Diving the SS Yongala (near Townsville, QLD)

• Venue 505, Surry Hills, 280 Cleveland St, www.venue505.com
  
• Funky Cafe, Newtown, Kings St @ Church St
  
• Red Rattler, Marrackville, 6 Faversham St, www.redrattler.org
  
• Dirty Shirlows (psych, dubstep, prog), Marrackville, www.myspace.com/dirtyshirlows
  
• General Store (art gallery + The Silent Hour), Darlinghurst, Lv 1, 77-83 William St, www.the-general-store.net
  
• 'No Fixed Address' series from Joe Hardy (rotating gigs in a new location everytime)
  
• The Gate @ Pablo & Rusty's Cafe, Epping, 42 Langston Pl, www.thegatepresents.com
  
• Camelot Lounge (used to be Qwirkz)

• Milsons Point Loop, 7km / 2h 45 mins, Ferry Stop Milsons Point
  
• Neutral Bay to Kirribilli, 3.5km / 1h 45 mins, Ferry Stop Neutral Bay Wharf
  
• Cremorne Point to Shell Cove, 3.5km / 1h 45 mins, Ferry Stop Old Cremorne Wharf
  
• Bondi to Bronte Beach Walk
  

• 2nd Thurs of every mth (check to confirm), Marrickville Foodz and Toonz, Addison Rd Centre, 142 Adison Rd, 6pm+
  
• Summer Fridays, North Sydney's Twilight Food Fair, Civic Park, 200 Miller St, 5:30-9:30pm
  
• Summer Fridays (from Nov), Rocks Market by Moonlight, Lanterns music and stalls, from 5pm.
  
• Every Friday, Chinatown Night Market, Dixon St, 4-11pm
  
• First Sat of the Month, Pyrmont Growers Market, Pyrmont Bay Park, Pirrama Rd, 7-11am
  
• Every Sat, Paddington's Fringe Bar Markets (vintage and design clothing), 106 Oxford St, 10am-5pm
  
• First Sun of the Month, Eveleigh Artisan Market, Carriageworks, 243 Wilsons St, 10am-3pm
  
• Every Sun, Bondi Market (for ahead-of-the-game fashion), Bondi Beach Public School, 10am-5pm
  
• Weekend Fishmarket, go very early (ie. 6 or 7ish) for a tour of the fish brought in that morning.

• Inner West, Creeks Ride (Whites Creek, O'Dea Reserve on old Camperdown Velodrome on Ross St)

• Little Marionette, Class A Coffee roasted on-site, 18 Trafalgar St
  
• Malaysian-style Coffee house with a huge range of kooky tea and coffee based drinks,594 Harris St, Ultimo, 9282-9883
  

• Bourke St Bakery (Ginger Brulee tart), 474 Gardeners Rd, Alexandria, 8339-1001
  
• Yellow Patisserie, 57-59 Maclay's St, Potts Point, 9357-3400
  
• Bananarama at Universal, Republic 2 Courtyard, Palmer St, Darlinghurst, 9331-0709, www.universalrestaurant.com
  
• Caramelised Sauternes Custard at Marque, 355 Crown St, Darlinghurst
  
• Chocolate Tart with Salt Caramel at Black Star Pastry, 277 Australia St, Newtown, 9557-8656
  
• Chocolate Magnum at Four in Hand, 105 Sutherland St, Paddington, 9326-2254, www.fourinhand.com
  
• Custard Apple Snow Egg at Quay, Overseas Passenger Terminal, The Rocks, 9251-5600, www.quay.com.au
  
• Toffee Apple Eclair at Adriano Zumbo, 296 Darling St, Balmain, 9810-7318, www.adrianozumbo.com
  
• Watermelon Granita at Spice Temple, 10 Bligh St, Sydney, 9221-4411, www.rockpool.com.au/sydney/spicetemple
  

• Hot Toddy (hot tea/coffee alcholic drink) at Lotus Bar, 22 Challis Ave., Potts Point, 9326-9000, www.merivale.com/lotus
  
• 'Boteco' Cocktail Bar, Brazilian style (with snacks like cheese bread), 421 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, $$
  
