Great spot located right next door to the beautiful Narrabeen lake and also the public car park…read more Coffee is sensational as is the food with generous sized servings delivers hot and fresh to your table Chill relaxed casual vibe as you would expect given its location With the friendly service and great pricing it's easy to see why it's a locals favourite and will keep us coming back. !

I'm not sure if you could actually call this place Sydney's northern point, but ever since I was a…read morekid I've seen it as such. So, I decided that I would actually go and check it out. Sure, you have to meander your way between Home and Away film sets (Australians will know what I mean by that), and it is a bit of a hike, but the views once you get to the top are pretty outstanding. Oh, they also have a smugglers track, which as a climb is a bit more difficult, but a lot more fun.

Amazing views across the Pittwater and central coast are the main features of this walk. It's not a…read morevery long walk and you can choose the windy pathway or the steps to get up here. It's also a place you can whale watch from during migration season. The walk leading to here is slightly confusing due to construction at the moment. Once you get up there you forget it all and enjoy the amazing scenery. I have been here many times and love making this walk up the hill to the lighthouse. Well worth doing for locals and visitors.

Met here for a Sunday family Picnic as most family lives in Newcastle, whilst my brother lives in…read morethe heart of Sydney. Minutes off the M1 Motorway and close to cafes, and our favourite Chargrill Charlie's, if you wish to buy something to eat in the park. Considering the stunning weather I was surprised to find easy parking and plenty of shady spots to spread out your rug or camp chairs. The big trees are beautiful. Being so close to homes and the general claustrophobic sense I get visiting Sydney, I wasn't expecting the park to be as large as it was. We all enjoyed a very relaxed afternoon and would happily meet here again.

Only 20 minutes out of Sydney, Glenworth Valley makes for an excellent day trip to get you away…read morefrom the hustle and bustle of the city. An amazing property set in a deep valley on the Central Coast, Glenworth Valley offers everything from horse riding, kayaking, quad biking, even camping. I have only ever experienced the horse riding here which is great fun. For $75 you're taken out for two hours on one of the three trails. The best trail is the 'waterfall trail' which on a hot day you can jump off and take a dip in. If you're an experienced rider they will let you take off on your own, which is very rare. I like doing this if I am alone as I can set the pace I want to go at. It gets a bit trickier if you're stuck with a group of people and you're forced to go at a pace you don't want to but that is sort of luck of the draw. You can always rejoin the group if this happens. The horses are pretty stock standard riding school horses that come with riding school attitude and tricks. When you first arrive they try to put you with a horse that matches your riding level but honestly I think this is a bit of a farce - I once asked for a particular horse who they said wasn't out on that day, but then another lady rode him on my ride! I got over it in the end, but I wasn't pleased at the time. If you can try to book in advance on a quieter day - check they have no tour groups that day as you'll be in for a long wait and pretty boring ride.

This was a surprise find on our recent trip to Australia/my homecoming. The unconventional location…read moremakes it somewhat tricky to find the entry because it's in a nonresidential, secluded semi-industrial neighbourhood with a small parking lot. There is a small picnic area with a bench and table though, and it was very quiet on this winter day in July. Firstly, the falls are not wheelchair accessible, and we had to navigate quite a few steps to see all three falls. The highlight for me, not surprisingly, was the last falls at the bottom, where we spent a good 20 minutes enjoying the peace and quiet and the chilly air. I especially liked the mossy boulders and the ancient-looking trees growing into (or out of) the multiple layers of rocks. They don't quite measure up to the scale and mystique of the falls of the Blue Mountains, but I'm so glad to see these natural resources preserved and accessible. We might be back!

Just to think that just outside Sydney, hidden away in the Brisbane Water National Park you will…read morefind some Egyptian Hieroglyphics carved into a granite rock outcropping. If you don't believe me go and check them out yourself. Okay, they aren't 'real' hieroglyphics, and they definitely don't mark the tomb of an Egyptian prince that found himself lost in the Australian bush four thousand years ago, but they are certainly one of those really bizarre things that a huge number of myths and legends that developed around. I'd heard about them years ago, but only remember of their existence recently, and this made the effort to hike out there to check them out. Okay, while I'm only an amateur archaeologist at best, I can say for certain that these glyphs aren't four thousand years old (I would probably say a hundred years at most, though there are quite a number that are a lot more recent - it seemed as if somebody started a fad attracting all sorts of people to add to this rather odd spectacle). Mind you, they aren't listed on any of the Sydney tourist brochures, but if you like the weird and strange, and don't mind a but of a hike, then definitely go and check it out (I have placed the marker on their exact location, and Google Maps is also pretty accurate as well).

I called in at 11.45 on Saturday (such a bonus they are open) and expecting a huge queue, but there…read morewas only one other client in the registery. What a pleasant surprise.

Still some teething problems here. There are meeter and greeters to help choose the service you…read morewant. You can do marriage licences and driving licences. What a mix! There are comfy chairs and a TV to watch. Plenty of parking as it is in a shopping centre. It still takes the same long time to do the simplest renewal but there is an interactive screen on the way out to give them feedback on your experience. It really does depend on who servers you and whether they actually care if you "have a good day"