A Guide to Sydney New Year’s Eve Fireworks from the Sydney Opera House Forecourt

Happy New Year! Can you believe the earth has flung another full rotation around our sun and brought us the start of another year, another era and perhaps a new beginning? Time is a mad-made concept to an extent. A convenient shared metric to measure Read More …

Growing Up in Balmain: A journey to my childhood home

The ferry boat pushes me out into the harbour with a mechanical grunt and churn followed by a thrash of whitewash from pushy propellers. With a blow of the horn, we bob awkwardly out into the open bay, fighting the current as the large boat Read More …

Road Less Travelled Episode 23: Sydney Capsule Hotel Experience + Sydney Harbour

In this episode, Ben experiences a Japanese-Style ‘Capsule Hotel’ in the heart of Sydney city… “It’s like a cubby house for adults… I feel as though I’m somewhere in between the space shuttle and business class on a plane but I’m not going anywhere!” After Read More …

Ocean Dusk: Gallery

The Northern Beaches in Sydney is my favourite place on this earth. The smell of sea air as ocean mist wafts up from the beach is unique. It blends with warm summer breeze as it dances in salty air to the soundtrack of pounding waves Read More …

The Last Day on Sydney Harbour

There’s a unique smell about Sydney Harbour that hits you once you reach the city’s edge. The sky scrapers fall away and roads and rail abruptly twist or end as if startled by the sea. It’s a smell of salt water and mossy rocks combined with Read More …