Between the beaches themselves and the culture that grew up around them, Australia has more beach and surf trivia than almost anywhere else on earth — we’ve got more beaches than any other country, the sport of surfing’s first world champion, and enough surf lingo to confuse a tourist within about ten seconds of stepping […]
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Homm Dessert Haymarket – Thai Bingsu
Thai dessert spots seem to be having a moment in Sydney right now, and Homm Dessert in Haymarket is the one that kept coming up whenever I asked around. We went as a group of four on a Saturday, mostly because two of us wanted to try the bingsu and the other two just came […]
Kiki Dessert, Ultimo – The Laneway Cafe Near Central
I nearly gave up looking for this place. I was walking from Central towards UTS, past the McDonald’s on George Street, when I noticed a narrow laneway I’d never actually gone down before. Half out of curiosity and half because I’d seen the name somewhere and couldn’t place it, I turned in. That’s how I […]
Paper Daisy Spring Festival at Mount Annan – Dates, Bloom Times & What to Do
Spring in Sydney has a short window where everything is green and not yet too hot, and we always try to catch it somewhere new. This year that meant a Saturday morning at the Paper Daisy Spring Festival at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, out past Campbelltown. Free entry, a field of native daisies, […]
Carina Leagues Club’s Playland – Price, Age Range and Reviews
Both kids went down that entry slide and didn’t look back. My son ran straight in without a glance over his shoulder, and within five minutes my daughter had completely forgotten I existed. By the end of the session neither of them wanted to leave — we got the full “one more go” treatment on […]
Cherrybrook Cherry Blossom Station, Sydney
Cherrybrook is a Metro station on the North West & Bankstown Line, sitting right next to Epping, so it’s an easy one to get to if you’re already anywhere near that part of the line. What makes it worth a stop on its own is what’s growing along both sides of the tracks — a […]
Auburn Cherry Blossom Festival – Blossoms, Food Stalls and How to Actually Get There
We went right near the tail end of the Sydney Cherry Blossom Festival, and it turned out to be good timing — the trees were basically fully open by the time we got there. It was busy, properly busy, but the blossoms looked great and the peacocks were out wandering around, one with its tail […]
Little Amigos Southland Review
We went back to Little Amigos at Southland on a quiet weekday morning, deliberately avoiding the weekend rush. It’s on Level 2 of Westfield Southland, and the easiest way in is through the Village Cinemas entrance, that side of the centre puts you almost right at the door. If you’ve got a Westfield membership, it’s […]
How Much Do Australian School Uniforms Really Cost?
Free Education, Uniforms Not So Much Public education in Australia is free, but nobody warned me the uniform wouldn’t be. It depends a lot on the school. Some don’t actually require every single item to carry a logo, in which case you can grab generic pieces in the right colour from somewhere like Kmart and […]
Playgrounds Near Forest Hill
Every time I’m around Forest Hill I have the same problem: I genuinely don’t know where to take the kids. There’s no big drawcard playground worth a special trip out here, and even the free kids play space up on Level 3 at Forest Hill Chase is pretty forgettable once you’ve been a couple of […]