Bustling Burwood:Sydney’s other (and possibly better) Chinatown

Bustling Burwood:Sydney’s other (and possibly better) Chinatown

It was grudging acceptance at first sight,but it seems Burwood agrees with us.

  • byMichael Ruffles

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There’s more to Engadine than McDonald’s and a former PM

There’s more to Engadine than McDonald’s and a former PM

Engadine found infamy thanks to a bewildering rumour about Scott Morrison and McDonald’s. I prefer to think of it as the laid-back suburb in which I grew up.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Coogee calling:Ocean sunrises,rockpool bliss and beach society

Coogee calling:Ocean sunrises,rockpool bliss and beach society

Herald writer Helen Pitt reveals the secrets of her home suburb Coogee,but shhh don’t tell anyone.

  • byHelen Pitt
Ode to a suburb that goes under the radar

Ode to a suburb that goes under the radar

Its biggest claim to fame is one night with Albo. But here’s why it’s the Paris of Sydney’s south-west.

  • byJordan Baker
Summer in Sydney means ... Lego stuck in tarmac and birds’ property disputes
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Opinion

Summer in Sydney means ... Lego stuck in tarmac and birds’ property disputes

Investigative reporter Ben Cubby wonders about the fate of a piece of Lego stuck in the kerb outside his lower north shore home.

  • byBen Cubby
Summer in Sydney ... romance,the beach and first concerts
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Opinion

Summer in Sydney ... romance,the beach and first concerts

For Herald desk editor Jason Cadden,visits to Sydney meant actually having a social life,and his first memories of being at a surf beach.

  • byJason Cadden
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Summer in Sydney means ... sardines and refuge in sandstone buildings

Summer in Sydney means ... sardines and refuge in sandstone buildings

Senior writer and obituary editor Tim Barlass says summers here aren’t like the ones in south-west London.

  • byTim Barlass
Summer in Sydney means ... burning feet on the driveway and the family minigolf championship

Summer in Sydney means ... burning feet on the driveway and the family minigolf championship

And why is it we cannot have daylight saving a few months longer?

  • byKathryn Wicks
Summer in Sydney means ... monorail,waterfalls and pistachio ice-cream

Summer in Sydney means ... monorail,waterfalls and pistachio ice-cream

Editorial assistant Abby Seaman knows Penrith can literally be the hottest place on Earth.

  • byAbby Seaman
Summer in Sydney means ... heat that crawls up your legs,and a sense of life beginning
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Opinion

Summer in Sydney means ... heat that crawls up your legs,and a sense of life beginning

As a teenager,I lived on the Balmain pub crawl route,and I’d often lie in bed listening to the conversations of happy drunk people outside my window. Summer felt like the time when life happened.

  • byCatherine Naylor
Summer in Sydney means ... ocean pools,InterContinental and Room Ten
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Summer in Sydney means ... ocean pools,InterContinental and Room Ten

Senior Herald writer and novelist Jacqueline Maley loves the contrast of beach life and the colour and chaos of Sydney when it sizzles.

  • byJacqueline Maley