Site Update

12 New Guides: Reconsidering Kings Cross, and Two Big Day Trips

This update: Kings Cross's reinvention, free art at the MCA, farmers markets, a dramatic coastal drive, and airport/car rental basics.

Updated 2026-09-08 Updates

What's new this week

Twelve more guides, including a couple we're genuinely glad to finally add:

Neighbourhoods: Kings Cross & Potts Point, making the honest case that this neighbourhood's reputation hasn't caught up with how much it's changed — plus Glebe, one of the better-value, book-loving pockets near the city.

Things to do: An honest comparison of paid harbour cruises versus just riding the public ferries, the free Museum of Contemporary Art at Circular Quay, and Centennial Park — Sydney's largest urban park, which most short-stay visitors never see.

Food & drink: Real farmers markets (as distinct from the weekend craft markets already covered), and a rooftop bars guide as a genuinely good-value alternative to paid observation decks.

Day trips: The Grand Pacific Drive and Sea Cliff Bridge south of Wollongong — arguably the most dramatic coastal drive covered on this site — and Featherdale Wildlife Park, the hands-on alternative to Taronga Zoo.

Practical info: A proper Sydney Airport arrival guide, and an honest answer to "do I need to rent a car" (short version: not for the city itself, but yes for a couple of specific day trips).

A running total

We're now past 70 guides live across the site. The pace hasn't slowed and we don't plan to let it — see the homepage for the current live count. Thanks for reading along.