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- Chriss Prokic7 contributionsThis place is amazing and huge! Staff are super helpful and the displays are well designed with plenty of space around them for people moving.Written 4 December 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- LJ AAustralia6 contributionsI will be honest, I was blessed to 'happen upon' The Jewish Museum when I was doing a walk from Circular Quay to Paddington, more than 17 years ago.
Although I wasn't dressed (in my view) to go into a museum, I checked with a lady working there and after her approval I went in. I was so glad I did and I have lost count on the number of times I have been back.
People may think it is only about the war but it isn't. One would be a fool to think that there isn't that in the journey as it was a monumental time in their lives. However, a large part is an informative walk through Judaism, customs, culture, faith, and basic way of life.
Hands down the most informative and well organised storytelling Museum I have gone to. Even though its size would be considered miniature compared to others in Sydney.
I was very blessed on the day I first went the museum wasn't very busy, I managed to corner a curator and just ask the poor young man question after question. I am sure I kept him for near two hours. I haven't seen him since, I hope I didn't traumatised him with my continual questions.🤣
I have selected the date I did because it doesn't allow me to go back and select ALL the months from 17 years ago that I have visited the Museum.
I never went on a Saturday, knowing it would not be open due to it being their Sabbath.Written 28 July 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - SammyDublin, Ireland15 contributionsWe are Sydney sliders, so attend the Maori gras every year. The year of 2021 was slightly different though as it was in the SCG (Sydney cricket ground to non sport folk). Atmosphere there was a bit flat, and probably a bit more for the tv cameras, so we can’t wait for it to go back onto the streets next year.Written 9 May 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Jack B1 contributionI booked a tour with my two young daughters (8 and 12) on a recent trip to Sydney. I loved it! James (the guide) was fantastic. He has a great personal history with magic and shares his love for this art and the history behind it.
What I didn't realize is how much I personally would love it since I haven't been very excited about magic since I was my kids' age. But I loved hearing the secrets behind some of the most iconic acts performed... seeing the props and how they work... touching the props... standing on stage, etc.
At the end of our tour, James showed my daughters how to do a great card trick.
His stories were fascinating and funny.
Here's what could have been a little bit better:
- Even though the minimum amount of lighting properly set the mood, it did make some of the tour hard to fully appreciate. And my daughters kept looking at me as if to say "Is this OK or is my anxiety justified?". There's nothing scary about James or the setting... but they're young girls in a new place, with low lighting, and someone they just met.
- My daughters had not previously seen a stage show. If I'd known what kind of magic tricks were going to be revealed I would have made sure to show them a YouTube clip or two of stage magic such as a woman getting sawed in half or an assistant transforming into a tiger and then reappearing in the audience. But without that context, their young minds weren't as "blown" as mine was. They still enjoyed it... but if you see the secret before you've seen the trick, you don't have the same WOW moment.
- I found the location a bit hard to find, even with Google maps, but maybe that's because I'm new to Sydney.
But even with those slight negatives... I give this five starts.
If you were ever fascinated by magic (even as a child) or if you would like to see behind the scenes and know how some of the magic is really done then you'll love this tour.Written 24 October 2018This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Sabrina N1 contributionI rlly enjoyed it fun experience they gave me a cookie and I got a bracelet!! It takes a long time to fully paint depends on the patternsWritten 7 September 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- lulusailorgirlLondon, UK359 contributionsLovely gallery in paddington which is worth having a look and is it free. Photographic exhibition on ground floor and teaching / support service on the above floors.Written 8 July 2015This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Hon YGosford, Australia28 contributionsGood service and friendly staff.
Convenient location and variety of wines and many to choose from.
Pleasant shop to visit while in Sydney
Written 1 December 2015This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Mairwen1United Kingdom11,690 contributionsGreen Park is a large, open, grassy space in the middle of busy Darlinghurst and across the road from St Vincents Hospital.
It has a number of park bench seats, spaced out throughout the park and many well-established trees with huge canopies that create lots of shady spots to sit on the grass.
There are always people using the park. Darlinghurst is such a diverse area that you’ll see locals strolling through or sitting with a coffee, hospital staff on their break, and homeless people all sharing the space.
The park has a long history and was originally home to the colony’s hangman, Alexander Green, who lived here in a small hut at the back of the Darlinghurst Gaol. During the 1800s, he hanged 490 people before he was (understandably) declared insane and was packed off to an asylum.
