcoming and friendly, as was her very cool cat, Banjo. For my first visit to Australia, I could not have asked for a better place to stay. Thanks, Fran!