Cafes and Restaurants

The Hard Rock Cafe, Darling Harbour – Sydney’s Best Cafes For Kids + Teens

Well, where else would you take a teenager to celebrate a 16th birthday? Teen16 is a mad heavy metal fan, not to mention a mad burger, chips and soft drink fan, so his passion for the Hard Rock Cafe is totally understandable.

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Sydney’s Best Beachside Cafes – The Deck at Collaroy

Think of me as this review is posted, I’ll be flying somewhere between here and Glasgow! We absolutely love this cafe. Talk about right on the beach! I took some photos there recently and went back to look at a post I did years ago. It was terrible! Bad photos, no detail. What was I [...]

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The Cocoa Room Cafe, Huskisson

Call me a playground and cafe nerd, why don’t you? I really do love a new find. This new addition to the Huskisson cafe scene gets my vote for convenience and charm. It’s away from the hustle and bustle of Owen Street, so feels lovely and quiet. But the best thing is that it is [...]

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Kyeemagh Beach, Baths and Playground at Brighton-Le-Sands

My kids love this area for the great airport views. They can watch planes taking off and landing for hours. But there’s loads more here to enjoy, good playground and the biketrack and cafe making this a very family-friendly beach and baths.

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Talking Heads Cafe, Killarney Heights – Sydney’s Best Cafes For Kids

Down in the depths of darkest Killarney Heights there is a great wee kid-friendly hub with cafes, handy shops, kids art and dance classes and a couple of good cafes. Our regular haunt is Talking Heads, it’s an excellent cafe for children, especially those old enough to trot off to enjoy the nearby playground after [...]

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Balmoral Boatshed Cafe + Kiosk: Sydney’s Most Child-Friendly Cafes

Quick, quick, hurry up. If we pack up now we can be there in 30 minutes! This cafe is in a lovely location, right by the beautiful Baths. There are scrumptious views over the beach and the harbour, I love watching all the bobbing boats.

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Post Update: Terrey Hills Tavern – Sydney’s Most Child-Friendly Cafes + Restaurants

Sometimes, we mums and dads just need to go to the pub. And if you live in the north of Sydney, you’re luck to have a few family-friendly ones to visit. Here’s a good one! The Terrey Hills Tavernhas a small kids’ play area, lots of wide open spaces inside and out, a Balinese style [...]

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City Extra, Circular Quay – Sydney’s Best Cafes For Kids

Babies, toddlers, preschoolers and older kids are here in droves on a rainy winter early evening. The place is awash with strollers and full of hustle and bustle. With my two six year olds in tow, we opt to sit indoors and grab one of my favourite tables, the booths at the back beside the [...]

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Armory Wharf Cafe @ Blaxland Riverside Park

A family-friendly cafe right alongside the Parramatta River, with lovely views and a good kids menu? Sounds splendiferous! And it is. So long as you have children who don’t bolt, or leap haphazardly into the water, this is a good spot for breakfast, snacks and lunch.

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The Beach Kiosk, South Curl Curl – Sydney’s Most Child-Friendly Cafes

Love a cafe right by the beach. When our older boys were little we used to bring them to Nippers here, so South Curly beach and this cafe and kiosk have a place in our hearts.

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Top Five Things To Do In Sydney – With Kids

I was set a blog challenge by the lovely Katrina Whelan, Melbourne-based Babyology writer, Seamsaway proprietrix and, in her spare time, mother of four. She tweeted: Oooooohhhh… where to start? How to end?! And how on earth does she to have four children aged 5-9? That’s four kids in four years!

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School Holidays In Sydney – Our Top Ten ‘To Do’ List For These Holidays

After our first term with all four children at school, we’ll probably be starting off with a few pyjama days at home. I could do with at least a dozen of those. It’s rather daunting to have the Intn’l Man of Mystery away for another four weeks. But the little kids are very lively. They [...]

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Sydney’s Best Cafes for Kids- Echo On The Marina Cafe

Now here’s a wonderful spot which I’d have loved to have taken my children to when they were little, but never dared. Mine are a bit wild. They’d have been splashing off the end of the marina in minutes. They just never did suit this tranquil, spectacularly scenic slice of Middle Harbour heaven. Luckily, I [...]

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Family Fun at Jervis Bay – Hyams Beach Store + Cafe

Shhh…. don’t tell everyone about this cafe…. just the people you love best. This is one of my very favourite fave cafes at Jervis Bay. It’s the Hyams Beach Store and Cafe, a glorious little spot.

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Sydney’s Best Cafes for Kids- Cafe Piemonte, Terrey Hills

Isn’t this the kind of sign you just love to see. ‘Kids playground at rear’ has a certain ring to it. Cafe Piemonte is my new local. The kindy mums from the twins’ school are meeting here after dropoff regularly. And of course I have to go each time, such are the onerous duties of [...]

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Hills Flower Markets + Cafe Piemonte Photos, Terrey Hills

Here are a few photos of a fave hangout. All the info, more photos and maps can be found right here! I’ll say no more as will be linking to Wordless Wednesday with Trish from My Little Drummer Boys tomorrow.

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Sydney’s Best Cafes for Kids – Flying Fox Cafe

Such a very lovely cafe, it’s been designed to be very family-friendly and it succeeds very well. It’s slap bang alongside a very large, fully-fenced playground, with lovely water views, in an extensive park. No wonder Flying Fox Cafe is one of the areas best-known meccas for anyone with a young family.

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Fresh Food Markets in Sydney – How To Find Your Local Market

Sydney has many, many markets and most are very family friendly. Find details on where to find them below. Here’s a wee visual tribute to my local market to give you a flavour of what you can find at your local fresh food market:

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Sydney’s Most Family-Friendly Cafes- Little Manly Beach Kiosk

We had such a great time at Little Manly last Sunday that we did it all again yesterday. It was marvellous. There’s something there for all ages of kids. My five year old daughter loves the rockpools with their crabs and anemones. Five year old Rusty Rocket loves leaping off the shark net walkway. Able12 [...]

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Sydney’s Best Afternoon Teas- The Tea Room at the QVB

It was all thanks to Fig and Cherry … I won an afternoon tea for four at the Tea Room at the QVB. So my daughter and I dressed up in our prettiest, floweriest dresses and invited another well-dressed mum and daughter to join us.

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