Tips from a Local: Guide to Sydney, Australia, Sydney, Australia
Some of the best trips happen when I meet up with friends who live in the country I’m visiting. It’s always beneficial to get authentic travel advice straight from the mouth of a local; after all, they know their city best!
This week, I’m putting the spotlight on Australia native Amy Khoury, also known as the Aussie Travel Blogger. She gives some advice on what to experience when visiting the place she calls home, including what to eat, where to stay, what to do, and where to get some amazing photos!
Australians are very simple people with very simple pleasures. Our national dish is the one and only Meat Pie. The best place in Sydney is by far Harry’s Cafe de Wheels. Here you can order a pie which ever way you like! There are a few locations across Sydney but the original and most authentic would have to be by Woolloomooloo just 10 mins from the city centre close to Kings Cross nightlife area.
They are scattered all over the city and some of my favourites would be Palmer and Co or Baxter Inn, however my absolute personal favourite would have to be ‘Love Tilly Devine‘ a very impressive wine bar located at 91 Crown Lane Darlinghurst with a menu of over 300 wines from all over the world. The Darlinghurst area is known for amazing bars cafés and restaurants however this is hidden in the back ally of crown lane. The bar is actually named after the notorious Tilly Devine, a brothel Madam from the 1930s, however I was told by one of the bartenders once that its name is more in honour of the history of the area rather than Tilly herself. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
This week, I’m putting the spotlight on Australia native Amy Khoury, also known as the Aussie Travel Blogger. She gives some advice on what to experience when visiting the place she calls home, including what to eat, where to stay, what to do, and where to get some amazing photos!
Australians are very simple people with very simple pleasures. Our national dish is the one and only Meat Pie. The best place in Sydney is by far Harry’s Cafe de Wheels. Here you can order a pie which ever way you like! There are a few locations across Sydney but the original and most authentic would have to be by Woolloomooloo just 10 mins from the city centre close to Kings Cross nightlife area.
They are scattered all over the city and some of my favourites would be Palmer and Co or Baxter Inn, however my absolute personal favourite would have to be ‘Love Tilly Devine‘ a very impressive wine bar located at 91 Crown Lane Darlinghurst with a menu of over 300 wines from all over the world. The Darlinghurst area is known for amazing bars cafés and restaurants however this is hidden in the back ally of crown lane. The bar is actually named after the notorious Tilly Devine, a brothel Madam from the 1930s, however I was told by one of the bartenders once that its name is more in honour of the history of the area rather than Tilly herself. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Tips from a Local: Guide to Sydney, Australia
Guide Location: Australia » Sydney
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Ashley Simpson
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Australia » Sydney
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Ashley Simpson
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Harry’s Cafe de Wheels
- Palmer and Co
- Baxter Inn
- Love Tilly Devine
- Milk Beach
- Sydney University Graffiti Tunnel
- Angel Place Laneway
- Harbour Bridge
- Opera Bar
- The Chinese Garden of Friendship
- Bondi Beach
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