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Food scene
This is a hidden gem amongst the hidden gem. The place looks unassuming, located just below the apartment complex. But once you enter into the restaurant, you are hit with a delightful smell. Upon ordering, you are hit with an even more amazing taste of Japanese fine-dining experience that is found nowhere else in Sydney.
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Yan Restaurant
19 Arncliffe StThis is a hidden gem amongst the hidden gem. The place looks unassuming, located just below the apartment complex. But once you enter into the restaurant, you are hit with a delightful smell. Upon ordering, you are hit with an even more amazing taste of Japanese fine-dining experience that is found nowhere else in Sydney.
Legendary Thai food that has been a local favourites for years. There's nothing to dislike about this place. It's almost guaranteed to have long queue if you come during night time / evening.
Definitely order the Pad Thai, the fried rice, the papaya salad, Pad Prik Khing (pork belly).
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Chat Thai
20 Campbell StreetLegendary Thai food that has been a local favourites for years. There's nothing to dislike about this place. It's almost guaranteed to have long queue if you come during night time / evening.
Definitely order the Pad Thai, the fried rice, the papaya salad, Pad Prik Khing (pork belly).
Opened in April 2012, The Grounds is built on the philosophy of creating experiences for communities through quality products, innovations and an ever-evolving vision.
Located in a former industrial precinct from the 1920s, The Grounds of Alexandria is a landmark cafe, restaurant & bar, garden, bakery & patisserie, coffee roastery, animal farm, florist, markets and more.
Remaining true to the sites heritage of organic industries, which originally included tanneries, wool washing factories and market gardens, The Grounds provides a wholesome, produce-driven menu that is fresh, fun and innovative.
The initial concept of The Grounds was born from entrepreneurial duo Ramzey Choker and Jack Hanna who had a vision to turn the then industrial concrete car park into a thriving urban sanctuary, designed as a welcoming space to bring people together.
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The Grounds of Alexandria
2 Huntley StOpened in April 2012, The Grounds is built on the philosophy of creating experiences for communities through quality products, innovations and an ever-evolving vision.
Located in a former industrial precinct from the 1920s, The Grounds of Alexandria is a landmark cafe, restaurant & bar, garden, bakery & patisserie, coffee roastery, animal farm, florist, markets and more.
Remaining true to the sites heritage of organic industries, which originally included tanneries, wool washing factories and market gardens, The Grounds provides a wholesome, produce-driven menu that is fresh, fun and innovative.
The initial concept of The Grounds was born from entrepreneurial duo Ramzey Choker and Jack Hanna who had a vision to turn the then industrial concrete car park into a thriving urban sanctuary, designed as a welcoming space to bring people together.
Experience the vibrant atmosphere of Sydney Fish Market, an authentic, working fish market located on the harbour in Blackwattle Bay, Pyrmont - just a short distance from downtown Sydney.
Sydney Fish Market is the largest market of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere featuring a range of seafood and fresh produce retailers, cafés and restaurants, a wholesale auction, working wharf and Sydney Seafood School.
Seafood lovers will be spoilt for choice with six wet fish retailers offering an array of fresh seafood from Aussie favourites like Prawns, Oysters, Rocklobster and Barramundi to harder-to-find delicacies such as Sea Urchin, Marron, Spanner Crab and Scampi. With well over 100 species available every day, there is always something new for enthusiastic cooks to discover.
The onsite food service offering is equally impressive with a range of cafes and restaurants offering seafood-centric snacks and meals including fish and chips, sashimi, traditional Cantonese Yum Cha and the world famous ‘Sushi Donuts’. At many of the retailers you can even select your own whole fish, fillets or live seafood from the retail display and tanks, then have it cooked to order. Once you have selected your lunch you can enjoy it on our harbourside boardwalk with views of Blackwattle Bay and the Anzac Bridge.
The seafood offering at Sydney Fish Market is complemented by a range of specialist retailers including a butcher, greengrocer, bakery, deli, gift store and more making it a one-stop destination for premium produce.
For those wanting to further immerse themselves in our seafood culture, check out our tour and Sydney Seafood School offerings.
Sydney Fish Market’s retailers are open every day of the year (except Christmas Day) from 7am until 4pm.
