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
Maybe the vessel makes all the difference. Or perhaps you’re spellbound by your favourite brews florid aroma. Then again, it might be that the warmth a steaming pot of tea radiates is all you need. Irrespective of what you love about tea, it’s hard to deny that winter is prime tea time. In Sydney, tea … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Sydney Harbour is a picture from any angle. But if you want to see it from a new angle, it’s hard to overlook a cruise. Sydney crawls with cruise vessels housing visitors enjoying Sydney Harbour’s iconic scenery and skylines while dining with family and friends. Whether you want to see the Harbour alight on a … Continued
By Jay Chabon
You might be averse to Lycra – others’ or your own – but don’t let that spoil your opportunity to discover Sydney by bike. Cycling is a one-of-a-kind way to experience Sydney. It enables you to explore more of its landmarks than walking does but it’s also a more intimate way to experience Sydney than … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Paris and New York City might be some of the best-known art cities but Sydney is a great place to be an art lover too. The Sydney Modern Project – the expansion of flagship public gallery the Art Gallery of NSW – is due for completion in 2021; the makeover bodes well for the continuing … Continued
By Jay Chabon
The bugs already know it. Bright lights are a blast. And at Vivid, “the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas”, things are looking as bright as ever for 2018’s 10th anniversary. Millions of wide-eyed people will visit across 23 nights to see some of Sydney’s most iconic buildings and monuments beam with the … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Well-known Sydney museums such as Museum of Sydney and Powerhouse Museum rightly intrigue mass audiences with big-scale exhibitions but Sydney is blessed with a wide variety of niche museums that are also great places to visit. Song Hotel is nearby a range of unique museums specialising in everything from crime to transport to human sickness. … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Tenpin bowling, a sport generally better known to those who have played it than those who have watched it, has garnered a lot of its spotlight from pop culture historically, with TV shows like The Simpsons and Roseanne depicting the game as a comically suburban pastime for your average Joe. But the image of bowling … Continued
