1. Pier 26 down at Darling Harbour sells a kilo of prawns for $20 every Saturday.
2. It sells Carlton Draught, which is the most refreshing lager ever. I should know, I've road tested a bunch of them over the last two weeks.
3. Its most famous restaurant is not a restaurant. It's a pie shop. In fact it's a pie van, and it's called Harry's Cafe de Wheels. It sells you a pie with mash and mushy peas for under $5. And it has a snap outside of Dennis Waterman enjoying a pie. And a snap of BA Barachus.
4. It costs the equivalent of £600 a month to rent a three bedroom house.
5. They give you strawberries when you order sparkling wine.
6. The equivalent of WD40 over here is called 'Start, Ya Bastard!'
7. Adverts are refreshingly brief and to the point. To whit: 'Drink. Drive. Bloody idiot!' And Brett Lee advertising Weet-bix with a non-cool cheesy grin on his face. And Shane Warne advertising hair plugs. Hee.
8. Cigarette packets over here have scared me into giving up.
9. The main department store in town has an entire floor of pretty dresses for $30, which is about £12. My bank hates me.
10. Sydneysiders seem geniunely disappointed that the Ashes wasn't more of a fight rather than a complete washout.
So, it seems that I love Sydney because it has cheap food, good beer, pies and hysterical TV. Beats Hackney in every way, I think. Except I'm pretty sure you can get a decent pie on the Dalston Road somewhere.
4 comments:
Welcome back Ms Hackhshaw. You're talking about my home town. So glad you enjoyed it.
I had no idea! It's a wonderful place - not that many places put Hackney in the shade of course. I want to move out there! Hope you had a lovely Xmas break.
I don't think I'd eat a pie from Dalston...
No, you're quite right. I probably wouldn't either.
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