The Sydney Lunar New Year Festival is best experienced at night when the lanterns light up. That’s not an option for me living where I do. Instead, I decide to enjoy the self-guided Lunar Tour on the Sydney Culture Walks…
“Look down!” instructs Lyn (a Greeter herself) as our group of Sydney Greeters gather round to learn more about Sydney’s Quay Quarter Lanes, located on what was once Government House Gardens. Five Artworks by Jonathan Jones Embedded in the path…
The Floating Oyster is a strange rectangular boat with a low metal roof. Earlier this year it appeared in the Hawkesbury River Marina at Brooklyn. Moored between two poles in the channel, locals thought it had been salvaged from the…
The first time I ventured to South Eveleigh was four years ago on a walk discovering Redfern. Known then as The Australian Technology Park, the old machinery fascinated me. I looked around, imagining the dust, grime and noise as workers…
Simon Phillips owes this Skirting Sydney tour to his mother. She challenged him to find out more about the women of Sydney and create a tour that “celebrates women”. I’d never really thought about it, but when Phillips asks how…
A small truck rumbles to a stop behind me, its exhaust belching fumes. I’m standing with a small group on a pavement in Haldon Street, Lakemba listening attentively as our guide struggles to make herself heard above the street traffic….
The Riverboat Postman delivers my mail. It’s been delivering mail to water access properties along the Lower Hawkesbury River since 1910. Today I’m going along for the ride. All Aboard the Riverboat Postman Early morning fog hangs low in the…
“I’m a big fan of Lego” says four-year-old Mr S. He and his two-year-old brother Mr R have eaten their morning tea in the food court and are raring to go to the promised Brickman Lego Cities Experience hosted by…
Back in Marrickville in Sydney’s Inner West, this time with a guide, I’m hoping Caite Adamek of Walk This Way Tours will surprise me. Walk this Way Tour After my exploratory walk through Marrickville almost two years ago now, I…
“I’ve got that in my room” Mr S calls out excitedly as he points to a large poster featuring row of busses. His two-year-old brother, Mr R, looks around in amazement at the different buses parked in front of him….