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Tag Archives: sydney
Sydney Harbour, NSW. All Aboard ‘HMB Endeavour’ ****4 stars
Australia Day: A Fine Days Sailing The ‘HMB Endeavour’ Replica was sailing from its mooring at the Australian National Maritime Museum for the Australia Day Celebrations in Sydney Harbour. We set off about 10am to watch the Ferry Race and join … Continue reading
Sydney Harbour, NSW. A Fabulous Bridge Walk with Great Scones****4stars
The Many Faces of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I’m ashamed to admit that I have never walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge before. Starting at Central Station I caught the train to North Sydney which is only five minutes away. … Continue reading
Posted in High Tea, New South Wales, Scones, Sydney, Uncategorized
Tagged Biennale, Cahill Walk, climb, Harbour Bridge, ipad, opera house, Scones, strawberry and cream, sydney, Tea Cosy, tea rooms, Writers Walk
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Scone Antics with Laucke CWA Scone Mix ****4stars
Just about Foolproof Scones. Hoped to visit Vivid Sydney so stopped on the way to see a fellow sconquestor, armed with a packet of Laucke’s CWA Scone Mix from the supermarket, just in case it was required. Perhaps I could use … Continue reading
Sydney, NSW. Back and Forwards on the Manly Ferry.
Touring Sydney with Seagulls Always great walking through the Botanical Gardens but it was certainly very hot as I made my way from the Art Gallery, down to Circular Quay and the Manly Ferry, here’s a map. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, New South Wales, Sydney
Tagged Botanical Gardens, corso, domain, ferry, Manly, sydney
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Kirribilli, NSW. At Home with Julia & Quenton.
The Ferry Maybe E Phillips Fox’s painting is just a little fanciful, but today was a glorious day to catch the Ferry across Sydney Harbour to Kirribilli for the annual Open Day at Admiralty House and Kirribilli House. Admiralty House … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, High Tea, New South Wales, Scones, Sydney
Tagged admiralty house, art gallery nsw, bridge, city rail, fort denison, google goggles, harbour, house, kirribilli, kirribilli house, open, opera house, sydney
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Sydney Opera House. Nick Cave’s ‘The Ship Song’. Stunning.
Check out this video on You Tube showcasing a variety of performers and the Sydney Opera House, and the behind the scenes video too. Here’s Nick Cave singing the original and the words. Doesn’t seem to be on itunes yet. Fantastic Graphic! Come … Continue reading
Posted in Sydney, Theatre
Tagged nick cave, opera house, ships song, sydney, sydney opera house, video, you tube
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QVB Sydney, NSW. Old Vienna doorstop scones. **2stars
Savouring the August Sunshine Beautiful day in Sydney so I caught a train to Town Hall and visited the Queen Victoria Building to investigate the Old Vienna Coffee House on Level 1. Ordered a Devonshire tea but extra hot water for black … Continue reading
Posted in New South Wales, Scones, Sydney
Tagged circular quay, city extra, old vienna, opera house, qvb, sydney
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The Rocks, Sydney. Tara Tea rooms ****4stars. Yum. Best Scones. & Much Ado.
What: Tara Tea Rooms Rating Today: ****4 stars Yummy scones.Great jam too. Where: 33 George St, The Rocks, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone:(02) 9247 3233 When: Saturday and Sunday only 10-5pm Web: http://www.irishdesign.com.au/g/4145/tara-tea-room.html Value: Excellent Cost: $9.50 Devonshire … Continue reading
Posted in Jam, Scones, Sydney, Theatre
Tagged 4 star, bell shakespeare, canberra, jam, melbourne, much ado about nothing, Scones, sydney, sydney harbour yha, sydney opera house, tara tea rooms, the rocks
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Where can you get Syphon Coffee?
My local singing Barista was telling me about syphon coffee. I ‘d never heard of it. Is there any cafe’s where you can try it in Melbourne, Sydney , Canberra or anywhere else in Australia or New Zealand. If you know … Continue reading
Posted in Canberra, Coffee, Melbourne, Sydney
Tagged canberra, coffee, coffee craft, crema magazine, espresso melbourne.com, fyshwick, mecca, melbourne, ona roastery, proud mary, siphon, sydney, syphon, vacuum
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