Sydney's Chinese Garden of Friendship

Chinese Garden of Friendship, Darling Harbour

Darling Harbour’s Chinese Garden of Friendship The Chinese Garden of Friendship is a beautiful and intricately designed garden in Darling Harbour.  I had seen all the signs pointing to the Chinese Friendship Gardens and had read up a little bit on it. It took overseas visitors wanting to see it for me to actually go […]

Golden Jubilee Field, Wahroonga 

Golden Jubilee Field and Jubes Mountain Bike Park, Wahroonga  The Golden Jubilee Field in Wahroonga is perfect for kids learning to ride a bike or a scooter. There are two great aspects to these Fields. First is the big path to cycle around far away from the roads and big sweeping bush land views. Second is […]

McKell Park Playground, Brooklyn 

McKell Park  Discovering McKell Park Playground in Brooklyn is another example of us getting lost. It’s actually embarrassing how silly I was this time. However all is well that ends well and I’m glad we stumbled on this little gem!   We set out North of Sydney to visit Brooklyn to feed ducks and didn’t see […]

Birkenhead Point Outlet 

Birkenhead Point Outlet  Birkenhead Point Outlet is a fantastic place to shop. You could spend all day there though so be careful of your feet and your wallet.   I love a good outlet shopping and this is one of the two good places I know of in Sydney (the other is DFO Homebush). Birkenhead […]

Wheeler Park Playground, Narrabeen Lakes, Narrabeen

Wheeler Park Playground Wheeler Park is a little playground, fully enclosed and shade overlooking the Narrabeen Lakes. I wouldn’t aim to visit this playground purely for the playground but would rather incorporate it into a visit to Narrabeen Lakes.   Where is Wheeler Park Playground Wheeler Park Playground doesn’t really have an address which is weird […]

On Shore Cafe Brasserie, Dee Why 

Breakfasts in Dee Why: On Shore Cafe Brasserie After first visiting On Shore, for a take away coffee and finding it to be good, we had to check it out properly for a sit down breakfast.   There are a number of cafes and restaurants along the Strand and this was the first that we […]

Parsley Bay, Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River 

Parsley Bay, Brooklyn on the Hawkesbury River  Cool winter weather and a somewhat sickly baby made us venture out of Sydney to Parsley Bay, Brooklyn. We wanted to go somewhere quiet to a place where we could picnic and the kids could run off some energy with a scenic backdrop without making any other kids […]

DFO Homebush – Outlet Shopping

DFO Homebush – Outlet Shopping at Its Finest And you can visit DFO Homebush with kids DFO Homesbush is two a two storey mall opposite Sydney Olympic Park.   The top floor is made up of outlet stores and the bottom level is homewares. It has one of the most comprehensive collection of outlet shops I’ve […]

Explorer’s Playgroup, North Sydney

Explorers Playgroup – The North Sydney Playgroup    The “North Sydney Playgroup” The littelest and I headed off to the North Sydney Playgroup to discover what fun could be had. We found the answer to be lots! When I showed her brother the photos he demanded we show him this ‘new fun place’.   Where […]