Australia
G and Tea Review – English Afternoon tea at The Star, Sydney, Australia
Did you know: Technically, the fancy stuff we now call High Tea, was originally called Low Tea and bridged the gap between lunch and dinner in England, but if I call it Low Tea, people will get confused, and I like to be accurate, so in this post, I’m going to call it afternoon or […]
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Vivid Sydney, 2017, Australia
Every winter since 2008 in Sydney, Australia, there is a 20-something days of colourful light displays in the city and surrounding places, with more venues added each year. Usually starts at the end of May/beginning of June. Buildings are projected with colourful and changing animations. Best of all, it is free. This year it goes […]
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Sydney Lunar Markets food festival
To celebrate the 2017 Chinese New Year, Sydney, Australia is holding many events. One of these is the free-to-enter Sydney Lunar Markets food festival, a 10-night food night market sponsored by The Star and Menulog, at Pyrmont Bay Park. The markets runs from the 27th of January to the 5th of February. Get down here this […]
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Chinese New Year Lanterns 2017 in Sydney, Australia
Chinese New year is the biggest annual celebration in China, where millions of people make the trip back to their hometown to spend the new year with their families. In China, this is usually celebrated with large family banquets, followed by chatting and gathering together to watch the evening gala show, and fireworks and firecrackers […]
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Sydney’s Noodle Markets at Hyde Park 2016
October is Good Food Month in Australia’s capital cities. Sydney’s noodle markets is on again at Hyde Park, 30+ stall holders selling Asian food, from Chinese to Indian to Thai. Don’t be fooled by the name, there is a great variety of food to choose from apart from noodles, and lots of seating outdoors in […]
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Clovelly Beach, Sydney
I visited Clovelly Beach on the 30th of December (which is summer for Australia) 2015, in the afternoon after visiting Watsons Bay. Perhaps that was why parking was not hard to find, otherwise the car park would be full during the peak hours of the day especially during the weekend and more so since it was […]
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Watsons Bay, Sydney, Australia
Watsons Bay in Sydney Harbour National Park South Head, Sydney, Australia Places visited: Camp Cove Beach and Sydney Harbour National Park South Head Heritage Trail. Visited 30th December 2015, which is summer for Australia. Watson’s Bay is a coastal area in Sydney, with beautiful small beaches that mostly only locals know of. Come here on a weekend […]
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Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia
Taronga Zoo, Sydney Location: Bradleys Head Rd, Mosman, NSW Australia Visited: July 16th 2015 Taronga Zoo is an outdoor zoo spread out in around 28 hectares in Sydney Australia. It was officially opened on October 7th 1916. Taronga Zoo has number of exhibits, among them the typical animals endemic to Australia – Koalas, reptiles, plus mountain goats, giraffes, elephants, birds and […]
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