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Pamilihan ng Isda ng Sydney
Bank StreetExperience the vibrant atmosphere of Sydney Fish Market, an authentic, working fish market located on the harbour in Blackwattle Bay, Pyrmont - just a short distance from downtown Sydney.
Sydney Fish Market is the largest market of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere featuring a range of seafood and fresh produce retailers, cafés and restaurants, a wholesale auction, working wharf and Sydney Seafood School.
Seafood lovers will be spoilt for choice with six wet fish retailers offering an array of fresh seafood from Aussie favourites like Prawns, Oysters, Rocklobster and Barramundi to harder-to-find delicacies such as Sea Urchin, Marron, Spanner Crab and Scampi. With well over 100 species available every day, there is always something new for enthusiastic cooks to discover.
The onsite food service offering is equally impressive with a range of cafes and restaurants offering seafood-centric snacks and meals including fish and chips, sashimi, traditional Cantonese Yum Cha and the world famous ‘Sushi Donuts’. At many of the retailers you can even select your own whole fish, fillets or live seafood from the retail display and tanks, then have it cooked to order. Once you have selected your lunch you can enjoy it on our harbourside boardwalk with views of Blackwattle Bay and the Anzac Bridge.
The seafood offering at Sydney Fish Market is complemented by a range of specialist retailers including a butcher, greengrocer, bakery, deli, gift store and more making it a one-stop destination for premium produce.
For those wanting to further immerse themselves in our seafood culture, check out our tour and Sydney Seafood School offerings.
Sydney Fish Market’s retailers are open every day of the year (except Christmas Day) from 7am until 4pm.
Groceries
One of the biggest Australian supermarket chain. This place has everything you need from avocado, to bread, to chips, to toilet paper.
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Woolworths Wolli Creek
78-96 Arncliffe StOne of the biggest Australian supermarket chain. This place has everything you need from avocado, to bread, to chips, to toilet paper.
Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common brand of two German family-owned discount supermarket chains.
Although a smaller chain, Aldi has become a popular grocery store for many because of its cheaper prices. Part of the reason why prices are so low is because the supermarket avoids using brand names as much as possible.
ALDI Wolli Creek
4 Magdalene TerraceAldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common brand of two German family-owned discount supermarket chains.
Although a smaller chain, Aldi has become a popular grocery store for many because of its cheaper prices. Part of the reason why prices are so low is because the supermarket avoids using brand names as much as possible.
Asian grocery store. Best place to get your hotpot ingredients if you're keen, it's right next to the Tea Talk Bubble Tea shop and the Shanghai Chinese Dumpling Restaurant
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Orange Supermarket
6 Discovery Point PlaceAsian grocery store. Best place to get your hotpot ingredients if you're keen, it's right next to the Tea Talk Bubble Tea shop and the Shanghai Chinese Dumpling Restaurant
Sightseeing
The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia. The Gallery's first public exhibition opened in 1874. Admission is free to the general exhibition space, which displays Australian art (from settlement to contemporary), European and Asian art. A dedicated Asian Gallery was opened in 2003.
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Art Gallery ng New South Wales
Art Gallery RoadThe Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is the most important public gallery in Sydney and one of the largest in Australia. The Gallery's first public exhibition opened in 1874. Admission is free to the general exhibition space, which displays Australian art (from settlement to contemporary), European and Asian art. A dedicated Asian Gallery was opened in 2003.
Discovery Point Park is a wedge of parkland located opposite Cahill Park on the Cooks River and Princes Highway. It is also very close to Wolli Creek Station. Discovery Point Park boasts play facilities, barbeques, and heritage buildings available for hire.
Discovery Point Park
1 Princes HwyDiscovery Point Park is a wedge of parkland located opposite Cahill Park on the Cooks River and Princes Highway. It is also very close to Wolli Creek Station. Discovery Point Park boasts play facilities, barbeques, and heritage buildings available for hire.
At Cahill Park Playground the fun stuff blends into nature, with surfaces made of sand, woodchips and sandstone rocks. Structures are challenging, for instance the slide doesn't have stairs or a ladder, but a big climbing frame (much to Mr 3's dismay). Things have to be worked out, so while older kids can climb the structure, younger kids must do their best to climb up the slide itself (which can cause major traffic jams as you'd imagine). But this is the beauty of the park, it forces kids to use their imaginations and have some free-play in an unstructured environment.
