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Margaret St, North Sydney

Posted: September 23, 2018 in Sydney Streets
Tags: Sydney, Sydney Harbour, Sydney History, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

My nephew’s gorgeous partner, Gosia, is Polish. Gosia Streets are a bit thin on the ground in Australia! Gosia assures us that the equivalent of Gosia in English is Margaret.

Margaret St in North Sydney is a tiny little street near Kirribilli. At the foot of Margaret St is Anderson Park, where an extraordinary little micro-environment encourages a tine rainforerst-like environment to flourish.

Anderson Park contributes an interesting little anecdote to Sydney and Australia’s history – it’s where thousands gathered in 1934 to watch Charles Kingsford Smith take off for a promotional flight over Sydney.

As Peter Fitzsimons is want to say… “Gotta love this city.”

Nicholas Avenue, Concord.

Posted: April 1, 2018 in Sydney Streets
Tags: Sydney Harbour, Sydney Streets, walk

Nic is our oldest nephew.

Nicholas Ave is down near the water at Concord, not far yet a thousand miles away from busy Burwood and Strathfield.

There’s lovely walks along the waterfront nearby. Not that you’d want to eat any of the fish caught here, but it’s constantly getting cleaner.

Lord Dudley

Posted: January 9, 2018 in Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Beer, festival, Hotel, Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, Pub, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

The Dudley at Paddington is a busy local between Paddington and Rushcutters Bay.

BUSY on Christmas Eve, but each year we always go a park at Rushcutters Bay right next to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia where we picnic and wander among the boats before they start the Sydney to Hobart.

The Kirribilli Hotel

Posted: August 30, 2017 in Bars
Tags: Beer, Hotel, Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, weekend, weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Saturday was a beautiful late winter’s Sydney day. Perfect for a walk around the foreshore facing the city.

A great local, trading since 1937, the Kirribilli Hotel, right next to Milsons Point station, has a good range of domestic and imported beers on tap, and plenty of screens for the sports nut.

Woolwich Pier Hotel

Posted: March 27, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotel, Walking
Tags: Hotel, Local Hotel, Local pub, Sydney Harbour

Beautifully situated above Woolwich Dock, the Woolwich Pier Hotel is right at the end of the peninsula at Woolwich, near Hunters Hill. With views to the Bridge and Harbour, it’s a favourite of locals and visitors alike.

The Woolwich has a beautiful balcony as well as beer gardens that afford private areas for small groups to sit and enjoy a drink.

Lane Cove River

Posted: November 6, 2016 in Sydney Harbour, Walking
Tags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney History, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, what to do in Sydney

What a beautiful spring morning for a walk from the bottom of Mowbray Road along the northern shore of the lane Cove River towards Fullers Bridge Road.

This part of the Great North Walk takes you through the historic Fairyland Pleasure Grounds, made famous by the Swan family in the 1920s. It’s an easy walk in.

The Council has done a good job of identifying what used to be there, quite extraordinary to imagine women with parasols and man in boater hat’s and blazers picnicking and going on Ferris wheel and merry-go-round.