22 Sydney restaurants that are open on Christmas Day

A festive spread for Christmas Day lunch

Wondering what’s open on Christmas Day? Your mind is inevitably going to wander to Christmas lunch and Christmas dinner, both popular options come Xmas given you can dine exceptionally well without having to worry about the massive clean-up job that follows. While most shut up shop for the small stretch of Festive glory in mid-December, … Read more

Will Sydney’s viral Harry Potter Christmas lights return in 2024?

Harry Potter Christmas Lights

The spirit of Harry Potter and the Wizarding World was given new life last year when a humble residential home in the South Sydney suburb of Ramsgate Beach revealed an extravagant display of Harry Potter Christmas lights. Swiftly going viral, the elaborate Wizarding World references and theatrical Harry Potter display even made it onto the … Read more

NYE fireworks in Sydney: the best viewing spots in 2024

Fireworks in Sydney Harbour for NYE

Spring always picks of the energy around Sydney, but don’t go thinking the action-packed fun winds down in December. Quite the contrary. Sydney becomes electric as New Year’s Eve approaches, with locals and visitors organising day picnics at some of the best NYE fireworks viewing spots in places like Balmain and Point Piper, as well … Read more

The Sydney Christmas lights so famous that they cause traffic jams

The Davidson Christmas lights

The residents of Borgnis Street, Davidson in Sydney’s Northern Beaches become beacons of festive cheer every time Christmas rolls around, guiding Santa to our shores with over 100,000 Christmas lights and Christmas decorations. At least that’s how it was before the pandemic, with a four-year hiatus stripping away the festive cheer that is now only … Read more

Four new futuristic kids cafes are opening in Sydney

Cuto Kids Cafe in Bankstown

Cuto Kids’ Cafe has opened five new locations in Sydney, making a major play for family-friendly hospitality as more parents look for new places that aren’t just cookie-cutter indoor play centres. Building on the typical model of a play centre, Cuto Kids’ Cafes favour design-forward, innovative spaces that consider both parents and children with good … Read more

Taronga Zoo has welcomed not one but two new rare baby Penguins

Penguins at the zoo

While the world continues to argue over whether Thailand’s Moo Deng or Melbourne’s Pesto wins the “cute chubby baby” award for 2024 (a much more worthwhile debate than Trump v Kamala), Sydney’s Taronga Zoo has slid into the conversation with their own bundle of dopamine-serving adorableness: two super-rare Fiordland Penguin chicks. The 12-week and 9-week … Read more

Get tickets to see the incredible Magritte exhibition now (because the lines will be surreal)

Golconda (French: Golconde) is an oil painting on canvas by Belgian surrealist Renรฉ Magritte

Art Gallery of New South Wales opens their exclusive Magritte exhibition this month. Donโ€™t miss the 2-for-1 ticket offer every Wednesday from 5โ€“10pm for an after-dark dose of mind-bending art. Renรฉ Magritte has landed at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in an exhibition thatโ€™s got everyone from art-dads to gallery newbies feeling delightfully … Read more