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The Rag and Famish

Posted: February 26, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Beer, Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, Pub, Sydney, Sydney weekends

During the week, the Rag and Famish at North Sydney is a suits lunch pub, but come the weekend, when the CBD is quiet, it caters to the locals.

Quite a bit of history in this old girl, the first hotel to trade in North Sydney in 1860. the pub’s name, Rag & Famish, comes from a slang term for the Army and Navy Club and has been known by this name since 1866.

Great local beers on tap and a wine list with a definite Australian flavour. Throw in an expansive and inviting beer garden with benches, tables, stools and lounges and you have pub where you can sit and drink away the afternoon.

The London

Posted: February 6, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Beer, Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, Pub, Sydney, Sydney weekends, walking inner Sydney

On the corner of Darling Street since the 1870’s, The London’s colonial era building with its veranda and sandstone walls is reminder of times gone by.
The hotel has very close ties to the Cooper’s Brewery and the site was once part of a Cooper’s Brewery Complex.
Great pub grub and and fine dining with a great selection of beers on tap (including a gluten free option!) and wines.
Very dog friendly, so if the mutt is part of the family, then bring him or her with you. They are always ready to welcome puppies with a fresh bowl of water.
And their little secret? If there are fireworks going off over the Harbour Bridge, then this is the place to watch them 🙂

The Bay Run

Posted: December 11, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney Harbour
Tags: bicycle, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

So, our last weekend in Sydney for the year and, perfect timing (luck, not design) we finished walking all the water west of the Harbour Bridge.

The iconic Bay Run at Drummoyne was the perfect place to finish up, too. A 7 km loop, it’s one of Sydney’s most well known and well used walkin/running/riding/training/fitness loops.

And so ends the year. Now, on to 2017 and a year of drinking in local hotels! Woohoo!

Tempe to Alexandria

Posted: November 27, 2016 in bicycle, Cafe, Inner West
Tags: breakfast, cafe, Coffee, cycle, cycleway, lunch, Sydney, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, weekend, weekends, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

An early morning ride along the Alexandria Canal from Tempe to Alexandria.

Enjoyed breakfast at The Grounds cafe.

Not really what could be described as a scenic ride… it is along a canal and beside an airport after all, but still, a bit of blue on the map to fill in, and breaking at an institution such as The Grounds… well, any excuse will do!

South Strathfield to Homebush

Posted: November 20, 2016 in bicycle, Walking
Tags: olympics, Sydney, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, weekends, What to do in Sydney this weekend

This weekend we finished the link from the Cooks River to the Parramatta River (Sydney Harbour) by riding from the Cave Road shops at South Strathfield (where we finished one day in August) near the end of the Cooks River through Strathfield to Homebush.

The excellent bike path peters out unfortunately and isn’t great all the way through to the Olympic site where we rode in March but still, a lot of paths and quiet streets.

Only a few weeks left to complete the “West of the Bridge” year 🙂
Need to do The Bay Run at Drummoyne/Leichhardt and maybe a bit of Duck Creek near Auburn, or follow the beautiful (!!??) Alexandria Canal to breakfast at The Grounds and we’re done. #timing

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Cave Rd shops

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.

Plenty of historic pics here

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Rydalmere to Parramatta

Posted: October 23, 2016 in Walking
Tags: Coffee, Sydney, Things to do in Sydney, weekend, weekends, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Credit where it’s due. The local councils have done a terrific job of building a river front walk along the northern bank of the Parramatta River. Today we walked from the Rydalmere ferry stop west to Parramatta, past hundreds of new apartments (thousands of beds?), through industrial blocks, through University of Western Sydney and on to Parramatta ferry stop.

A quick coffee at the Port Bar Restaurant before continuing west into Parramatta Park before turning around and catching the ferry back to Rydalmere.

Great walk.

Meadowbank to Silverwater

Posted: October 3, 2016 in bicycle, Walking
Tags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, weekend, weekends, What to do in Sydney this weekend

LOVE daylight saving And long weekend public holidays!

Beautiful day for a lovely walk along the Parramatta River from Meadowbank to Silverwater

A fabulous wide, level bike path past ovals, water play playgrounds and more.

George Kendell Riverside Park

Melrose Park

Huntley’s Cove/Point to Gladesville

Posted: September 17, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney Harbour, Walking
Tags: Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, weekend, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

ANOTHER gorgeous Sydney spring day for a walk along another part of the Parramatta River… we’ve walked through the grounds of the old Gladesville Hospital before, but not this year.
Great to catch up with son Matt, who lives in Gladesville, for a coffee while we were there 🙂

Where Gladesville and Tarban Creek Bridges meet.

Looking from Banjo Patterson’s grandmothers cottage at Gladesville (now a restaurant) across the SHORE school’s rowing shed.

Banjo Patterson’s grandmothers cottage at Gladesville (now a restaurant)

The old (former) Henley Baths

The Nestle factory site (in the distance on the right) looking to the left to Chiswick

Gladesville Bridge

Site of the old Gladesville Bridge

Love it… gonna copy this!

Just east of Tarban Creek and Gladesville Bridges… what a hidden little pocket.

Mortlake to Rhodes

Posted: September 11, 2016 in Inner West, Sydney Harbour, Walking
Tags: inner west, Sydney, sydney harbor, Sydney Harbour, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, weekends, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

Glorious spring day for a walk from Mortlake to Rhodes, through Concord and the grounds of Dame Edith Walker Hospital, Thomas Walker Hospital near Concord Hospital and Yaralla.