After spending most of our lives driving north on NSW getaways, The Thirsty Travellers took a detour south over Easter to beautiful Narooma. The pictureseque town in the Eurobodalla region is around five hours south of Sydney, although you might have to factor in a little longer if you’re battling holiday traffic. However, it’s worth the…
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Cheers to the 100th birthday of the Southern Swan
Sydney delivered a stunning summer evening for the Southern Swan to celebrate its 100th birthday this week. Ships rarely survive 100 years and even fewer mark the milestone in active service, so it was a moving moment when the Sydney Harbour Tall Ship set sail from Campbell Cove on January 10. And The Thirsty Travellers…
Sipping cocktails on Cloud 9
If you’re planning a trip to Fiji, there’s an experience you should add to your bucket list: an afternoon sipping cocktails on Cloud 9. Cloud 9 is a fabulous bar and pizzeria that floats off the coast of Malolo Island – on a crystal-clear lagoon that looks out at Fiji’s famous Cloudbreak swell in the…
Celebrating the Southern Swan’s 100th birthday
Maritime treasure the Southern Swan is celebrating her 100th anniversary in January 2022. Part of the Sydney Tall Ships fleet, the historic vessel will spend her birthday month hosting a series of events and cruises on Sydney Harbour. Ships rarely survive 100 years and even fewer mark the milestone in active service, but the Southern…
Twilight cruising with Sydney Tall Ships
Stepping back in time aboard a historic tall ship is a glorious way to experience Sydney Harbour at dusk. The Thirsty Travellers originally booked a cruise with Sydney Tall Ships for VIVID Sydney, but our adventure was cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown. We skipped the option of a refund and chose to pay a little extra…
Sydney headland walks: Turimetta Beach
Narrabeen Headland Trail is a beautiful part of Sydney’s Bicentennial Coastal Walk to explore, filled with spectacular scenery and the bonus of a “secret” beach, called Turimetta. We kicked off our adventure with lunch at a cafe called Nourished, which is nestled under a stand of Norfolk Pines near Narrabeen Bridge. The cafe does an…
Sydney headland walks: Flat Rock Beach
Spending three months in lockdown has required a little creativity to satisfy our travel bug. Fortunately our local LGAs are filled with stunning beauty, so we’ve been sating our wanderlust on weekends by exploring beach headlands. Killarney Point might not be the first destination on your beach bucket list, but the Garigal National Park is…
Cruising the Kimberley: dinner under the stars
We are surrounded by the ocean on our last full day of the cruise, so we decide to sleep in until 6.30am. It’s a laidback day, filled with food, snoozing, fishing and slide shows. There’s a photo competition among the passengers that is fiercely fought. Among our favourites are some of the amazing reflections we’ve…
Cruising the Kimberley: King George Falls
We wake on Day 9 of our Reef Prince cruise at mouth of King George River and eat an early breakfast while we wait for high tide so we can cross over the sandbar. Larger cruise boats can’t get over the sandbar and send tenders up the river instead to the famed King George Falls….
Cruising the Kimberley: WW2 plane wreck & Bradshaw art
The Reef Prince drops anchor in Vansittart Bay at 3am on Day 8 of our cruise and we wake to another glorious sunrise. At 7.45am, the tender takes us across to a shell-scattered beach and we walk over the dunes and a salt flat to the wreckage of an airplane from World War 2, which…
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