The new MCA, Sydney
The good news is that it actually looks like a Museum of Contemporary Art. The bad news is that the current collection looks like a garage sale. How are bog standard traditional aboriginal paintings on bark considered ‘contemporary’? And what’s with all the Year 12 major works? There are some stunning pieces such as Ah [...]
Top Sydney swimming spots
One of my favourite things about flying into Sydney is looking down on all the backyards and seeing the pools – blue, green, kidney-shaped, round; the perfect highlight to all that brick and tile. Before summer packs up it’s sunscreen and leaves for another year, I thought I would share my top five favourite swimming [...]
Lisa’s Travel Deal of the Week: Observatory Hotel, Sydney
As a non-driver who spends her life traipsing around the city on foot, I often find myself mesmerised by buildings and wondering what it would be like to live/stay/play there if only I had enough time/money/friends with a key to said dwelling. One such building is The Observatory Hotel in The Rocks, whose classic facade [...]
Budget Hotels in Sydney by Ian Harrison
Budget Hotels in Sydney By Ian Harrison Go to your favourite search engine and plug in the words ‘Sydney’ and ‘expensive city’. Go ahead, do it. Countless results will undoubtedly pop up from sources that research and compile this sort of complex, comparative statistical data. It can be powerful, persuasive stuff too, if you take [...]
