A great buddy of ours preserves that the year truly begins on the 1st of February. as well as I believe this year has shown that perfectly. I mean, where has January gone?

To make sure we haven’t forgotten the very best bits though, here’s a quick highlights reel of the last few weeks.

The begin to 2021 has included fantastic boat celebrations with a few close travel writer friends, the open Air Cinema at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair, date nights at our preferred Indian, lunch feasts at the Fish Market as well as a interesting Aussie movie.

We hope you delight in this regular Edition.

Cheers – Jim & Christina xx

You understand when you’ve made it when you have a buddy with a yacht. The primary guy in fee of the amazing TravMedia travel communications firm Nick Wayland has invited us for a swim as well as a drink around Sydney Harbour. 

It’s a ideal day as well as aboard with us are a few of the true glitterati of the travel composing industry.

The water is absolutely fantastic – I was expecting a cold dip, instead it’s a languid backstroke in the warm middle Harbour. as well as I can assuage your issues of sharks – I’m using my Sharkbanz anti-Jaws device.

You can checked out much more about that right here however I still have both legs so I’m persuaded it works!

You truly can’t beat a day on the harbour. as well as if you’re wondering exactly how we’ve got these shots, Christina is utilizing her iphone whilst swimming.

Since she dropped it in the harbour last year as well as it still works, it’s truly provided her a great deal of belief in exactly how water resistant the phone is. Hmm.

Since it’s not raining for once, we’ve taken the afternoon off for a bit of backgammon as well as some gorgeous Riesling from Petaluma Estate. 

If you’ve never had this red wine before as well as you like your Riesling crisp, minerally as well as beautifully balanced, you understand what to do!

I likewise slip in a cheeky cigar – a Montecristo Edmundo I’ve had stashed for a while. Not bad. Not poor at all.

This evening we’re extremely thrilled to be invited for the very first night that the open Air Cinema has been able to open in ages. Masks on, everyone!

Here at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair with views of the Harbour Bridge as well as Opera home to enjoy, the film has to be a truly great one to hold your attention.

But before the film, we delight in the proffered goodies at the VIP Croser Garden. I’ve got to say, Croser truly is an underrated Aussie sparkling wine.

The food right here is from kitchen area by Mike as well as is really delicious. as well as since it’s table service at the moment thanks to Covid, you truly get a possibility to delight in the setting.

The personnel right here are fantastic as well as well as truly are worthy of a shoutout for make whatever run so smoothly.

The movie’s about to begin as well as we still have a decrease of Croser delegated keep us refreshed. 

As for the view endangering to pull focus from the film, there’s no possibility of that. We’re right here to see Misbehaviour – a meaningful comedy drama about the presentations at the 1970 miss world charm pageant.

It’s as touching as it is entertaining. extremely recommended.

This afternoon, we’re graced with our mate James’ presence. He’s just recently transferred to new South Wales from Melbourne, so we believed we’d do one of the most Sydney things you can finish with him.

Lunch at the Sydney Fish Market! 

I tell you what, one thing that the worldwide border closures have done is made it a much more enjoyable experience right here at the Fish Market.

I don’t believe it was ever developed for the sheer number of visitors that would come here, particularly in summer.

It was practically embarrassing to discover that much more people would go to the Fish Market every year than all of Western Australia. as well as double the visitors to Cairns.

The Fish Markets is – or was – the most went to location in Australia after the Opera House! as well as let’s deal with it, it’s run down.

That’s all about to end though, with the new location coming up rapidly across the bay. Looking ahead to that.

In the meantime, we’re enjoying the outstanding fresh seafood you can get here. If you haven’t been right here in a while since of the crowds, the garbage, the stink as well as the parking, try the Fish Market now. It’s a totally different experience.

Obviously I’d choose to have an over-crowded Fish Market than this pandemic, however we have to look for silver linings I suppose.

Tonight we’ve been invited to experience this awesome pop-up rooftop bar at the InterContinental Sydney called Panorama Lounge Bar.

Usually, this is this area is solely for Club level guests of the hotel, however this summertime it’s available to the public – as well as the views are insane.

The food as well as drinks at Panorama Lounge are likewise outstanding – we’ve gone for the Chef’s choice platter, which has many of the very best bits from the cheese as well as charcuterie menu. 

There’s likewise a type of tapas menu to check out as well as – as you’d expect – a fantastic mixed drink as well as red wine list.

How about that. Isn’t it amazing. We’ve got a full evaluation of Panorama Lounge Bar you can see here.

Back to earth, we’ve taken ourselves off for a date night tonight. We’ve come to our preferred regional Indian restaurant – the oddly named Not just Curries in Balmain. They truly do just do curries here.

But they’re truly good! I mean, exactly how tasty do these entrees look?

On to the primary program as well as we believed we were being conventional with the number of dishes, persuaded we’d have to purchase more. Instead, we can’t surface everything, which is a new experience for me!

We’re out for one more night at the cinema tonight – this time around to the palace at Leichhardt. We like coming right here – so much to ensure that Christina’s a card-carrying member, which does imply we get special advanced screenings of new films.

This film, High Ground, is just superb. Gripping, heart-breaking, bloody as well as in some cases funny, it’s a tale of white Australian pioneers as well as their battle with an native tribe. 

 Highly recommended, I hope as well as count on this gets all the awards.

I’ve heard it’s legislation that when in Leichhardt, you should have pizza for dinner. Christina as well as I think about ourselves law-abiding citizens – particularly when the legislation is as tasty as this.

Moretti Pizzeria is best next door to the cinema as well as – as you can see – its pizzas are amazing. 

We hope you’ve delighted in our regular edition this time around round, as well as we likewise hope you’re risk-free as well as well anywhere you are in the world.

Cheers – Jim & Christina xx