• Stitch, 61 York St, Sydney, offers a whole menu of hotdogs as well as cocktails and jazz
  
• Shady Pines Saloon, Shop 4, 256 Crown St, Darlinghurst, Wild West Bar and top 2011 sydney bar)
• The Commons, 32 Burton St, Surry Hills, yummy bar snack and boutique beers
  
• Grandma's, 275 Clarence St (Basement), CBD, Punch of the Day
  
• 'Love, Tilly Devine', 91 Crown Ln, Darlinghurst, little wine bar.
• Shirt Bar (where guys can drink and buy shirts at the same time!), Sussex Ln, 8068-8222, www.shirtbar.com.au
  

• Bloodwood, unique architecture and fusion thai (polenta chips), 416 King St, 9557-7699, www.bloodwoodnewtown.com, $$
  

• Toku Toku, 36 Glebe Point Road, 9660-9636, deep fried mars bars and other new creations, $$
  

• The Fern Cafe, 4 Pitt St Redfern, 8399-0070, www.thefern.com.au, $, looks cosy
  

• House, 202 Elizabeth St, Surrey Hills, Bar Snacks : Sun dried beef strips.
• El Capo, latin diner (tres leches cake!), 52 Waterloo St, Surry Hills, 9699-2518, www.elcapo.com.au
• Bar H, stop and drop / casual dinner very inventive, 80 campbell st, surry hills, 9280-1980, www.barhsurryhills.com.au
• Porteno, fusion argentinean, 358 Cleveland St, Surry Hills, 8399-1440, www.porteno.com.au

• Kokoroya, Japanese - Sushi, Lunch and Dinner, $$$, 665 Anzac Parade, Maroubra
• Java, Indonesian, Lunch and Dinner, $$, 151 Avoca St Randwick

• New Shanghai, Chinese - Dumplings, Lunch and Dinner, $, 427-441 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood
• To's, Malaysian Chinese, Lunch, $, 3/181 Miller Street, North Sydney
• Ginger & Spice, Malaysian Chinese, Lunch and Dinner, $$, 240 Military Road Neutral Bay

• Albee's Kitchen, Malaysian Chinese, Lunch and Dinner, $$, 282 Beamish Street Campsie
• Alice, Malaysian, 262-264, Pennant Hills Rd, Thornleigh, $, 9489-8288, www.aliceskuih.com.au

• Becasse, Level 5m Westfield Pitt St, 9283-3440, www.becasse.com.au, $$, Yellowfin Tuna with Earl Grey Tea jelly and abalone ham (and what looks like Octopus!)
  
• Malay Chinese, Malaysian Chinese, Lunch, $, Shop 1, 50-58 Hunter Street Sydney
• Chat Thai, Thai, Lunch and Dinner, $$, 20 Campbell Street, Haymarket (Flagship)
• Sake, contemporary japanese cuisine (sushi), 12 argyle st, the Rocks, $$$, 9259-5656
• The Dip, cheap eats (hotdog,etc), 53-55 Liverpool St, Sydney, 9267-3787, $, open late
• Arras (inventive food, expensive though), relocated recently to 204 Clarence St, CBD. Contact : info@restaurant-arras.com.au

• Kambozza(Burmese Mohinga Soup (usually eaten for breakie but can also be enjoyed for lunch/dinner), great sweet & salty salads), 1 / 115-125 Church St, Parramatta, 8677-4195, Tues-Sun 10:30am-9:30pm
  
• Malaysian 'Temasek', 71 George St, 9633-9926
  
• Hand-pulled Chinese Noodles 'Hong Fu' (good dumplings), Shop 26, 48-50 George St, Parramatta, 9891-1225
  
• 'The Roxy' Californian Spanish, 69 George St, Parramatta, 9687-4221, www.theroxy.com.au
  

• Dive with Whale Sharks (Apr-July, Exmouth, www.exmouthdiving.com.au) and Sea Snakes
  
• Explore the Tingle Forests (Walpole-Nornalup National Park's Valley of the Giants, 280 miles south of Perth, www.calm.wa.gov.au