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CCTV captured by residents outside the Pacific House Hostel in Woolloomooloo.

The CCTV images that helped sink a Sydney hostel’s rooftop visions

Residents of two high-end Sydney apartment blocks say they have spent years pleading for a decent night’s sleep. Now they’ve clocked up a significant victory.

  • David Barwell

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Nick Robertson, 31, and his partner, Georgia Boyd, 26, have been living with their parents on opposite sides of the city to save money for a deposit.

On opposite sides of Sydney, Georgia and Nick are saving for a first home

Stalling property prices might be good news at the upper end of the market, but competition among first homebuyer stock is strong.

  • Robyn Willis
38 Bellevue Street, Glebe

‘Gingerbread house’: Terrace near new fish market sells for nearly $2.8m

Only two bidders registered for the three-storey inner west terrace, but that was all it took to sell this property that came with a trick or two up its sleeve.

  • Robyn Willis
The Woolly Bay Hotel in Woolloomooloo.

Woolly Bay Hotel

A historic Woolloomooloo pub with a rooftop cocktail bar.

The East Sydney Hotel.

East Sydney Hotel

An iconic inner-city pub with country charm.

Otto’s champagne lobster pasta.
Good Food hat15/20

Otto Ristorante

Famed waterside dining spot continues to deliver.

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Gregory Island prawns and lemongrass relish at Viand.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Viand

Multi-sensory tasting menus brimming with warmth and inventiveness.

Drunken chicken with rice wine sauce and ginger shallot at China Doll.
14.5/20

China Doll

Dumplings and seafood with a sublime waterfront position.

Akti’s dining room.

Hellenika chef heads up new Greek restaurant on the wharf

Akti, meaning coast in Greek, is your port of call for charcoal-grilled kontosouvli skewers and bubbling saganaki on the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf.

  • Erina Starkey
Pastries from Flour & Stone.

Flour & Stone

This bakery is a finalist for best bread and pastries in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.