Food Scene
Organic menu - including the wine - of modern Australian food. Vibrant & pumping most nights! Make sure you book.
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Bloodwood Restaurant & Bar
416 King StOrganic menu - including the wine - of modern Australian food. Vibrant & pumping most nights! Make sure you book.
Essentially a dumpling house but in a very trendy upstairs space that includes neon and good looking young staff! Great selection of Asian flavoured cocktails available.
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Luyu & Yum Yum
196 King StEssentially a dumpling house but in a very trendy upstairs space that includes neon and good looking young staff! Great selection of Asian flavoured cocktails available.
The Sydney Connection conducts inner city dining walks of Surry Hills Darlinghurst and Potts Point. Accompanied by our Owner/Operator Maree Sheehan a well-connected local guide, our walks are aimed at visitors and Sydneysiders who want to go ‘where the locals go’ for inspiring food, good service and cool interiors. We take bookings for between 2 - 10 Guests per booking and visit 4 venues on each walk. Enjoying a different course at each venue accompanied by matching wine.
The Sydney Connection
16 Elizabeth Bay RdThe Sydney Connection conducts inner city dining walks of Surry Hills Darlinghurst and Potts Point. Accompanied by our Owner/Operator Maree Sheehan a well-connected local guide, our walks are aimed at visitors and Sydneysiders who want to go ‘where the locals go’ for inspiring food, good service and cool interiors. We take bookings for between 2 - 10 Guests per booking and visit 4 venues on each walk. Enjoying a different course at each venue accompanied by matching wine.
Drinks & Nightlife
Long standing local pub. Large open spaces for groups. A beer garden that is a restaurant with burgers & pizza. Sports bar upstairs.
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The Bank
324 King StLong standing local pub. Large open spaces for groups. A beer garden that is a restaurant with burgers & pizza. Sports bar upstairs.
A must-taste cocktail list and excellent food options. Good value mezze plates. Sometimes they have live music and you feel like you have arrived at someones private house party!
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Corridor
153A King StA must-taste cocktail list and excellent food options. Good value mezze plates. Sometimes they have live music and you feel like you have arrived at someones private house party!
Parks & Nature
Another great local park to walk the dog or have a picnic. Playground for the kids. An old graveyard at one end with very Gothic headstones if you want to be spooked!
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Camperdown Park Playground
18 Australia StAnother great local park to walk the dog or have a picnic. Playground for the kids. An old graveyard at one end with very Gothic headstones if you want to be spooked!
Great place for a run and and to be in the great outdoors! Huge dog park.
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Sydney Park
416 Sydney Park RdGreat place for a run and and to be in the great outdoors! Huge dog park.
Arts & Culture
An amazing collection of 18th Century Australian, two Asian art spaces, Indigenous (Aborginal) gallery, gift shop and two restaurants. Set in the grounds of our beautiful Sydney Domain on the edge of the city center. Just catch the train to Town Hall and walk for 15 minutes to reach the gallery.
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I-Art Gallery yaseNew South Wales
Art Gallery RoadAn amazing collection of 18th Century Australian, two Asian art spaces, Indigenous (Aborginal) gallery, gift shop and two restaurants. Set in the grounds of our beautiful Sydney Domain on the edge of the city center. Just catch the train to Town Hall and walk for 15 minutes to reach the gallery.
Shopping
Funky men's, women's and children's wear. Also unusual gifts that are craft based and unique.
Monsterthreads Newtown Gift Shop
231 King StFunky men's, women's and children's wear. Also unusual gifts that are craft based and unique.
Fabulous selection of tea and teapots, cups and other tea accessories. Very colourful shop and helpful staff.
T2 Tea Newtown
241 King StFabulous selection of tea and teapots, cups and other tea accessories. Very colourful shop and helpful staff.
Marrickville Metro Shopping Centre
20 Smidmore St Doing your weekly food shop.
Great selection of gifts, cards & books. Jewellery for the ladies and ceramic homeware.
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Pentimento
249 King StGreat selection of gifts, cards & books. Jewellery for the ladies and ceramic homeware.
Getting Around
Very close to the house. Regular trains to and from the city.
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St Peters station
Very close to the house. Regular trains to and from the city.