Very keen to get to Oslo, either in the dead of winter to experience that endless dark and cold, or the height of summer to experience the opposite.
In the meantime, a stroll down Oslo St in Marsfield will have to do!
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Oslo
Posted: February 19, 2023 in Europe in AustraliaTags: Local, Sydney, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
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Messina
Posted: February 19, 2023 in Europe in AustraliaTags: Local, Sydney, Sydney weekends, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
We went to Italy for a month a few years ago, and loved it.
This year we’re off to Sicily, and look forward to visiting Messina.
In the meantime, a gelato will have to do!
Gallipoli
Posted: February 19, 2023 in Sydney StreetsTags: Local, Sydney, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walk, Weekends in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
We are really keen to visit Gallipoli in the next few years. A definite bucket list item.
In the meantime, a stroll down Gallipoli St in Concord will have to do!
Choco Cannelle
Posted: May 22, 2022 in buy localTags: buy local, Sydney, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Look, it can’t always be about alcohol!
So this weekend we visited a local artisan French baker in Ryde.
Coco Cannelle in North Ryde.
Just like being in France, and if the queue out the door to buy on a Saturday morning is any indication, everything they have here is pretty special!
Batch Brewing
Posted: May 22, 2022 in Inner West, SydneyTags: Sydney, Sydney weekends, this weekend in Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney
Another microbrewer in Marrickville this weekend.
Batch has a couple of outlets, this one in Marrickville was their first brewery.
A constantly changing range of beers to enjoy.
No kitchen, but a pizza truck out the front on the day we visited.
Dog friendly 🙂
Forsyth Park
Posted: October 24, 2020 in dogs, SydneyTags: dog friendly, Sydney, Sydney weekends, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Forsyth Park at Neutral Bay, in the shade of Nth Sydney CBD.
Off leash dogs allowed when there’s no sport being played.
Community garden, historic (never used) oil containers for the war effort, playground and a bush path to enjoy.
Love Sydney.
Eastwood
Posted: September 23, 2020 in dogsTags: dog friendly, Sydney weekends, this weekend in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
A great walk through another part of Terrys Creek through Eastwood.
There’s a path connecting Fred Spurway Reserve and James Hoskin Reserve and Kilpack Park (The Ponds Creek.)
Birchgrove
Posted: September 23, 2020 in dogsTags: dog friendly, dog parks, Sydney Harbour, this weekend in Sydney
Back to an old favourite this weekend.
At the end of Birchgrove Point, there’s a lovely little sandy beach where dogs can play and swim in the harbour.
And because the beach is bounded by a wall with access via a narrow set of steps, it’s easy to contain recalcitrant runners!
Cowell’s Lane Reserve
Posted: September 23, 2020 in Sydney StreetsTags: dog friendly, dog parks, this weekend in Sydney, walking sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
Cowells Lane Reserve at Dundas is an ENORMOUS off leash park, perfect for a walk for you and your dog.
There’s a creek for her to roll in and get muddy, a level (wheelchair friendly) path for walking, a fenced playground… this park has it all.
Irish Walk (Sydney)
Posted: September 16, 2019 in history, Sydney StreetsTags: irish, Local, sydney colony, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
So, this weekend, we followed a City of Sydney Irish walk which took as through some of the significant places where events concerning Irish immigrants in the young colony of Sydney occurred.
We learnt that
- about 20,000 people were in Hyde Park on St Patrick’s Day in 1878 when there was an anti-Catholic riot.
- that monument on the road at the top of the hill near St Mary’s Cathedral on the road to the Art Gallery was just a drinking fountain.
- There’s a significant Irish Famine memorial at Hyde Park Barracks. Really cleverly done, it shows a dining table divided by a wall.
- During the six years of great Irish Famine, when their potato crop was ruined by potato blight, about one million died and another one million left Ireland. The memorial remembers the 4114 orphan girls who were shipped to the Australian colonies. Some married, others were employed for different domestic work.
- The original Martin Place only ran between George and Pitt Streets.
Drinking Fountain
Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks
Irish Famine Memorial at Hyde Park Barracks
State Library
The windows are inspired by the Book of Kells
St Mary’s Cathedral
St Mary’s Cathedral
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