Chef Peter Gilmore and Quay Restaurant in Sydney are two icons of the city’s gastronomic scene. The chef is one of the most passionate and inventive of Australia’s cooks, while the restaurant with its spectacular harbour views that sweep from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to...
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Our 24 hours in Orange for food and wine lovers itinerary provides a delicious taste of Orange, a rural town in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. This fabulous food and wine destination, just over the Blue Mountains northwest of Sydney, should not be missed. If you’re...
Last week the winners of Australia’s most important and most talked-about annual art contest, the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes, were announced and the exhibition of finalists opened at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney’s and Australia’s premiere art museum. During the final days...
We’re on our last leg of My Sydney Detour — a tour aiming to help visitors become a Sydney local in a day that doesn’t feel like a tour at all, but more like a drive around Sydney with a mate in a very cool...
It’s the Australia Day weekend down under, a day that Aussies across the nation spend basking in the sunshine, enjoying barbecues in their backyards or picnics in the park with friends, or if they’re lucky to live near the coast, on the beach stretched out...
When we spent Christmas in Australia last year we shared some Christmas cooking and gift tips from Australia’s finest chefs. As we recently left Sydney, where we’d been researching Sydney’s small bar scene, among other things, we thought we’d share some Christmas cocktail recipes and tips from Sydney’s best...
One of the things we love about Sydney is the abundance of small bars that have flourished since new liquor licensing laws in 2008 revitalized the city’s drinking scene. With their owners often found behind the bar, each has its own distinct character, atmosphere and style,...
If you’ve been hiking the hilly streets seeing the sights all day and your after-dark plans involve hitting the city’s bars and restaurants then High Coffee in Sydney — a heady alternative to afternoon tea — makes sense. Coffee, carbs, chocolate, and more coffee will have...
The best harbour and ocean swimming pools in Sydney should be high on your summer to-do list. Australia’s most beautiful city is blessed with an abundance of alluring waterfront swimming pools in breathtaking settings. Go on! Take a splash! I could have been cheeky and called our...
Eating out in Sydney is special, particularly if you dine at one of this gorgeous Australian city’s best restaurants. Not only can you expect fine food, superb service, an outstanding Australian wine list, but you might also find yourself gawking at gobsmacking harbour views. While we...
We love to cook when we settle into places longer than a week, which is why we prefer to use apartment rentals when we travel. There’s something comforting about making your own meals after days of eating restaurant food — especially when the ingredients include quality Australian produce...
A self guided stroll around Sydney is something you should do the first day you arrive – and by around, we mean around the city’s perimeter. The city of Sydney may look large with its lofty towers and mini Manhattan-like skyline, but Sydney’s city centre or...
