Parramatta Powerhouse - an inauspicious start to Sydney’s big new museum
Work on Sydney’s controvesial new Powerhouse museum gets under way with the demolition of a late 19th century villa.
Australia’s tourism industry faces a fractured post-lockdown outlook
Sydney’s COVID disaster is bringing national pain to a battered tourism industry.
Parramatta - Australia’s great heritage tourism failure
Parramatta played a crucial role in the founding of the British penal colony in Australia. But it’s so far failed to build a heritage tourism industry from its rich heritage sites.
Too much tech - a visit to Sydney’s upgraded Hyde Park Barracks museum
Sydney's Hyde Park Barracks (1819) is one of the city's most important heritage buildings. In 2019, the World Heritage listed former convict barracks closed for an $18 million bicentennial renovation. We recently headed back for a look at the upgrade.