Over the years, Australia has given the world some of the sweetest things imaginable. To name a few, there’s koalas, the adorable antics of Blinky Bill, Olivia Newton-John, and Diana Glenn in Oyster Farmer. But few can argue that one of the sweetest contributions to the culinary world, nay, the world itself is the chocolate covered sandwich cookie, the Tim...
HOW TO SEE SYDNEY ON THE CHEAP By Matt John Canty You can use lots of words to describe the city of Sydney: lively, beautiful, cultural, coastal, breathtaking, friendly, and of course, expensive! Sydney is one of the priciest cities in Australia, if not the world, but this should not worry you if you are traveling on a budget, because there are countless things you...
With my stomach full from lunch, and the day still sunny and warm, I headed down towards the edge of the Hawkesbury River Marina to do something I neglected to do the first time I was here in 2009: take a ferry ride up the river! I remember a small pier and shelter box next to the railroad tracks, where I remember also seeing a small barge; it looked vaguely like...
And so, we return to the present: September of 2013 in the town of Brooklyn, NSW, Australia. I was most fortunate to come back to this idyllic region, especially on such a sunny, warm day! No really, it was one those days that only existed in the minds of daydreams, children, or the animal denizens of the bush. The sky, an azure blanket accompanied by a warm...
To really get this story on the Hawkesbury River moving forward, we must go back to the beginning. To a place, far, far way. To a time, a long, long time ago. To New York City, in August of 2005! I had just heard of a foreign film from Australia that was being shown at one of those fancy, yet obscure indie-film houses in lower Manhattan. A limited run of this...
“HAWKESBURY RIVER NEXT STOP!” was what it said on the electronic display sign inside the train. I sat, my heart thumping in my chest, with my hands stroking my backpack, as I watched the green scenery pass by me in a slow blur. It had been less than one hour since my train took off from Central Station, and I was counting down all the stops along the...