Guidebook for Annandale
Food Scene
You will always a get coffee from Vicki and David, excellent pastries, and a great Aussie brunch.
Le Comptoir
109 Johnston StYou will always a get coffee from Vicki and David, excellent pastries, and a great Aussie brunch.
They're another great place for coffee, with a very cool vibe and the best chocolate croissants. A large flat white and a fresh chocolate croissant for $8 is hard to beat.
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Trafalgar St Espresso
18 Trafalgar StThey're another great place for coffee, with a very cool vibe and the best chocolate croissants. A large flat white and a fresh chocolate croissant for $8 is hard to beat.
Some of the best gelati in the world ten minutes walk away.
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Gelato Messina Tramsheds
1 Dalgal WySome of the best gelati in the world ten minutes walk away.
Their $10 cottage loaf is the best value bread around. Choose from white, wholemeal or soy and linseed.
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Stoneground Bakery
39 Booth StTheir $10 cottage loaf is the best value bread around. Choose from white, wholemeal or soy and linseed.
Thai On Wok
94 Glebe Point RdThis is great Thai food, well priced. It's always reliable.
This is our favourite takeaway food, courtesy of the owners Jon and Manny.
For about $15 you can get the Annandale special: a generous serve of grilled fish - not fried or battered - plus chips and a salad. Don't forget to order a rice pudding for dessert. This is your easy dinner option. Eat outside the restaurant in Johnston St or race home and it'll still be hot.
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Fat Fish
109 Johnston StThis is our favourite takeaway food, courtesy of the owners Jon and Manny.
For about $15 you can get the Annandale special: a generous serve of grilled fish - not fried or battered - plus chips and a salad. Don't forget to order a rice pudding for dessert. This is your easy dinner option. Eat outside the restaurant in Johnston St or race home and it'll still be hot.
Parks & Nature
It's a great place to stroll around. You can walk all the way to the city, past the Sydney Fish Markets.
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Jubilee Park station
It's a great place to stroll around. You can walk all the way to the city, past the Sydney Fish Markets.
This is a unique park on Sydney Harbour. Very few people, lots of interesting historic buildings.
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Callan Park
Balmain RoadThis is a unique park on Sydney Harbour. Very few people, lots of interesting historic buildings.
Sightseeing
It's a 15 minute walk to the Bridge and from there you get a great view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the city from the western side.
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Anzac Bridge
It's a 15 minute walk to the Bridge and from there you get a great view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the city from the western side.
This is a spectacular Harbourside park that looks across to the Harbour Bridge and the western side of the city. Great place for evening picnics. You can get the 433 to Gladstone Park, Balmain, then it's about a 20 minute walk east along Darling St down the hill to the wharf and park.
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Balmain East Wharf station
This is a spectacular Harbourside park that looks across to the Harbour Bridge and the western side of the city. Great place for evening picnics. You can get the 433 to Gladstone Park, Balmain, then it's about a 20 minute walk east along Darling St down the hill to the wharf and park.
Essentials
We have several local supermarkets open till 9pm every day, including the IGA in Booth St, the Superbarn nearby, and the Friendly Grocer in Johnston St. There are two pharmacies within 10 minutes walk of our house.
Booth Street
Booth StreetWe have several local supermarkets open till 9pm every day, including the IGA in Booth St, the Superbarn nearby, and the Friendly Grocer in Johnston St. There are two pharmacies within 10 minutes walk of our house.
Entertainment & Activities
It's a unique Sydney harbour pool. Don't swim there after heavy rain as the water won't be clean enough but most of the time it's a great place to hang out. And it's cheap to get in.
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Dawn Fraser Baths
Fitzroy AvenueIt's a unique Sydney harbour pool. Don't swim there after heavy rain as the water won't be clean enough but most of the time it's a great place to hang out. And it's cheap to get in.
Shopping
There are a wide range of interesting stalls here every Saturday morning, and great food. An interesting place to just wander around looking at the products and the people.
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Izitolo zeGlebe
Glebe Point RoadThere are a wide range of interesting stalls here every Saturday morning, and great food. An interesting place to just wander around looking at the products and the people.
You won't find a better bookstore in the world. If they don't have it, they'll get it. They have a great range of travel books, magazines and periodicals, too.
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Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point RdYou won't find a better bookstore in the world. If they don't have it, they'll get it. They have a great range of travel books, magazines and periodicals, too.
Arts & Culture
The University of Sydney
This is a great place to just wander around.