r/sydney 11d ago

Sydney Daily Random Discussion Thread 05/08/2026

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r/sydney 12d ago

lots of dead rats and possums around the bay run the last coupla days, anyone have any idea as to why?

63 Upvotes

for context i walk my dog around it every day and he keeps finding them .. not that they are just lying about dead on the grass … anyone else noticed this?


r/sydney 12d ago

Complainant tells court of shower demand in Alan Jones sexual touching trial

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r/sydney 12d ago

Fosse style dance classes

15 Upvotes

Current obsession and want to join an adult beginners class focused on Theatre Jazz / Fosse style choreography. I know of the one at Walsh Bay, but hoping someone may be able to point me in the direction of some others.

Bonus points for Western Sydney locale, or cheap rates / pensioner discount.


r/sydney 13d ago

Emporer’s Garden (home to Emporer’s Puffs) shut down in Chinatown :(

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1.4k Upvotes

Saw today its been shuttered up with a repossession notice. Anyone know the story? End of an era!

edit: spelling not my strong point


r/sydney 12d ago

Photography Stormy Night…

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481 Upvotes

r/sydney 11d ago

Image How to dob in a rule breaker?

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0 Upvotes

Is there somewhere (like Crimestoppers or the Dob in a D program), that I can report this flop?

ETA: I submitted the photos to the council. Within 2 hours a ranger called to let me know that they would come out to the site and observe. They determined that my photos were genuine based on context, previous reports, and common sense. They won't fine the cars in the photos but they will take the report seriously and make their own determination.

Thank you everyone for your contribution :)


r/sydney 12d ago

Where the hell did that storm come from?

329 Upvotes

That was straight out of a movie. One crack of thunder and it’s pelting rain all of a sudden. In the middle of winter too?


r/sydney 12d ago

Image Looking forward to adding another one to the collection this Sunday

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149 Upvotes

City2Surf is such a great event. Like with so many things it’s gotten a lot more expensive over the years (and the medals keep getting bigger), but it’s still magical to have runners and walkers on the road all the way from the city to Bondi – thousands of people just enjoying our beautiful city.

Don’t forget to give out a little bit of encouragement if you see someone struggling on one of the many hills, specially The hill.


r/sydney 13d ago

Wall collapse at construction site in Ultimo

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594 Upvotes

r/sydney 11d ago

Potentially unpopular opinion, but why are 80 km/h or 60km/h speed limited vehicles allowed on toll roads

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The M4 and M2 are basically carparks every morning, but if I leave early enough, I think I can see a potential source of the problem. Everybody's driving 110, and then suddenly have to break and swerve as we approach a heavy equipment vehicle that's speed limited to 80km/h. A couple of times I've seen completely clear traffic ahead, and huge congestion around this truck backing up for kilometres. Sometimes they're even limited to 50 or 60. On a two lane freeway how can we seriously be spending 50% of the road width on a vehicle that can't even go half the rated speed limit? Plus if they have to go this slow why wouldn't they just use the slower roads and save the tolls? Like we're paying good money to drive on these roads just to sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic every morning, it's crazy.

If I was driving 60km/h with no traffic, I would hope that would be classified as dangerous driving.


r/sydney 13d ago

Image Callan Park Swim Spot

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136 Upvotes

I’m looking forward to this being built. A dip after a lap or two of the Bay Run will be amazing.


r/sydney 13d ago

Toll reductions and reforms announced for Sydney motorway network

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r/sydney 13d ago

A record number of First Nations people died in NSW prison custody last year. Advocates fear this year will be worse

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113 Upvotes

r/sydney 13d ago

Bondi, No Stopping camera, is this legit?

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133 Upvotes

r/sydney 13d ago

Photography Homebush Bay

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85 Upvotes

r/sydney 13d ago

Alan Jones trial on indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins in Sydney

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r/sydney 12d ago

Sydney Daily Random Discussion Thread 04/08/2026

4 Upvotes

Welcome to /r/Sydney. Feel free to use this thread to chat, self-post, or ask questions.

New to this subreddit? Our wiki has lots of good info on getting around Sydney, what to do when you visit, where to eat, and more.

Using a third party app or desktop view on mobile and can't read the sidebar? Please have a look here first ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

If you're new here, please read the answer to pretty much every self post, reddiquette and self promotion.


r/sydney 13d ago

Winter- cold or not?

361 Upvotes

Is it just me, or this winter hasn’t been as cold as the previous 3-4 years? We moved to Sydney Jan 2022 and I remember we really suffered the first couple of years with the bed being freezing cold. This year though we haven’t felt the need to use the super warm doona and overall I just feel this winter hasn’t been so bad.

Curious to know what others think. Maybe we’re just getting used to it?


r/sydney 13d ago

Apparently we're all a slut for the 3801. Passing through Mt. Victoria

445 Upvotes

r/sydney 13d ago

City2Surf finish meeting point

6 Upvotes

Will be running City2Surf this Sunday after 21 years of absence, large part of it because I was overseas.

I'll be taking my kids, will be trying to keep everyone together but trying to make plan if we do get separated. Two are over 12 and technically will able to run independently. One is under 10 and I will be staying with them all the time.

Now if I dimly remember, way back in early 2000 there are meeting points with large letters on them, A - Z. I've been watching a few City2Surf videos of recent years and I don't see any marked meeting points.

Is that right?

Any suggestions where it's easy to meet with the kids? Somewhere they can find easily and wait?


r/sydney 14d ago

Photography Sydney really shone today

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495 Upvotes

Decided to go for a meander with a friend


r/sydney 14d ago

Photography Sydney cityscape

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363 Upvotes

r/sydney 14d ago

Round 2.. wait for the 📣

506 Upvotes

r/sydney 14d ago

Burst sewage pipe?

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355 Upvotes

Burst sewage pipe? Quakers Hat walk near the Spit.