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Dinner in style

Always fun to go out for a nice dinner during the week. With the Douwe Egberts management team and partners we went to The Cooks Garden in Turramurra, a delicious restaurant we already went to before. It was part of a Camp Quality fundraising event (an organisation that does a lot for kids with cancer), [...]

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Join us to the beach ! [+video]

Come jump in our car and drive with us to the beach !

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Sydney’s November flowers

If you’re not a nature lover, you automatically become when you live in Sydney. Every month has it’s own typical flowers and accommodating colours. November is the blue- and purple month, with the majestic Jacaranda trees flowering. Even more stunning are Jacarandas flowering next to a Bougainvillea or a red Illawarra Flame tree. Next are [...]

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The Cook’s Garden Turramurra [review]

If it comes to good restaurants on Sydney’s Upper North Shore, there isn’t much choice. The heart of activity is in the city, or along the beaches, but not in suburbia. But there are hidden gems around. The best restaurant up north is without doubt the Berowra Waters Inn,  SMH Good Food Guide, score 17/20, and [...]

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Parrot cacophony [+video]

We have a bird feeder in the back of our garden, and it’s spectacular to see how many colourful parrots and cockatoos are visiting. Sometimes they come closer to our deck to beg for food if there isn’t on the feeder plate. Also attached a video so you can hear the cacophony of birds around [...]

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Helicopter crash near our home

Two people died in a  horrific helicopter crash, close to our home, on Friday morning. It happened in severe weather, during torrential rain, on the edge of Lane Cove National Park in South Turramurra. The helicopter came down in bushland at the end of the street where our Belgian friends Marcel and Micheline live, and [...]

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