Depends how hard you push it - Stray
STRAY is about random adventure and escape. STRAY is about pretending that Sydney is Ferris Bueller's Day Off and that fun and money aren't mutually exclusive. STRAY is cheap hijinx, cheap dates and the outings you could be planning while you're actually watching Video Hits on a weekend at 11am.
Platform 3 Hip Hop Festival
When I was 14 I got Eminem's Stan single. His acapella version of Hazardous Youth still gives me goosebumps and hope, that one day, I could be a famous white gangster. How good is 8 Mile? No, I mean, how good are rap battles and free styling and watching people get burned? So good! And it's all happening over the next few weeks at CarriageWorks, yo.
Glenworth Valley guided horse rides
Once, when I was small, I went to a horse riding camp. Everyone there was strong and confident in that country-folk way, and we got to eat bacon sandwiches every morning. So far so good.
Thing is, because I was a wee city girl I was given 'Sparkles', aka, 'the shit horse'. Sparkles was a dirty white shetland pony who bit people and refused to trot.
Motorcycle Learner Permit Courses
Not so much Brendan Nelson, but Steve McQueen, Uma Thurman, Dennis Hopper, even Carrie Anne Moss - no matter what your particular take on riding a motorcycle, it's more types of cool than you could poke a hipster at.
In pursuit of that vision, you should spend two days with a mixed bag of bogans and mid-life crises feeling scared, awkward and looking like a dick learning to ride at Stay Upright.
Bicycle Film Festival
The Bicycle Film Festival, famously conceived by founder Brendt Barbur after he was hit by a bus while riding in NYC, is now held in 39 cities worldwide. It's a big, two-wheeled love-in, celebrating bikes in all forms and styles through art, music and film. But ultimately it's about riding, just because you like it.
Sydney Observatory
You are a star. Literally. Look at you, twinkling and sparkling and shining like its nobody's business. Scientists estimate that every human body contains a teaspoonful of stellar material from the early universe. Galactic trivia like that can really blow your tiny earthling mind.
The Sydney Observatory has plenty more fast facts where that came from.
The Famous Berry Donut Van
Spring has sprung. Isn't it time for a scenic drive down the South Coast? A trip to beautiful Berry in the Southern Highlands? How about... a visit to The Famous Berry Donut Van!?
The Famous Berry Donut Van is a simple yet stable institution. In a stationary van at the end of Queen Street, two staff cook your donuts made to order.
Croquet
Picture this. No wait, first, step into this alfoil time machine, and punch in 1-9-9-0. WhaaaOOSH! Your toes are scrunching in your floral jodhpur pants. Your potato gems are roasting in the oven. Your frenemy is over, and her hair is practically blonde! (how did that happen? Damn you Sun-in!)
Your favourite film of all time rolls.
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