It caters to kids of all ages - I even saw some teenagers excercising on the balance beams - and there are lots of shaded areas for grown-ups to sit. Kids can play on the netted climbing dome, swings, monkey bars, a spinning dish and one of those nouveau see-saws that spin around and look like mobile cranes.
Toddlers will love the sandy area dedicated just to them with rocket ship slide and tipping buckets for scooping sand. Overlooking the Cooks River, it's a beautiful spot to have a picnic with lots of tree shade by the water and ample picnic tables.
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Cahill Park
15 Levey StAt Cahill Park Playground the fun stuff blends into nature, with surfaces made of sand, woodchips and sandstone rocks. Structures are challenging, for instance the slide doesn't have stairs or a ladder, but a big climbing frame (much to Mr 3's dismay). Things have to be worked out, so while older kids can climb the structure, younger kids must do their best to climb up the slide itself (which can cause major traffic jams as you'd imagine). But this is the beauty of the park, it forces kids to use their imaginations and have some free-play in an unstructured environment.
It caters to kids of all ages - I even saw some teenagers excercising on the balance beams - and there are lots of shaded areas for grown-ups to sit. Kids can play on the netted climbing dome, swings, monkey bars, a spinning dish and one of those nouveau see-saws that spin around and look like mobile cranes.
Toddlers will love the sandy area dedicated just to them with rocket ship slide and tipping buckets for scooping sand. Overlooking the Cooks River, it's a beautiful spot to have a picnic with lots of tree shade by the water and ample picnic tables.
Steel Park Waterplay Park is a water playground with water fountains and sprinklers open during the warmer months.
The waterplay park will be open from 1 October 2019 to 26 April 2020.
Hours of operation
10am and 6pm
Features of the waterplay park
The park includes:
a 'source' feature representing the water flowing from the mountains
a 'rills' section representing water flowing in a river across plains, and
an 'estuary' feature which includes a collection of jets and sprays.
Water sensitive design
The waterplay park was designed to encapsulate the total water cycle.
Runoff from the park, car park and surrounding streets is treated through grassed swales and rain gardens before it enters the Cooks River.
A man-made saltmarsh on the banks of the Cooks River was built as part of the waterplay park project. It helps enhance water quality in the Cooks River, filtering nutrients and run-off.
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Steel Park Waterplay Park
Illawarra RoadSteel Park Waterplay Park is a water playground with water fountains and sprinklers open during the warmer months.
The waterplay park will be open from 1 October 2019 to 26 April 2020.
Hours of operation
10am and 6pm
Features of the waterplay park
The park includes:
a 'source' feature representing the water flowing from the mountains
a 'rills' section representing water flowing in a river across plains, and
an 'estuary' feature which includes a collection of jets and sprays.
Water sensitive design
The waterplay park was designed to encapsulate the total water cycle.
Runoff from the park, car park and surrounding streets is treated through grassed swales and rain gardens before it enters the Cooks River.
A man-made saltmarsh on the banks of the Cooks River was built as part of the waterplay park project. It helps enhance water quality in the Cooks River, filtering nutrients and run-off.
A cliff top coastal walk, the Bondi to Coogee walk extends for six km in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The walk features stunning views, beaches, parks, cliffs, bays and rock pools. The beaches and parks offer a place to rest, swim or a chance to eat at one of the cafes, hotels, restaurants or takeaways. Most beaches offer picnic shelters, play areas, kiosks, toilets and change-rooms, Tamarama, Bronte, Coogee and Maroubra have free electric barbecues. The Bondi to Coogee coastal walk is a medium grade urban walk but there are some steep gradient paths and several staircases along the track. There are rest stops with great views and seating along the coast. It takes about two hours to complete the Bondi to Coogee Beach section of the walk and another hour and a half if you choose to continue to Maroubra. Although an urban walk the Bondi to Coogee walk is open to the elements, please make sure you wear comfy shoes, bring a hat, sunglasses, sun screen, water and in colder weather wear appropriate clothing.
