Posts Tagged ‘Sydney’

10
Jun

Vivid Festival 2011 – Custom House

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Every year, Vivid Festival transform Sydney in a city of lights… Skyscrapers with magical luminous effects, the Opera House becomes a multiform of colours, geometry and shades, and Circular Quay is all dressed up. This year, Custom House is taking the scene with the most amazing sound and light effects. For approximately five minutes, you see the front of the building changing shapes and colours, it’s truly spectacular.

It all last until Monday 13th, so if you are in Sydney for this long weekend make sure to go down to the Rocks for a quick look… Sydney is beautiful when all the lights are turned on!

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Ops, I forgot… click on the pictures to watch the video. Just in case you cannot see this in real life, quality is not great but gives you a very good idea on how amazing this is… ;)

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16
Jan

A Night on Cockatoo Island

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After more than 5 years in Sydney, no matter how much I try and despite the highest intention of wanting to be a true Ozie, to the local eyes I will and always be a tourist. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but I believe it has something to do with what I usually do with my spare time. It sort of spoils my intentions…

Take this weekend for example… Did you know that you could spend a night over in Cockatoo Island? Well, you can. It is the easiest thing, it’s fun, cheap and give you the chance to relax and enjoy one of the heritage precincts in the Sydney Harbour. How does it work? There are several options, depending on your budget. You can rent a beautiful house, which is great especially for families or groups of friends, hire one of the tents in the camp ground (they have beds, chairs, sleeping bags, everything you need) or bring your own and sleep in designated areas. We went for the last option (ours was just underneath the tower on the right, cool!), and with only $56 we experienced a night on the island. Then we played tennis, of course had a BBQ, and relaxed with great music and a very tasty cocktail in the new Island Bar (open only in summer) overlooking the Harbour Bridge. Simply perfect!

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Of course on top of all this, you can walk around old buildings, discover what happened since the establishment, have a luscious breakfast with coffee and cake or just lay on the grass to read a good book … one of the best weekend I had in Sydney so far. Well, if weather had the decency to be acceptable it would have been even better. Not to worry, we’ll be back for more!

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