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    Hooroo Uncovers Australia’s Top 40 ‘Secret Spot’ Travel Destinations

    Travel website Hooroo has uncovered 40 of Australia's best-kept holiday secrets.

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    A Bluffer’s Guide to Cheese

    If you're sick of bringing the crackers and drip to the party listen up. Here's Concrete Playground's Bluffer's Guide to Cheese.

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    Concrete Playground’s Summer Reading Guide

    Concrete Playground duly presents our suggestions for the best books to read over your summer.

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    Win One of Ten Nights Out for Ten People at The Morrison

    The Morrison is giving Concrete Playgrounders the chance to win the ultimate Saturday night on the town.

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    Interview: Nick Palumbo of Gelato Messina

    "I wanted to create a brand that used traditional craftsmanship but was flexible in the sense that there is no limit to how creative you want to be."

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    Eight Boutique Online Stores for Beautiful Gifts

    Quirky, inspiring, and fun boutiques are only a click away.

Latest Guides
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    The Dictionary Of Obscure Sorrows

    The website "Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows" are doing their little bit to make the inexpressible more expressible

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    Concrete Playground Visits the Cornersmith Kitchen

    Concrete Playground gets down and DIY at one of Cornersmith cafe's famous pickling sessions.

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    Brad Robson Mural Winner Gets Painted

    A hidden muralist vista emerges in inner-city Sydney.

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    Win a Harbourside New Year’s Eve Celebration with Scarborough Wine Co.

    New Years's Eve is approaching and there's no better place to be than in Sydney, arguably one of the most beautiful New Year's Eve celebrations in the world.

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    Make Your Own Perrier Summer Berry Mojito

    Mixologist Tomas Vikario shows Concrete Playground how to make a Perrier Summer Berry Mojito in the comfort of your very own herb garden.

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    Win Tickets to Uta Uber Kool Ja’s Penthouse Party

    Ever wished you were a fly on the wall at a rock star after-party? How about being part of the action?

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    Three of the Best at the TAFE Fashion Design Graduate Show

    Concrete Playground introduces you to three of the best from the TAFE Fashion Design Graduate Show.

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    Learn Code or UX Design with a $3000 Scholarship to General Assembly

    Concrete Playground has partnered with General Assembly to offer you the chance to receive a $3,000 scholarship to learn a new tech skillset.

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    Five Art Projects Remixing Urban Spaces in Sydney

    By taking dead patches of urban space and transforming them into creative destinations, these artists are reinvigorating the barren, the forgotten and the just plain boring.

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    The Most Magnificent Moustaches Throughout History

    In the spirit of Movember here are thirteen of history's most magnificent mo's

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    Reinventing the Cross: welcome to Santa Barbara

    The Drink 'n' Dine boys are at it again with a tropical delight in the cross.

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    Win Tickets to the Bondi Short Film Festival

    Summer's around the corner and so is the 12th Annual Bondi Film Festival.

Latest Events
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    Paddo Night Out

    Thu, 21 Nov, 2024

    Paddington, Paddington

    This community-focused event will save your wallet with a bunch of generous deals, specials and free events while supporting local hospitality businesses at the same time.

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    Light Up the Cross

    Fri, 1 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024

    Various Sydney venues, Sydney

    Throughout November, Kings Cross is bringing back its glory days with a series of special deals, late-night events and novelty cocktails.

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    Lane Cove Food and Wine by the River

    Sun, 3 Nov, 2024

    Burns Bay Reserve, Riverview

    Taste the very best the Mudgee wine region has to offer at this annual festival of gourmet treats and top drops.

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    Cambridge Night Markets

    Sat, 2 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025

    Various Sydney venues, Sydney

    Enjoy longer evenings with local flavours and summery vibes across Sydney.

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    Woodford Reserve Old Fashioned Week

    Fri, 1 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024

    Bennelong, Sydney

    Snag a sip of a cocktail classic without spending a cent this November at these participating bars nationwide.

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    The Story of Christmas Menu at NEL

    Tue, 12 Nov - Sun, 22 Dec 2024

    Nel Restaurant, Sydney

    Experience a meticulously crafted Christmas feast like no other, summing the flavours of the season with an Aussie twist.

