The weather has turned hot and all of a sudden your days are full of
the beach, the park and backyard barbeques, usually for little more than
the cost of a train ticket, a few bread rolls and an Icypole if you’re
especially good.
Surveys always rank Sydney as one of the most expensive cities to
live in. While this is true of the cost of an apartment or a cappuccino,
Sydney is also one of the best cities to be in if you like having fun
for free.
Here are a few fun things to do for free over the coming months:
Newtown Festival
It’s an annual event, it has a line-up to kill for and its absolutely
free. Happening on November 8th in Camperdown Park, the Newtown
festival is set to be a sensation for another year. Bring your picnic
rug, sun block and hat and get ready to browse market stalls with
Hermitude and others pumping in the background.
Dr Pong
The beer isn’t free, but entry and the ping-pong certainly are. Dr
Pong is a new addition up in the suddenly booming Burton St, and is a
cozy and chatty bar centred around the greatest of modern activities-
the ping-pong table. Bats are handed out on entry and whether you’re
good, moderate or totally atrocious at the game, you’re sure to enjoy
yourself.
Carriageworks.
On any given day, Carriageworks can play host to new dramatic works,
Kitchen Garden workshops or the Eveleigh growers markets. Carriageworks
tags itself as Sydney’s new home for contemporary arts, but it is also a
great space for a bit of community. It’s one of the most wonderful
resources Sydney has and its schedule of events can be found here, http://www.carriageworks.com.au/whats_on.php. The Finders Keepers markets will be a sensation, so pencil them in to the diary.
Free Pool Nights
Lots of pubs have set times when the pool is free. Sometimes this
means they are crowded to the hilt, and your attempts at sinking
anything are watched with the eagle eye of aficionados. Often it means
you can spend your afternoon sinking (or not sinking) balls with
reckless abandon with no one watching. Some of the best:
Roof Bar, 77 Castlereagh St. Every Tuesday until Saturday after 5pm.
Golden Barley, 167 Edgeware Road, Enmore. Tuesdays after 7pm.
Nag’s Head Hotel, 162 St Johns Road, Glebe. All day Sunday.
Sculpture by the Sea and Laneways By George
Art and About has really pulled out the big guns this year. The
annual Noodle Markets and art lining the central walkway of Hyde Park
were as wonderful as usual, but Laneways by George have really stepped
it up a notch. Laneways full of bars, art exhibitions and places to sit
now hide just off George Street. They’ll be there until January and maps
can be found here.
Sculpture by the Sea has it’s fair share of controversy and attention
every year, but can anything be better than a wander along one of the
best stretches of coast in Sydney to the backdrop of the wild, wacky and
wonderful creations of sculptors.?
It’s here until January and you can always cool off your artistic
heels by a well-earned dip at Bondi or Bronte when you’re done.
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