By Jay Chabon
A rooftop bar is always a unique setting to down your favourite drink in. Indeed, open-air vistas that showcase skylines, horizons and street scenes imbue the city with a theatrical environmental quality that the ground-level can not. Sydney’s circuit of rooftop bars is characterised by its diversity too. With spring in full swing, you can … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Sculpture by the Sea, a knell for spring in Sydney for more than 20 years now, will transform the Bondi-to-Tamarama coastal walk into a stage of 100 sculptures once again this October 18 – November 4. If you’re setting off from Song Hotel for a day out in Bondi already, it’s a great tie-in, but … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art is a relatively new addition to Sydney’s arts and culture calendar but it’s quickly emerging as an enthralling destination to discover some of Australia and Asia-Pacific’s most progressive and intrepid experimental art performances. The festival, which is presented at cultural centre Carriageworks by resident arts organisation Performance Space, zooms in … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Tossing on a bed sheet with holes for eyes and ambling down your street for the neighbours’ expired Fantales is one way to spend Halloween but there are plenty of other ways to get in the spirit too. Whether you’re into Halloween for the laughs, the screams or the parties, Sydney’s Halloween scene is thriving … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Recreational bowls for the young and the shoeless has well and truly outlived fad status today. Social bowls is on the rise this decade, according to 2017 Bowls Australia figures, and the under-40s and 40-59 age groups account for about a third of the overall participation in the sport. The sport is still big with … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Religious sites such as churches, temples, mosques and synagogues might be places to worship but they’re appealing places to be a tourist too. Whether you’re primarily interested in history, architecture, culture or religion/spirituality, there are plenty of experiences to have visiting Sydney’s worship spots. Here are four Sydney worship sites – some super close to … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Maybe it’s your nostalgia for tube socks, pixelated arcade games, boot sanitiser, Culture Club and the eternal whirl of red and blue slushy machines. Then again, maybe you’re new to skating. Perhaps you just relish the flight-like thrill of staying up on gliding wheels or blades. Whatever it is that draws you to skating, Sydney … Continued
By Jay Chabon
If you think science is just something that happened under the hawkish eye of your lab-coated teacher back in school, the 2018 Sydney Science Festival is the relief of those notions. The festival, in its third year, plays host to 175 official events this year, which is 50 more than last year. It showcases science … Continued
By Jay Chabon
If you’re itching to embark on a national park adventure in NSW, you’ve come to the right state. Almost 10 percent of NSW is now protected in national parks. National park visits are one of the most popular forms of nature-based travel activity in NSW for a good reason. The sites are incubators for native … Continued
By Jay Chabon
True crime might be a morbid indulgence for some but it’s an illuminating window into the culture and history of places too. In Sydney, a number of tour operators who specialise in educating tourists about the most heinous things the most heinous people have done in the city, recognise this. Follow engrossing tour guides to … Continued