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    Suntory Bar Takeover

    Wed, 13 Nov - Sun, 17 Nov 2024

    Ito Restaurant, Surry Hills

    Check out this week-long takeover at Itō Japanese Restaurant in Surry Hills to grab yourself a signature Suntory highball.

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    Maroubra Beach Markets

    Multiple single dates

    Broadarrow Reserve, Maroubra

    Head down to Maroubra Beach on the first Saturday of every month to peruse the beach markets.

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    Magritte

    Sat, 26 Oct 2024 - Sun, 9 Feb 2025

    Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

    Thanks to the 2024–25 Sydney International Art Series, you can explore a huge exhibition dedicated to Belgian surrealist René Magritte at AGNSW.

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    MCA Artbar: Romance

    Fri, 8 Nov, 2024

    MCA, Sydney

    The late-night takeover of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia returns in November.

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    Hidden Sydney: Cathode Ray Tube’s top five secret spots

    This indie collective know Sydney, on stage and off.

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    The Silent History Reinvents Storytelling

    One of the first applications to expand the unchartered boundaries of e-book storytelling.

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    The Autark Home Floating Houseboat

    The Autark Home brings a whole new meaning to living on the water.

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    Win Tickets To Two Little Boys

    Two Little Boys follows the hilarious bond between two best mates as they face a series of unfortunate incidents.

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    Concrete Playground meets Dead Europe director Tony Krawitz

    The filmmaker seeks out the ghosts of Europe with his new Christos Tsiolkas adaptation.

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    Concrete Playground talks to Rohan Anderson (Whole Larder Love)

    We preview the new book and talk about cities without supermarkets.

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    Win a Free Haircut at Grand Royal Barbers

    Looking for the perfect way to sport your 'mo' in spirit of Movember?

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    Win Tickets to see Stand By Me at Downtown Drive-In

    Downtown Drive-In has released tickets to two additional film screenings today, adding cult films Raising Arizona and Stand By Me to its popular program.

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    What Your Favourite TV Show Says About Your Politics [Infographic]

    If this infographic is anything to go by it seems that our TV habits can be a useful barometer for understanding our politics.

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    Win Tickets to see Alex Cross

    Alex Cross follows the action-packed journey of young detective/psychologist as he meets his match in a serial killer.

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    Win Tickets To Fat Freddy’s Drop at the Sydney Opera House

    Watch New Zealand's favourite seven member band present their animated and illustrated Blackbird album preview.

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    Introducing the Ketel One Modern Craft Project

    Do you have a traditional craft, an enterprising spirit and a hankering for $100,000 cash prizes?

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    Vintage Halloween Costume Ideas

    Perhaps the only thing scarier than your fake blood and broomstick are these vintage Halloween get-ups.

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    Life After Playboy

    Striking photos of retired Playboy Bunnies by US photographer Robyn Twomey.

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    Photographs That Shatter Your Image of Famous People

    Ten photos that prove that sometimes what the spin media show us about famous people is not exactly the whole story.

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    Win Tickets to Bachelorette

    Bachelorette combines humour, drunken romance and the dynamic of female relationships in a raunchy and intoxicated weekend.

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    Sydney’s Ten Best Melbourne Cup Venues 2012

    Melbourne Cup frenzy is on the horizon. Are you prepared? Check out Concrete Playground’s picks of the best places to frock up and spend a boozy afternoon.

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    Cake’s New Pop-Up Wine Bar

    Attend the launching of Cake Wines' pop-up bar this weekend and enter to win a free bottle of Pinot.

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    Downtown Drive-In Announces Surprise Location & Season

    Rediscover the lost world of the drive-in cinema, only with tastier food.

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    Win Tickets to Concrete Playground’s Screening of Seven Psychopaths

    Concrete Playground has teamed up with Hopscotch Films to present a screening of this comically twisted film with a killer cast.

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    Discover the Favourite Hangouts of Your Friends Around the World

    A social search engine that'll help you find the favourite places of your friends and friends of friends.

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    Win The Walking Dead

    To mark the launch of season three, Concrete Playground has the ultimate catch-up giveaway.

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    Sydney Festival 2013 is Revealed

    The signature event of our city in summer, the Sydney Festival, has announced its massive 2013 program.

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    The Mumm Spring Carnival Bar Pops Up

    A champagne pop-up just in time for the Spring Racing season.

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