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Bondi sa Coogee Walk
A cliff top coastal walk, the Bondi to Coogee walk extends for six km in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The walk features stunning views, beaches, parks, cliffs, bays and rock pools. The beaches and parks offer a place to rest, swim or a chance to eat at one of the cafes, hotels, restaurants or takeaways. Most beaches offer picnic shelters, play areas, kiosks, toilets and change-rooms, Tamarama, Bronte, Coogee and Maroubra have free electric barbecues. The Bondi to Coogee coastal walk is a medium grade urban walk but there are some steep gradient paths and several staircases along the track. There are rest stops with great views and seating along the coast. It takes about two hours to complete the Bondi to Coogee Beach section of the walk and another hour and a half if you choose to continue to Maroubra. Although an urban walk the Bondi to Coogee walk is open to the elements, please make sure you wear comfy shoes, bring a hat, sunglasses, sun screen, water and in colder weather wear appropriate clothing.
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings.
The Opera House is a World Heritage-listed masterpiece of ‘human creative genius’ that belongs to all Australians. It is the Country’s number one tourist destination and its busiest performing arts centre, welcoming more than 10.9 million visitors a year on site and hosting more than 1,800 performances attended by more than 1.4 million people. Deloitte has estimated the total cultural and iconic value of the Sydney Opera House to Australia at $6.2 billion. On its 40th Anniversary in 2013, the Opera House embarked upon a Decade of Renewal to prepare it for future generations of artists, audiences and visitors.
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Opera House sa Sydney
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the 20th century's most famous and distinctive buildings.
The Opera House is a World Heritage-listed masterpiece of ‘human creative genius’ that belongs to all Australians. It is the Country’s number one tourist destination and its busiest performing arts centre, welcoming more than 10.9 million visitors a year on site and hosting more than 1,800 performances attended by more than 1.4 million people. Deloitte has estimated the total cultural and iconic value of the Sydney Opera House to Australia at $6.2 billion. On its 40th Anniversary in 2013, the Opera House embarked upon a Decade of Renewal to prepare it for future generations of artists, audiences and visitors.
Explore Sydney's colourful convict history in The Rocks, the harbourside quarter where European settlement began. Wander down cobbled laneways and discover stories around every corner.
The Rocks is a neighbourhood of historic laneways in the shadow of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Locals and tourists mingle at the open-air Rocks Markets, purchasing street food and handmade fashions. The area has some of Sydney’s oldest pubs and many of the upscale restaurants have harbour views. The Museum of Contemporary Art offers local and international exhibits. Buskers perform along the busy harbourfront promenade.
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The Rocks
Explore Sydney's colourful convict history in The Rocks, the harbourside quarter where European settlement began. Wander down cobbled laneways and discover stories around every corner.
The Rocks is a neighbourhood of historic laneways in the shadow of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Locals and tourists mingle at the open-air Rocks Markets, purchasing street food and handmade fashions. The area has some of Sydney’s oldest pubs and many of the upscale restaurants have harbour views. The Museum of Contemporary Art offers local and international exhibits. Buskers perform along the busy harbourfront promenade.
Darling Harbour is a harbour adjacent to the city centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is made up of a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the Sydney central business district.
Originally named Long Cove, the locality extends northwards from Chinatown, along both sides of Cockle Bay to King Street Wharf 3 on the east, and to the suburb of Pyrmont on the west. Cockle Bay is just one of the waterways that makes up Darling Harbour, which opens north into the much larger Port Jackson.
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Darling Harbour
Darling Harbour is a harbour adjacent to the city centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia that is made up of a large recreational and pedestrian precinct that is situated on western outskirts of the Sydney central business district.
Originally named Long Cove, the locality extends northwards from Chinatown, along both sides of Cockle Bay to King Street Wharf 3 on the east, and to the suburb of Pyrmont on the west. Cockle Bay is just one of the waterways that makes up Darling Harbour, which opens north into the much larger Port Jackson.
The stairs at Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair in the Royal Botanic Gardens are long—there are more than 115 to scale—and there’s a lot of flat parkland at the bottom so you can alternate between bodyweight exercises and cardio up the stairs. Plus, it’s one of the most stunning open-air gyms anywhere—you’re exercising while overlooking the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. At lunchtime on weekdays—roughly from noon to 2 pm—this becomes the busiest set of stairs I have ever seen. Everyone runs here from the city to train. I recommend visiting in the morning or after work instead. It’s also relatively quiet on weekends.
