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Learn more about Sydney with a selection of Where Magazine’s favourite feature stories. Discover the Sydney that locals know, with tips on finding the best day trips, beaches, fashion, shopping districts, coffee – plus expert advice on buying indigenous art. You’ll even find out more about historic Sydney and how it came to be the thriving place it is today.
Following are a few little truths we feel you should know. Why? Well, without these truths at your disposal there is a grave danger you will live your life unfulfilled. We suggest repeating them like a mantra whenever there’s a risk you’ll work too hard or go without gorgeous cream cakes...Read Article
Though louder, brighter and sunnier than its southern counterpart, Sydney has traditionally been known as Melbourne’s ‘poor cousin’ when it comes to fashion. But it seems the harbour city has now emerged from Melbourne’s more classic fashion shadow with the reputation as an e...Read Article
Sydney’s seafood is so good it’s off the scale writes Donna Coutts
You don’t need to be any sort of whizz at geography to look at a map and see that Australia is well placed when it comes to seafood. Stand on any Sydney ocean beach – Manly, Bondi, Clovelly, Coogee, Cronulla:...Read Article
You don’t need to be any sort of whizz at geography to look at a map and see that Australia is well placed when it comes to seafood. Stand on any Sydney ocean beach – Manly, Bondi, Clovelly, Coogee, Cronulla:...Read Article
Anne Matthews looks at a new era of ‘runs on the boards’ for the Sydney Theatre Company.There’s a real buzz in the evenings these days at Walsh Bay on the northern side of The Rocks. This once rundown port area with its distinctive heritage-listed finger wharfs has been transformed...Read Article
It’s just a short hop across the harbour from the city centre, but Balmain is a very different world. This colourful suburb, named after Scotsman William Balmain, assistant surgeon on the 1788 First Fleet, is one of Sydney’s most charming ‘villages’ and famous for its groovy ...Read Article
Flour and French voices float on the air all through the night at Becasse Bakery. The central marble table is a flurry of activity: confit garlic bread, croissants, brioche, burgers, baguettes. Dozens of different breads to be packaged off to our ever-growing family of restaurants: Becasse, Qu...Read Article
Everyone knows that breakfast is the meal that’s supposed to set you up for the day. Solid, uninspiring, good for you – that’s breakfast. Unless you’re seated at a café on Bronte Road, that is, where breakfast is both a culinary adventure and a beach experience.
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You can feast your eyes on a view. But can you taste a view? In Sydney, absolutely. To eat before a view of this sparkling jewel of a harbour is to lift Sydney’s top dining experiences from world-class to something out of this world. The turban of scampi at Guillaume, for instance, or glo...Read Article
For decades, fine dining restaurants have sprung up around Sydney’s waterfronts, offering innovative cuisine, extensive wine lists and dazzling waterviews. But no matter how famous the chef, or how highly awarded the food, none of them have earned as much affection in the hearts of Sydneysider...Read Article
Don’t be put off by the exterior of The Shark Hotel in Liverpool Street because once you have climbed the stairs and entered the enormous lounge at the top with its marvellous art deco bar, Holy Basil heaven is just a few more steps away. This Laos-Thai restaurant was packed to the gunnels wit...Read Article
Robert Hughes, art critic for Time magazine described the contemporary Aboriginal Art Movement as “The last great art movement of the 20th century” and as we all know Robert Hughes is no lightweight in the art world.
Aborigines throughout Australia have been painting in caves, engraving...Read Article
Aborigines throughout Australia have been painting in caves, engraving...Read Article
There are only a handful of structures in the world which act as a symbol for their country: Big Ben in London, the Empire State Building in New York, the Great Wall of China - and the Sydney Opera House. Its gleaming white shells, which seem to float on the deep blue waters of Sydney Harbour, are i...Read Article
If you go down King Street today, you’ll never believe your eyes, for hidden in a laneway, in one of the city’s oldest commercial buildings, is Kingsleys Australian Steakhouse.
Famous for its steaks of the finest cuts, Kingsleys clubby yet romantic ambience and the building’s fasc...Read Article
Famous for its steaks of the finest cuts, Kingsleys clubby yet romantic ambience and the building’s fasc...Read Article
Fancy something Japanese for dinner? You’d be hard pressed not to end a day exploring the delights of Kings Cross (The Cross), Potts Point and Elizabeth Bay than by dining at Kujin in Elizabeth Bay Road. A stone’s throw from harbourside mansions, historic Elizabeth Bay House and the rich...Read Article
As children lark around a fountain dedicated to Dante, and the waning winter sun illuminates the terracotta tiles of the piazza, you’d swear you were in any one of a hundred small Italian towns. In fact the location is the Italian Forum in Norton Street, Leichhardt, just a short trip fromthe b...Read Article
There’s no better city than Sydney for eating by the water. Within the harbour alone, Sydney can offer more than 300km of coastline. Then there’s Manly and beyond to the north and Bondi and dozens of other wonderful beaches to the south. And don’t forget the climate. Expect daytime...Read Article