The overview - stayed with my two daughters (aged 1.5 and 5) for 10 days at the end of April, during which time my wife was away on a work trip. Lisa was extremely responsive on the airbnb app, and a pleasure to deal with. The house was spacious, well-located, clean, and well-equipped; I would absolutely seek to stay here again on a return trip. The location - Linda's house is down a small cul-de-sac in a residential part of Sydney. You can walk to Coogee beach (about 15-20 mins) or 5 mins drive. The cul-de-sac is off a reasonably main road (i.e., it had a bus that runs on it which takes you into the centre of town). We rented a car for the duration of our stay, and it fairly consistently took 15-20 mins to get into the central business district (or "CBD" as the Australians call it), which is where the Sydney Opera House, the NSW Art Gallery as well as most of the big office buildings are. For groceries and coffee shops etc. we ended up going to a street just behind Coogee Beach, but you could easily head in the other direction towards the businesses around the Sydney Children's Hospital (also 17 min walk, or 1.3km). The nearest playground -- at least that we found -- is the Alby Smith Memorial Reserve Playground, which is about 10 mins away if you're pushing a stroller, and this is a good spot. Has swings, a flying fox/zipline, and plenty to keep our two girls amused. The cul-de-sac turn-off is across the street from another green space, the Fred Hollows Reserve, which we didn't end up visiting. Bottom line is, with a car and two young kids you can reach most of what you want to do in Sydney no problem. That includes the opera house, the Taronga Zoo, the Olympic Park/Aquatic Centre, Spotless Stadium, and Cockatoo Island (we drove to Balmain and took the ferry from there). On a bus things might take a bit longer, but we didn't try that. Easy to park at Lisa's place too. The space - 3 good bedrooms (a master bed and two kids bedrooms), and a really large kitchen/living area, which looks on to a garden. Garden has a trampoline and enough space to play mini-soccer (there were two small goals there) for young kids. There is a short cut out the back to the bus stop, too. Plenty of toys for the kids to play with, and the kitchen is well-equipped, with plenty of plates/bowls for kids. This is not an airbnb which nobody normally uses; this is a family home which is periodically on airbnb. The result is much better level of kitting out that you might find in a full-time airbnb property. Loads of children's books, and plenty of tennis balls/soccer balls etc. for use in the garden. The king size bed in the master bedroom is comfy, and the plantation shutters do a good job keeping...