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Upuan ni Mrs Macquarie
1d Mrs Macquaries RdThe stairs at Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair in the Royal Botanic Gardens are long—there are more than 115 to scale—and there’s a lot of flat parkland at the bottom so you can alternate between bodyweight exercises and cardio up the stairs. Plus, it’s one of the most stunning open-air gyms anywhere—you’re exercising while overlooking the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. At lunchtime on weekdays—roughly from noon to 2 pm—this becomes the busiest set of stairs I have ever seen. Everyone runs here from the city to train. I recommend visiting in the morning or after work instead. It’s also relatively quiet on weekends.
Shopping
Westfield Sydney is a shopping centre located beneath the Sydney Tower in the Sydney central business district. It is located on Pitt Street Mall and is adjacent to the Mid City Centre, The Strand Arcade and Stockland Glasshouse. It is the largest shopping centre by area in Sydney - your one-stop hub for shopping, fun & relaxation.
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Westfield
Market StreetWestfield Sydney is a shopping centre located beneath the Sydney Tower in the Sydney central business district. It is located on Pitt Street Mall and is adjacent to the Mid City Centre, The Strand Arcade and Stockland Glasshouse. It is the largest shopping centre by area in Sydney - your one-stop hub for shopping, fun & relaxation.
The Queen Victoria Building (abbreviated as the QVB) is a heritage-listed late-nineteenth-century building designed by the architect George McRae located at 429-481 George Street in the Sydney central business district. The Romanesque Revival building was constructed between 1893 and 1898 and is 30 metres (98 ft) wide by 190 metres (620 ft) long. The domes were built by Ritchie Brothers a steel and metal company that also built trains, trams and farm equipment. The building fills a city block bounded by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. Designed as a marketplace, it was used for a variety of other purposes, underwent remodelling and suffered decay until its restoration and return to its original use in the late twentieth century.
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Queen Victoria Building (QVB)
The Queen Victoria Building (abbreviated as the QVB) is a heritage-listed late-nineteenth-century building designed by the architect George McRae located at 429-481 George Street in the Sydney central business district. The Romanesque Revival building was constructed between 1893 and 1898 and is 30 metres (98 ft) wide by 190 metres (620 ft) long. The domes were built by Ritchie Brothers a steel and metal company that also built trains, trams and farm equipment. The building fills a city block bounded by George, Market, York and Druitt Streets. Designed as a marketplace, it was used for a variety of other purposes, underwent remodelling and suffered decay until its restoration and return to its original use in the late twentieth century.
Art & Culture
The permanent collection is excellent, but they also have top visiting exhibitions. I often visit on weekends and take my kids—they have a fantastic family program. Alongside every exhibition here is a learning space for younger visitors where they can be tactile and engage without touching the art. They have a spectacular rooftop cafe with some of the best views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in the city. You can sit inside or outside and enjoy coffee and cake or a glass of wine and lunch. It’s nice to go on Wednesdays when it’s open late—along with the rest of the gallery.
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Museo ng Sining ng Makabagong Panahon
140 George StThe permanent collection is excellent, but they also have top visiting exhibitions. I often visit on weekends and take my kids—they have a fantastic family program. Alongside every exhibition here is a learning space for younger visitors where they can be tactile and engage without touching the art. They have a spectacular rooftop cafe with some of the best views of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge in the city. You can sit inside or outside and enjoy coffee and cake or a glass of wine and lunch. It’s nice to go on Wednesdays when it’s open late—along with the rest of the gallery.
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Paano makapaglibot
Trains are the fastest way to get around in Sydney.
Use the T4 line from Platform 3 to quickly get to the Sydney CBD in less than 15 minutes or to Bondi Junction in less than 20 minutes.
The T8 line will bring you directly underneath the Sydney International Airport within 2 minutes or the Sydney Domestic Airport within 4 minutes.
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Wolli Creek Station, Discovery point Place
The most convenient way to get around Sydney without breaking the budget.
Use the Opal card or you can use any Visa / Mastercard / AMEX creditcard.