By Jay Chabon
No matter how rusty. No matter how austere. No matter how minimalist. Call it a playground and your kids are there. Let’s face it though. For us adults, many of these playgrounds are a drag. The trick is to find a playground that makes such a fun hang you want in as much as your … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Every Twilight at the Taronga Summer Concert Series is a special event but this year is particularly special, as it marks the event’s 25th anniversary. For many existing fans, the concert series is synonymous with summer fun. If you like outdoor events featuring top live acts, set in balmy surrounds with Sydney Harbour skyline views, consider … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Sydney Festival has been one of the city’s leading exponents of arts and culture experiences since 1977. In 2020, good news is, you can expect more of the same on that front. The festival, which takes place between 8th-26th January next year and stages hundreds of events for hundreds of thousands of visitors, is firming … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Food courts infested with Bain Marie trolls digging up globs of fried yellow ooze for the brave aren’t hard to find in Sydney but there are definitely alternatives. Today’s best food courts garner Michelin Stars. They provide healthy options to vegans, vegetarians and meat-lovers alike, and showcase the stories and cuisines of many cultures. Sydney … Continued
By Jay Chabon
The supernatural might be all about the unseen but the unseen of the supernatural world will be unmissable when they appear at Art Gallery of NSW between November 2 2019-March 8 2020. Japan Supernatural, an exhibition featuring more than 180 works of art by late and living luminaries of the Japanese art world puts the … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Rowboats are a one-of-a-kind vessel. Less hectic than kayaks. More social than canoes. They provide an eye into the natural world at just the clip to bring it vividly to life. In Sydney, it’s well and truly the season for rowboating. The picturesque natural surroundings are positively blossoming and the days are warm but sane … Continued
By Jay Chabon
The 23rd Sculpture by the Sea is staging over 100 sculptures once again. This Bondi-to-Tamarama coastal walk is the largest free to the public sculpture exhibition in the world. Sculpture by the Sea is running from the 24th of October through to the 10th of November 2019. If you’re setting off from Song Hotel for … Continued
By Jay Chabon
At Song Hotel, we’re all for good causes. After all, as Australia’s only profit-for-purpose hotel, our profits are directed to programs that focus on women’s empowerment and leadership, eliminating violence against women and children, and providing safe spaces. Our very mission is to create social difference. Which is why we are pleased to put the … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Oktoberfest in the Gardens, Australia’s biggest Oktoberfest event, celebrates its 19th year this year, with stops in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. If that’s not a beer-raising cause for celebration, there’s no such thing as a beer-raising cause for celebration. But let not the Bavarian glass-chinking end there. Oktoberfest in the Gardens Sydney is set … Continued
By Jay Chabon
Plants are commonly adopted as benign natural ornaments to beautify homes, gardens and public spaces — but there’s another side to them too. And it’s on show right now at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Plants With Bite, which is housed in the Calyx, is your window into the no-holds-barred universe of carnivorous plants. It’s … Continued
