Chronicling Sydney Opera Bar

On Friday night, we both headed into the heart of Sydney, Circular Quay and farewelled one of our best friend's to New York for 5 months. The city was perfect, with remnants from New Year's Eve evident from the temporary light display on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The whole night was spent at Opera Bar, the perfect seat for Sydney's most mesmerising views. Opera Bar is the perfect place to be on a clear Summer's night with their new "Backyard BBQ" section feeling like you are relaxing with cocktails in a backyard with multi-million dollar views. 

♫ ♪  All of Me - John Legend   ♫ ♪

Chronicling Hyde Park

During our university breaks, we find there is nothing better than escaping our concrete surroundings and taking the 20 minute walk up to Sydney's relaxing, Hyde Park. Hyde Park is infamous for it's Archibald Fountain and the Anzac Memorial, amongst many other intricate bronzed statues and is the perfect place to unwind amongst fellow university students or business people who seek composure in their chaotic surroundings.  

Chronicling Pitt Street

Unlike many other Sydney-siders, we love the hustle and bustle of our city and travel a fair way from our quiet hillside homes to be amongst it. Pitt Street is the epicenter of all the action in Sydney, with an array of shops, cafes and people changing everyday, making it one of our favourite places.  

We usually head to Pitt Street to grab a coffee and explore what the day has to offer us and this day proved to offer the miscellaneous occurrences we love. As we wandered from busker to busker, the infamous Blue Man Group took in our local talent and gave us all a good laugh. Their inability to speak makes them cross cultural and generational, catering for the varying humours of the wide audience of Pitt Street Mall. They not only provided the crowd with a smile but even buskers, Joe Moore and Jack Man Friday, with an unforgettable busking experience. 

After all that entertainment, we decided to head to Sydney’s historical Victorian Style shopping arcade, the Strand Arcade. The Strand Arcade houses some of Australia’s most iconic fashion labels and it’s beautiful lacework verandahs make even walking around the building, a beautiful and worthwhile experience.  

To finish off a random day, we headed to Ichi Ban Boshi for lunch, a favourite Japanese restaurant hidden above the busy streets of Sydney in the CBD. Sometimes the wait can be upwards of half an hour, but every minute is worth it with their well-priced meals and huge portions being a favourite amongst locals. 

The beauty of Pitt Street Mall's architecture and people, influence creativity amongst any and everyone that walk amongst it. This is where the roots of Birdseye Chronicles lie and you can find us writing our posts with coffees in hand, in the middle of this crazy shopping strip in our spare time.

Chronicling Newtown + Joe Moore

So, as Liz exited her teenage years we decided to head to Newtown for some celebratory coffees and Thai. After wandering the eclectic King Street from café to restaurant, we decided retail therapy is a must on her 20^th birthday. 

Little did we know, our trip to Topshop turned into us sitting on the floor of Sydney’s busiest shopping strip, Pitt Street Mall, listening to the most amazing busker either of us had ever come across. His name is Joe Moore and his rendition of “Dream Catch Me” was the start of our new artist fascination. After hearing him sing some favourites like Coldplay, to ironically singing Travis’ “Why Does it Always Rain on Me” at the same time that Sydney started pouring down, we were hooked. 

It wasn’t even a question to buy his “Busking EP”and after spending the best $10 we ever have, his version of the Coronas was left on repeat for days. Not only does Joe have the voice of an angel, but he isn’t too hard on the eyes either with his unexpected British accent making girls drop all over Pitt Street. This busker is not only a “karaoke” type; he additionally sings his own personally written songs that make half the artists in existent look inferior. His lyrics are heartfelt, catchy and memorable and once combined with his voice, it’s utter perfection. If you are like us and love his amazing song writing ability/voice/accent/look/smile/everything then you need to check out his Youtube channel to listen to our favourites, “Symphony” and “I’m Not Leaving”. 

Also, check out his Facebook page to keep updated with his “very soon” to be released EP and busking times in the CBD because we have a feeling that when the EP is released, Pitt Street will become one massive crowd for Joe Moore. 

https://www.facebook.com/joemooremusic

http://www.youtube.com/user/JoeMooreMusic?feature=watch