Sydney Fish Market incorporates a working fishing port, wholesale fish market, fresh seafood retail market, a delicatessen, a sushi bar, a bakery, a gift shop, a fruit and vegetable market, a florist, a new meat deli, a beverage outlet, a seafood cooking school, indoor seating and an outdoor promenade for visitors. There are daily wholesale auctions for Sydney’s seafood retailers.

Go there if you’re keen to grab some fresh, tasty fish. Just don’t let the birds get too close.

Walking around Sydney Mardi Gras 2019 capturing this special event.

The Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras is one of Australia’s biggest tourist drawcards, with the parade and dance party attracting many international and domestic tourists. It is New South Wales’ second-largest annual event in terms of economic impact, generating an annual income of about A$30 million for the state.

The event grew from gay rights parades held annually since 1978 and has been a major help in passing the same-sex marriage legislation in Australia on 9 December 2017.

Drag Queens, Dykes on Bikes, Sydney Lifesavers, community heroes and much more, came together to produce what has become the parade that shows that Sydney can indeed be a city that lends itself to promoting culture.

This is how the event is being described on TripAdvisor:

Since its inception, Mardi Gras has been more than just an event to represent one’s sexuality. It has become a celebration of individuality, expression and unity, not only within the gay and lesbian community, but also the wider community as a whole. Not for the faint-hearted, this vibrant, colourful event provides two weeks of theatre, music and art, as well as incredible parties and of course the main parade. An event like no other — prepare to have your boundaries pushed and your mind opened wide!

The event grew from gay rights parades held annually since 1978 and has been a major help in passing the same-sex marriage legislation in Australia on 9 December 2017. Which at the time, was surprising for me. Growing up in Holland made me subject to a very “open-minded” community. Definitely growing up in and around Amsterdam. So naturally it never even occurred to me that this was still an “illegal” thing.

With globalisation taking charge of daily lives, it’s only a good thing that Australia is catching up.

While doing social media for various brands, I get to go out to different venues that are part of Trippas White Group. Exciting times and great moments to be capturing.

New venues in the Queen Victoria Building

Cocktail tasting of the 2 upcoming venues

The Humming Bird — Reign

Learn to fly

Negronis Australis

Brandy Crusta

Clown Prince

Mocktails: Sweet Celery of Mine & Hop Skip and Jump

Passionate Lover

The Hummingbird — Esquire

The Dance

Spritz Month at 360 Bar and Dining — Get your Spritz on this March

Everybody loves a good Spritz but maybe it’s time to spice it up. Stay tuned for more Spritzers in March at 360 Bar and Dining.

What did you think? Keen to get the weekend started?

Sweden was the first country in the world to replace maternity leave with parental leave, in 1974. More than 40 years later, fathers take roughly a quarter of the total number of days available to the couple. If paternity leave for fathers continues to increase at the same pace it has kept so far this century, the use of parental leave will not be gender equal until 2040.

Swedish Dads is a photo exhibition showing portraits of fathers who choose to stay home with their babies for at least six months. Photographer Johan Bävman examines why these fathers have chosen to stay home, what the experience has given them, and how their relationship with both their partners and children has changed from it. The exhibition aims to show the effects of gender equality in parenting on both individuals and society.

Working for Trippas White Group enables me to showcase these types of events and how the team works their magic during these events.

Sydney Opera House Executive Chef Kasper Christensen getting it done.

More info at:

https://aussiedads.parentsatwork.com.au/

With weddings, corporate occassions and other celebrations in life, it’s important to always up your game when it comes to feeding the guests. This time I had the pleasure of shooting the new events menu. Have a look:

Yes, gaol. It took me a while to figure out that this is the Australian way of describing that building where criminals spend their time. Funny.

I actually didn’t really know what it was for or what part it played in Sydney’s/Australia’s young history. Heard a lot about Cockatoo Island but in the last 3 years I just didn’t get around to actually going there.

Blown away by the great winter weather and the scenic ferry ride, arriving there is pretty surreal.

You can still see the city but knowing that it was some sort of an Ozzie Alcatraz for drunks and “second” offenders made it even more impressive. Cockatoo Island has a long and illustrious history dating back to the time of first settlement, playing a significant role in the development of Sydney and the nation.

After the relocation of the convicts to different gaols and due to the fact that the island has already been used for shipbuilding and repair, it was around 1930 that Cockatoo Island became a major dockyard facility.

It was Australia’s first naval dockyard for the Royal Australian Navy (1913–21) and continued to support and build ships for the Navy through two World Wars, and the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Honestly, how sick would camping be on this Island.

Close but far away

I love how a 20 minute drive makes you feel like you’re in an entire different part of Australia. There is definitely something magical about the Northern Beaches where the stress and ‘big city attitude’ is almost absent. Just that tiny bit that makes us feel alive.

Manly is nice.