Nicci Marquart

So I thought I would write down a few suggestions of places I come to love from living here in Australia. I have always appreciated diversity. A perfect day according to me will be a blend of nature, then a walk in a chaotic city, posh cocktail bar then walking down and eat somewhere the locals eat. Its hard to explain (especially with my English…) but maybe if I explain it like this: Having a drink, dinner and dessert at the same place is not optional I think. Love jumping in a cab after dinner, or walk friendly cities where you can just easily relocate, and have your desserts in a totally different area/restaurant.

There was alot of this diversity this last couple of days. Here are some of my recommendations for your Australia trip:

Walking along the cliffs to reach secret beaches at Killcare

The sandstone is millions of years old and with the waves crushing against the stone its absolutely stunning. One of my favorite beaches so far over here

Restaurant “Saigon Garden” in Ettalong. We ordered a lot of dishes to share and everything was delicious, so highly recommended if you are up the coast

Morning spa at “Five N 2” in Rhodes. I love mornings so I booked my appointment at 10am. Went with Ambrose to North Sydney for breakfast and then had a spa day here. This Salon plus the whole area of Rhodes was clean and really great. Alot of Asian grocery stores which I like to explore. Five N 2 does hair,Manni/Peddi,eyelashes/brows etc. The place is clean and the staff professional and frindly which is why I recommend them and made another appointment in 2 weeks

There is an IKEA in Rhodes. Don´t know why, maybe because I grew up in Sweden but I always find it somehow therapeutic to walk true IKEA. Even with a million other visitors in there. Did not know they have Swedish “Plockgodis” there though!?
Very nice for me…..

If you fall in love with an Australian Town Planner its apparently essential to walk around for hours to look and discuss the latest changes of the city….. luckily for me Sydney is pretty amazing to walk true.
Here we are in The Rocks

(picture is from Hotel Palisade´s website)

Found this pub and rooftop bar/restaurant by accident because I had to pee urgently 🙂
We had a drink downstairs where they have a nice pub before heading upstairs to their “Private Parts” as they call it. This place is called “Hotel Palisade” Its in the Rocks, right by Millers Point and I fell in love right away. Going there after strolling around the beautiful Rocks is something I would happily suggest when in Sydney.

We continued our drinking. Japanese beer and crispy cold desert wine at the “O Bar” on the 47th floor-Australia Square. The view is of course amazing, the staff and the cocktails are great but I’m not sure how much I like sitting here for more than just one quick drink. I just find it a bit tacky just because there are so many people sitting there and instead of having one picture and enjoying, all they do for one hour is to take pictures of themselves with the view. Other then that, great place

Diversity at its best! After a chic cocktail bar, a not so chic Chinese noodle place. The place is always packed. It looks like you gonna catch a disease just entering the damn place. But their Special Braised Eggplant dish……mama mia
Its in China Town, I have no address, they are in a corner with a couple of Asian restaurants next to each other. Its the one to the far right. Worst explanation I know, but its soooo worth to find this place!

There we have it. A couple of suggestions from me on what to do when you have absolutely nothing to do.
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