Missed their Melbourne pop-up, so when it turned up in Sydney, obviously had to take the family of three in for a proper old-school photo. $9 a session, vintage style, card or Apple Pay. You get 3 photos taken, and walk away with 2 printed photo strips straight away. Location’s right on Gould Street in […]
David Hockney Bigger & Closer Exhibition Sydney
I thought it would be packed. It wasn’t, and the experience was far better than I expected. I only wanted somewhere with air con where I could sit and zone out for a while. By coincidence that turned into an immersive art exhibition I’d been waiting for. It isn’t one long burst of dazzling visuals, […]
Seaside Stroller Tour Reviews
I went to the Seaside Stroller Tour at the Australian National Maritime Museum, and I loved it! It’s a monthly program for babies from 0 to 18 months and their carers, with a guided tour of the exhibitions followed by sensory playtime. It costs $25 per adult when I booked, babies are free, and a […]
Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2026 Reviews
Beautiful weather today, and the clouds were something else. Sculpture by the Sea is one of my favourite things in Sydney every year, so I went on Sunday, even though Sunday was packed. The walk runs along the coastal path from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach, about two kilometres one way. There’s a bit of […]
Spider-Man pop-up at Circular Quay
Thanks to the school holidays, I caught the Spider-Man pop-up, hehe. It was free, and it was already busy by 11. The event was free and you could walk straight in. By the time we got there at 11am there were already lots of people. It was a very sunny day, so bring an umbrella […]
The Curious World of Pamela Allen Review – Free Interactive Kids’ Exhibition at the State Library of NSW
My feet were swollen like steamed buns by the time I got home, but what a happy weekend it was! The State Library of NSW has a Pamela Allen exhibition on at the moment, in the Macquarie Street building, and I went in having never read one of her books until the day before. Her […]
Leura Gardens Festival 2026 Reviews
Over two days I got through all ten of the private gardens in the festival program, plus the Campbell Rhododendron Gardens on top of that. Honeysett and The Braes were my favourites, along with the small but beautiful Westholme — those two Dogwood trees there really won me over. If I could only pick three, […]
Wild Things Sydney International Kids Festival 2026
Saw a photo of what looked like Stonehenge sitting out the front of the Sydney Opera House and had to find out what was going on, turns out it’s an inflatable rock installation, part of a brand new kids festival called Wild Things, running right through the spring school holidays, 26 September to 11 October. […]
Brett Whiteley Studio Has Reopened in Surry Hills – What It’s Like Inside
I’ve lived in Sydney for two years now, and for most of that time the Brett Whiteley Studio has been a locked door on Raper Street. I first ran into his work while I was studying, where he kept turning up as a reference in the kind of slides that make you scribble “look this […]
Festival of the Winds Bondi 2026 – What It Was Really Like on the Day
I went to Festival of the Winds at Bondi Beach on Sunday 13 September 2026, and it felt like half of Sydney had the same plan. Waverley Council says the first festival was held in 1978, and Transport for NSW expected more than 40,000 people this year, so the crowd made sense. This is my […]