QUEST SYDNEY

Newtown in Quest Sydney

Newtown, Council of the City of Sydney, on Gadigal Country. Jules, barista, between shifts, stands at King St / Enmore Rd (Newtown Bridge). Newtown Station on the T2, T3, T7, T9. 15 bus routes call here. Real streets, real timetable, in a free browser game.

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King Street from Newtown Bridge past the station: the strip everyone knows. Recorded in the game.

Who you meet

Jules, barista, between shifts, stands at King St / Enmore Rd (Newtown Bridge). "Mind the bikes on the bridge. Stand here long enough and the whole suburb walks past." Find the corner, talk, and take the Newtown mug for your bag: each is worth points on the QUESTS page.

Getting there

Newtown Station: T2 Leppington and Inner West Line, T3 Liverpool and Inner West Line, T7 Olympic Park Line, T9 Northern Line

15 bus routes call at one of the 25 stops inside the suburb, on the Transport for NSW timetable. Everyone starts in Newtown; this is where the game begins.

The council and the Country

Newtown is in Council of the City of Sydney, on Gadigal Country. The acknowledgement on the welcome card is the council's own (source). The boundary is the council's; the streets, parks and building footprints are OpenStreetMap, drawn at 25 cm per pixel.

Every suburb, and who is on the corner.

Questions

Where is Newtown in the game?

Where it is in Sydney: the same boundary the council draws, on the same streets. Everyone starts in Newtown; you are already there and the welcome card tells you when you have arrived.

Who is on the corner in Newtown?

Jules, barista, between shifts, at King St / Enmore Rd (Newtown Bridge). Find them, talk to them and collect the Newtown mug for your bag; each is worth points. They are a character, not a real resident.

Which trains stop at Newtown?

Newtown Station is served by T2 Leppington and Inner West Line, T3 Liverpool and Inner West Line, T7 Olympic Park Line, T9 Northern Line. 15 bus routes call at a stop inside the suburb.

Is Newtown drawn from the real map?

Yes. Every street, park, footpath and building footprint is OpenStreetMap geometry drawn as pixel art at 25 cm per pixel, the boundary is the council's, and the acknowledgement of Country on the welcome card is quoted from Council of the City of Sydney's own website.

Where in Newtown is the clip on this page?

King Street. It is the game itself, recorded at 10 in the morning on a weekday: the streets, footpaths and shopfronts are OpenStreetMap, the buses are on the Transport for NSW timetable, and the birds, cyclists and people are the game's own.