If you have an hour to spare in Sydney, or are driving into the city, I suggest either walking to, or parking at the Domain Carpark to experience the Domain Carpark express walkway. It’s one of Simon Winkler, my friend, amazing DJ and Triple R’s Music Co-ordinator’s favourite places in Sydney and he recommended it to me and I’m passing on the news about this peculiar underground installation because I loved it. Under the Domain, is a 200 and something metre long tunnel with a travelator, that exits by St Mary’s Cathedral and the corner of College St and Macquarie St. This moving footway is an odd but wonderful shortcut into the city, the entrance to it is a little hard to find, but chances are the people you see in the area, are heading just there. The walls are covered in murals and it is super surreal. I’m hesitant to post too many photos because I’d rather you get the full effect in person. I searched for it when I was feeling pretty frazzled and it enthralled me to no end and completely changed my mood.
Other ways to spend a day in Sydney:
Morning – Scour the markets and eat breakfast from a cart. There’s The Rocks market I mentioned earlier, plus some good markets in Bondi and Glebe. Pick one and go.
Afternoon - Stay local. Spend an afternoon in the sun at Darling Harbour. Browse books at the amazing Books Kinokuniya store at the Galeries Victoria, where you can leaf through samples of amazing art, photography, design and comic books before buying. Tweet from the three storey Apple store and lick frosting at Cupcake Bakery on George St.
Evening – Visit Kings Cross. Buy something cute at Jay and Mike’s vintage, have a hot chocolate in the chocolate cigar smoke haze of Coco Cubano – cool decor and it smells incredible, peek at the Coke Sign and people watch. It’s super seedy, and quite fantastic. I loved the Cross.
Night – I don’t know. I was in bed by ten. According to Simon, ‘the Summit bar (Orbit lounge bar) is a kind of kitsch 70s cocktail bar/revolving restaurant with arguably the best panoramic view of the city, the harbour and it’s surrounds’ – and I would have gone had I not lacked human accompaniment.
Little peepshow below.
