Razorhurst Bar Tour of Darlinghurst Sydney

razorhurst bar tour

Darlinghurst, Sydney never used to be the trendy and expensive area that it is now. It used to be full of illegal shenanigans: bootlegging, laneway gambling, buzzing brothels, drugs, and bloody razor gang fights. Two notorious razor gang leaders from back in the twenties were Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh. Not your typical ruthless leaders, but they fit the role beautifully, frequently instructing their members to slash those who got

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Kayaking on Middle Harbour, Sydney

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It was hard to believe that we were paddling on one of the world’s busiest harbours. All that could be heard was the gentle splashing of the water as the oars sliced through it from one side of the kayak to the other. Megan and I, friends only since yesterday, already had fallen into a silent rhythm softly interrupting the stillness of the air around us. “The water is like

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Warning: Sydney Harbour is full of Sharks

views of Sydney Harbour from North Head

It was only during my recent stay in Sydney with fellow travel bloggers, Abigail, Megan, and Gary that I realized a rather unsettling fact. Tourists to Sydney don’t know or understand the dangers that come with this stunning harbour of ours. I realized it was my responsibility to WARN those wanting to travel to Australia. Sydney Harbour is full of sharks. YES. And bull sharks at that. One of the

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Aquabumps Gallery Bondi Beach: Where the Waves Live

Aquabumps gallery Bondi Beach

It all started with a passion. That’s all. A passion shared with friends and by friends. And now it’s a famous gallery with a thriving online business and a cool social media success story behind it. Eugene Tan was just a guy who loved surfing and taking photos of Bondi Beach. And why wouldn’t you? Undoubtedly, Australia’s most iconic beach. The place that draws tourists from around the world and

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Learning to Surf at Bondi With Let’s Go Surfing

Let's go surfing Bondi

I don’t think you could get any more Australian then learning to surf at Bondi, Sydney’s iconic beach. This wasn’t my first attempt at surfing, but this time I was at that famous beach. The fact that I had just signed a waiver to say I was okay with the possibility that I could be bitten by a shark, didn’t bother me. I wasn’t even on the lookout for them.

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The Australian Open of Surfing Manly Beach

The Australian Open of Surfing

It’s hard to believe that this is the first year of the Australian Open of Surfing. Held at Manly Beach, the place where that is widely known to be the birthplace of Australian Surfing with the first World Surfing Championship held in 1964. The event is an extension of the annual US Open of Surf held at Huntington Beach and is the country’s biggest-ever surf, skate and music event. The

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Cheap Eats in Chinatown Sydney

Chinatown Sydney

Chinatown in Sydney is a place we venture to quite often. We love Asian food. We love authentic Asian food. And we love value for money. You get all that in Chinatown Sydney. It’s no secret Sydney can be an expensive place to visit, and dining out is no exception. So more often than not, whether it be lunch or dinner, when we take our regular day trips into Sydney

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Travel Photo – Sailing in Sydney

Sailing in sydney

To learn more about sailing in Sydney on a tall ship read our blog post here.

Sailing the Tall Ships in Sydney Harbour and Climbing the Mast

Sailing the tall ships Sydney Harbour

Fresh oysters with a lemony tang, barbecued prawns, crab rolls, spinach and feta triangles, the platters of food kept on coming around. Except I could barely eat it. I had to also limit my intake of champagne on this bright and sunny spring day on Sydney Harbour to one. It wasn’t that I was sick, or not enjoying myself. I was to a degree… It was because I was about

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Macleay Serviced Apartments, Potts Points Sydney

Macleay Serviced apartments Potts Point

Often when we are travelling, especially long term, hotels and hostels tend to lose their attractor factor as we crave something a little more homely. This is where apartment style accommodation becomes a really great option for any type of traveller. Now that we have a family, we are more inclined to look at these options when choosing a place to stay in a destination. We like the extra room

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