Empty Lawns and Lightly Trafficked Footpaths
Elizabeth A Sunday Adventure in Suburban Peakhurst I rolled a die to select the category of this week’s Sunday Adventure and landed on Visit a Random Suburb. Then, based on having…
A Bicycle Ride in Parramatta – Following the Heritage Trail
Another Sunday, another adventure The sky is blue and the sun is warm. It is a perfect Sunday for a Sydney adventure. I’ve decided to go for a heritage bicycle…
Beach No 57: North Narrabeen – A winter solstice beach
A little belated, I visit North Narrabeen Beach to mark the winter solstice. When I arrive at North Narrabeen Beach it will be either fire or surf. One or the…
Plane Spotting with Abby: A Sunday Adventure in Sydney
I suspect every Sunday is an adventure for Abby – in Sydney or not. Actually, now that I think of it, every day is an adventure for Abby. She’ll be…
Weekend Adventure in Sydney: Walking Lyrebird Creek at Mount Kuring-gai
The past few years I have reviewed my journals ahead of the winter solstice. I do this because I like to see what went well, what didn’t go well, and…
Beach No 55: North Cronulla
North Cronulla is an almost anonymously typical Sydney surf beach. There’s really nothing special about it and yet it is lovely and a pleasure to visit. The order of my…
Beach No 63: Queens (10 March 2019)
They’re my rules and I’ll break them if I want to. And today was a day to break them. It’s my 50th birthday, it’s a Sunday, the weather is inviting,…
Beach No 56: North Curl Curl
If you’ve been following this blog you may be thinking, “Wait a second. Wasn’t your last beach number 54 Newport?” And if you are thinking that – well spotted. Number…
Beach No 54: Newport (13 January 2019)
I wake to another grey Sunday but when I leave for Newport Beach, the sky has mostly cleared. The #423 bus takes me from King Street (Newtown) to Martin Place.…
Narrabeen: Beach No 53 – Around the Lagoon and Other Things on 6 January 2019
On the first Sunday of the year I decided that, regardless of the weather, I would go to Narrabeen Beach – the next beach in my alphabetical list. And that,…