At the very heart of Australia’s most visited city, Darling Harbour has long been Sydney’s most popular place for fun-seekers. But where’s the best place to stay? Christina and I have always loved being tourists in our own city and a staycation is one of the best ways to do this. It gives you the … Read more
Championing Australian produce generally and NSW specifically, degustation restaurant The Blue Door in Surry Hills not only focuses on local, sustainably farmed produce, but its resplendent seven-course menu changes weekly! It’s hard to know what the most remarkable thing is about The Blue Door, a fascinating 18-seater restaurant in the heart of Sydney’s Surry Hills. … Read more
Staying somewhere beautiful is always going to lift your travel experience to a different dimension. And although there are plenty of luxury accommodation options in the Hunter Valley, Tower Lodge and its five suites will elevate your stay in NSW’s premier wine region. Set amongst the vines and rolling lawns of Tower Estate Winery in … Read more
It’s fair to say that there are lots of wonderful perks to running a travel site. We get to see and do some amazing things all in the name of ‘work’. But when we were asked to be ambassadors for South Coast Experiences—an excellent company that curates some of the best things to do on … Read more
Working your way through the list of vintages and varietals is fun when you’re in wine country. But this Hunter Valley winery takes you from the cellar door to a whole other level of wine-tasting. Run by the Scarborough family for two generations (and counting), Scarborough Wine Co in the Hunter Valley has been crafting … Read more
Stretching over 100km north from the Victorian border, the Sapphire Coast of NSW has so much to see and do. Here are just seven to give you a taste of this wonderful region. From its famous Oyster Trail and superb range of restaurants to a truly stunning coastline, the Sapphire Coast—so named for the glorious … Read more
Set back from the road out of Pambula heading towards the sparkling waters of Merimbula Beach, Wheeler’s Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar is a seafood paradise on the Sapphire Coast in far south NSW. With its trio of pitched roofs peeping through the gumtrees that line Arthur Kaine Drive, Wheeler’s Seafood Restaurant and Oyster Bar … Read more
With its elevated view out over the jetty to the sparkling ocean, The Wharf Restaurant in Merimbula, NSW is the obvious choice for seafood lovers. But does its adjoining aquarium create a conflict of interest? How would you feel about eating seafood in a restaurant that’s also an aquarium? Is it the perfect storm of … Read more
Serving Sydney rock oysters, freshly plucked and shucked from the lapping waters of Merimbula Lake less than a stone’s throw from its floor-to-ceiling windows, Valentina Restaurant embodies the Sapphire Coast Oyster Trail with a degustation to showcase the region’s five estuaries. You’d expect a restaurant with views over one of the figureheads of the Australian … Read more
Surely there’s nowhere better to learn how to shuck oysters than on the shores of one of the world’s finest oyster regions. We travel to the Sapphire Coast and Broadwater Oyster Farm on Pambula Lake in southern NSW to get our shuck on. Not far from the southern border of New South Wales, the extraordinary … Read more