1stkill - can i suggest you stay with the group that northy was talking about. Just make it easy to collect people and cruise together to locations. I understand if you want some interdependence (and some quite nights :P). The Chifley Penrith Panthers is about 30-40mins away for the F1. If you want to be close, I suggest looking in & around Parramatta. It all comes down to your budget really. The guys are staying at location D on the map supplied Clicky and i live between Parramatta and and "D" Any other questions, please ask :)