So you didn’t get to Carnivale 2016 and you haven’t planned a trip to Rio for the Olympics? Well you can still experience a Taste of Brazil! SWIC invites Members, Friends and Partners to an evening of fun, lively music and great company Vamos Festejar- Let’s Party! DATE: Saturday 20 August 2016 PLACE:Cammeray Golf Club, […]
The Movie Group meets on the 4th Tuesday morning each month to see a film at the Dendy Opera Quays Cinema (between Circular Quay and the Opera House). There are usually three films for members to choose from, and you will receive an email each month with details of the films and times – sent out in the week […]
Staging an opera involves a thrilling combination of highly talented people from all kinds of disciplines – milliners, wig makers, cobblers, costumiers, designers, carpenters, model makers, scenic artists, choreographers, repertoire and language coaches, stage hands, stage managers, directors, musicians and conductors - not to mention the singers! Take a SWIC guided tour of the Opera […]
For this Challenging Walk we will be walking along a coastal track that features magnificent vistas of sandstone cliffs. We will be taking a train from Central Station to Cronulla, followed by a ferry to Bundeena. This walk is the beginning of the royal National Park’s coastal track. Keep your fingers crossed that you will […]
The food and drinks offered at Cafe del Mar pays homage to the Mediterranean basin with a combination of Spanish, light French and Italian influences, reminding us of the Spanish Isle of Ibiza. Set in Cockle Bay Wharf, it offers a cool fusion of Sydney’s best music, food and drinks, with views over Sydney Harbour. […]
Join us in September for our monthly International Morning Tea – this time, 'Sweet and Savoury Specialties from Egypt'. Rose Sorial and Nadia Fawzi came to Sydney from Egypt in the late 1960s with their families. Although they adore life in Australia, they both hold the city of Alexandria, in Egypt, dear to their hearts. […]
In a change to the original published walk we will be walking from Maroubra to Coogee along the coastal path and then taking the bus back to Maroubra for lunch.The original walk planned on the Malabar Headland has been postponed as the path is closed. DATE: Wednesday 14 September 2016 TIME: 10.00am- 1.00pm. Exact details […]
In September, Café Society will lunch at The Gardener’s Lodge Café in Victoria Park, Camperdown. The Gardener’s Lodge was designed and built in 1888 by the Colonial Architect, James Barnet, as one of two residential gate lodges for the University of Sydney. This beautifully restored sandstone building is surrounded by gorgeous gardens and parklands in […]
Come on a journey inside the largest scientific experiment ever constructed. Buried deep under the border between Switzerland and France, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider is the work of 10,000 men and women from across the globe, united in their quest to uncover the fundamental building blocks of our universe. This immersive exhibition from Science Museum, London […]
Join SWIC on a 200th Birthday Springtime walking tour of the Royal Botanic Garden - a journey through the first 200 years of its history as a Botanic Garden by the Harbour. Our tour ends at the site of the 32nd Kaldor Public Art Project by Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi artist Jonathan Jones. Barrangal dyara (skin and bones) is […]