His story is re-told on a board in the park.
A couple of nice historic features have been preserved from the past - a rotunda or bandstand from the mid-1920s and a quaint metal fountain. The fountain is one several ornamental drinking fountains Glasgow which were placed around Sydney in the 1870s. A modern bubbler has been installed now so you can fill your water bottle here.
Two very different but both very moving monuments are also located in the park.
At the park’s main entrance, a low sandstone wall commemorates Dr Vincent Chang, the celebrated surgeon who performed Australia’s first successful heart transplant in 1984 at St Vincent’s Hospital, across the road. Less than 10 years later, he was murdered during a failed attempt at kidnapping and extortion.
At the back of the park (opposite the Jewish Holocaust Museum), is an eye-catching modern sculpture - the Gay And Lesbian Holocaust Memorial.Written 23 April 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Mairwen1United Kingdom11,690 contributionsThis modern, eye-catching sculpture was installed in 2001 to commemorate the persecution, torture and murder of homosexual men and women during the Nazi regime.
From 1935, Hitler enacted racial laws and policy, aimed at ‘purifying’ the German state.
It is no accident that this monument is placed here in Green Park. Across the road, is the Jewish Holocaust Museum.
The monument consists of two quite separate parts - a large, pink, triangular structure and behind it, a series of upright black poles that also form a triangle.
These represent the inverted pink triangle that homosexual men were forced to wear in prisons and concentration camps and the black triangle that was used for women.
Not surprisingly, there is little survivor testimony but estimates suggest that up to 100,000 men were arrested under the Nazi regime and we know that they were systematically persecuted. In camps and prisons they were subjected to harsh labour. Some were used as guinea pigs in so-called medical experiments.
A close-up of a photograph from Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is etched onto the surface of the pink triangle.Written 23 April 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Alys-SchatziMelbourne, Australia839 contributionsHigh rents and changing tastes in interior design and decoration mean there are fewer inner-city bric-a-brac shops than a few decades ago. Dust is a quaint corner store that keeps on going. It has a good range of 20th century oddments, and offerings are skewed to whatever is currently fashionable, so poking your nose in the door every few months is recommended. It's close to the 311 bus route (Railway Square to Millers Point via Darlo, Kings Cross, Elizabeth Bay, Potts Point, city).Written 1 January 2016This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Dorothy HAustralia33 contributionsGreat location - didn't even know this theatre existed. It's a short walk from Kings Cross station (beats trying to park anywhere nearby) and there are loads of eateries close by.
Drinks and snacks can be purchased at the bar and taken into the shows.
Only downfall is the seating is not allocated so if you're going with a group there are no guarantees you will get to sit together.Written 1 July 2017This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Brendan GSpringwood, Australia9 contributionsA great night out!!! Friendly staff and quality acts. Been back time and time again. Each night comprises of different acts that are always terrific and funny!! Completely recommend and easy to get to from Kings X station! BravaWritten 14 February 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Dimitris LSydney, Australia51,971 contributionsWe recently visited the COMA Art Gallery at its new home at 71-73 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst. It moved here from its previous premises in Rushcutters Bay. COMA is a fantastic organisation that seeks to promote contemporary, modern art and we were fortunate to be shown to a viewing of a very interesting exhibition by emerging artists. We saw an unusual exhibition of JD Reforma’s “Acid Mantle”, a series of paintings and installations that examine the rituals and economies of beauty. The term ‘acid mantle’ describes the fine, acidic veil of oils, lipids, amino and fatty acids on the surface of human skin that acts to preserve the skin’s microbiome. The threat of disturbing the acid mantle has become a coercive tool in the culture and commercialisation of skincare. An exhibition worth viewing.Written 16 February 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- RyTheTravelGuyMiami Beach, FL412 contributionsRocked up looking for a place to dance and this was it. Great music downstairs and awesome crowd. The upstairs bartenders are a bit rude but make drinks pretty fast. The crowd upstairs varies immensely from the downstairs crowd. Either way, a Friday night in there is where it's at.Written 5 January 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- OldjackGreater Melbourne, Australia29,233 contributionsThe original church on this site dates back to the 1850's but the widening of Oxford Street resulting in its demolition and the current church was built in 1911.It is constructed of red brick and features a tall tower. It was not open so no comment about the interior but externally it is modest and not that significant.Written 6 September 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
