Definitely stay in the downtown vicinity.
Air BnB is mostly illegal in apartment buildings (although it does still happen). You could likely find a house in the Little Italy area that would be a good location to base yourself in. 'Basements' are common here and would likely be the cheaper...
We may have Archer for 1-2 games and then Seales for 6 or so.
McAndrew is a very good bowler but not the same class as Seales.
I would be a bit worried if we were relying on Robbo, McAndrew, Crocombe/Hunt and Lamb/FHP/Clark as the seam bowlers.
Crocombe is apparently going into the Lions...
Although I agree it is silly to be playing cricket this time of year, surely this logic could be applied to any match where it rained during the season?
It's tough to get quality overseas players for a full season given the schedule, the test series, T20 franchise leagues etc.
Seales is already confirmed for the first part of the season, so I am sure the club are looking at options to step in for him. Given that the middle part of the season...