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The Three Weeds

Posted: June 16, 2017 in Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

For a hotel to not only survive but to thrive when it’s located in a quiet side street, out of site from the main road, says that this local is doing something right.

The 3 Weeds at Rozelle started its life in 1881 as the Rose, Shamrock & Thistle but it was always known as the 3 Weeds. This local icon has a great selection of beers on tap as well as both fine dining and a bistro offering both contemporary and traditional pub food.

Cathedral ceilings, a sandstone fireplace and traditional pub meals… top spot!

Harts Pub

Posted: May 7, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotel
Tags: Local, Local Hotel, Local pub, this weekend in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

There’s a number of well known pubs in The Rocks that are the tourist “go to” pubs – The Orient down in the guts of the Rocks on George St, The Glenmore with its beautiful rooftop views of the harbour, The Fortune of War with its gorgeous original overhead bar…

But none of these are anything like a Local.

Harts, on the other hand, is a bit away from the rest of the Rocks.
Settle in and enjoy a Local Brew from the , listen to some great music in a lovely little beer garden… just watch your head as you walk up the back steps… don’t bang your head on the low hanging branch of the tree at the top of the stairs as you walk in from the street!

We went for a walk around the area and deliberately picked streets we’d never walked before. We tripped over some interesting excavations in Windmill St, walked through what you can at the YMCA and returned to the area via the new Wynyard Walk which connects Barangaroo to Wynyard station.

Pretty well done.

The Bald Rock

Posted: March 27, 2017 in Bars, Drinking at the local hotel, Inner West
Tags: Beer, Hotel, olympics, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, Weekends in Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

The Bald Rock Hotel is an historic pub in the suburb of Rozelle, down near White Bay in the shadow of the Anzac Bridge in the Inner West of Sydney.

Wikipedia says that Bald Rock was originally a suburb within Balmain.

The hotel was built in 1876 and was a lot closer to the harbour when first built; subsequent landfill means it’s now a bit further from the water.

The Bald Rock is sandstone inside and out and is heritage-listed.

It retains much character and is a favourite of locals in an area that used to have a pub on nearly every corner but has in this last generation become more gentrified and where community gardens and parks now flourish.

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!

Hurlstone Park to the Airport

Posted: November 14, 2016 in bicycle, Walking
Tags: bicycle, cycle, cycleway, Things to do in Sydney, this weekend in Sydney, walking inner Sydney, what to do in Sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend

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The local councils have done a terrific job building a great bike path along the Cooks River from near Strathfield down to the airport.

We’ve walked and ridden bits of this before, but not some of today’s route, and not this year.

Here and here.

And THIS we saw on the way home. What a fabulous idea!

A great day… until we broke down driving home 😦

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.