Our Little Jaunt

A Couple Of Nights Out In Kings Cross, Sydney

Kings Cross, Syndey – Nights and going out at Goldfish, The Sugarmill, Darlo Bar & The Bunker

DJ at the Bunker, Kings Cross

We have been out a few times now in Kings Cross (the happening, fringe area of Sydney) as it is only about 10 minutes walk from us, and is the closest station to where we are living. It is a bit odd really as going out over here on a Friday night is a straight from work event with your work colleagues, and Saturday seems to be a much later affair with people going from one place to another as each one closes up – I have seen dawn two weekends on the trot after going out on a Saturday!

Best nights that we have had have been at Darlo Bar (around the corner from us) and Goldfish on our side of Kings Cross. I get the impression that you really need to know where you are going as many of the bars charge, and it would be an expensive mistake to end up paying for a crap night out. Darlo Bar is great as they have quiz nights, movie nights and all sorts – its a bit of a curse being so close

We also went to The Sugarmill to see a girl who we saw DJ’ing in Darling Harbour play again – I took her a few tunes, but we missed her by about an hour or so – . Decor in the Sugarmill is mint  – like the bars that Zsófi took us to in Budapest.

The music that we have heard out and about has generally been pretty cool, with most places playing a mix of funk, blues and a bit of soul. We keep getting live accompaniment to the dj’s – something that I haven’t seen since I was in Budapest. I think V had some of the videos on her post. [link] mine are more tunes and moments for me since we got here. Laurent Garnier made me nearly cry  – missed my sister at that point. I don’t know why – its not a moment that we have shared, but it always makes me think of her and her fella, as it’s one of my favourite choonz.

Funk and Soul at Goldfish – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUlojoYOv1s

Live Bongo Man at The Bunker, Kings Cross – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLxkUSplLSY

Live Sax in Goldfish – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtMtAw_qj_Q

Anyway a load of pictures of V, Geoff and Cyn and a few randoms:

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We got talking to the dj’s missus in Goldfish on Friday and she emailed us with a few cool new places to check out – her fella dj’s out about town (he played some cracking tunage):

The Fringe bar in Paddington, does great food ($10 most food – they do really good pizza) have a great Comedy night on a Mon. You can just go for the comedy that starts at 8.30 but get there a little before for a seat, or you can pay $25 and you get a meal a drink and  the show.

The Argyle – in the Rocks great deco, listed building and phil plays there most Saturdays (he’s their New Year’s Eve)

Goldfish on a wed – Latin night, Goldfish on a Fri – Sugar and Soul as you have seen!!!

Ice Bar at Circular Quay (if you go upstairs you can pay to go in the minus 15 ….yes -15 degrees and you get a cocktail) then head downstairs on a sun to hear Phil playing accompanied by a sax playing and a singer great way to unwind before heading back out to work on a mon.

Favela – Kings Cross great venue – on a sun they have a latin american night and they do an all you can eat buffet brazilan BBQ and its yummy.

So – you are about as up to speed with places to go as we are.

Tags: Darlo Bar, going out in sydney, Kings Cross, Sydney, sydney social scene, The Goldfish, whats on in sydney

Bongo drums, beer and bloody internet!

”Bloody internet!!”

A few of you have commented on our unusual silence over the last week. The reason for this disappearance off the cyber radar is nothing more sinister than the sad fact we ran out of bandwidth. Yes, apparently we really are living in 1991. I have no doubt that Himself will treat you to a Jolly Good Rant regarding the limitations of the Aussie Internet, it will be nice for him to write it out of his system as he is clearly deeply troubled by the prospect of returning to what is essentially dial up – and in his line of work, who can blame him?

Bongo drums

‘Tis the season to be jolly and what could be more festive than a good old bongo session? They like their live music here, sax over funky house beats and bongo drums enhancing dance tracks.

Live Saxophonist in Goldfish, Kings Cross

Live Bongo Man in The Bunker, Kings Cross, Sydney

We have spent this weekend finding out about the nocturnal delights that our area has to offer. We live in Darlinghurst as previously mentioned, and our closest underground is King’s Cross, an area which deserves its somewhat seedy reputation.

It is the sort of place where if you are able to stand up straight at half past 4 on a Saturday afternoon without holding on to the pavement, you are clearly not a local. We saw one spectacle, a …..lady….doing a bizarre walk /stagger / running man combo whilst attempting at the same time to prevent her rather large green pants from making an escape. It was a bit like the Paula Abdul track.

However, it’s not all good.

Beer

We have found that socialising is quite expensive over here (eating out is reasonable enough – we ended up here on Saturday night where I had steak, Andrew plumped for the duck a l’orange and along with a bottle of wine, a dessert and coffee, the bill came to around £50), but pub-bought beverages are London prices. Quite a few places do ”bring your own” which you’d only really find in a curry house in the UK.

On Saturday, we unwittingly went to Darlo Bar after our quiet, romantic soiree and there we met a Geordie. Those of you who know us better may have heard the Italy story which begins, ”Well we went out for a quiet drink, and then we met a dog….”

This was along those lines, except the Geordie was less hairy (only just) and the dog had less tattoos. He and his friends were lovely and one of the girls lives upstairs in our building. Needless to say, any good intentions we had harboured about getting an early night were soon put to bed (unlike us which finally happened at about 5am).

Yesterday, predictably, was a quiet one but we discovered a new area of the city we’d not visited before called Glebe. We met a friend there for breakfast/lunch/dinner (it was 5pm, take your pick) at a charming little place called Cafe Otto. I’ve just read some quite negative reviews of the place and I’m really surprised. The service wasn’t particularly fast but the food was fantastic and I’d go back like a shot.

Today we continue the job hunt and will meet up with my cousin who’s been out here for a fair few months now and has just finishing breaking his back on a watermelon plantation in Queensland. Looking forward to buying him a beer and catching up, albeit on the other side of the world from usual.

Tags: Australia, darlinghurst, Kings Cross, NSW, Sydney