Sydney Winter Festival is well worth checking out. Our baby version of a European outdoor skating rink was perfectly cheesy fun. The sizable rink in front of St Mary’s Cathedral is great fun and looks beautiful under the sprinkling fake snow, until you realise its made from detergent suds. For added cheese factor there is a little alpine village selling all the essentials such as mulled wine, bratwurst and strudel. Made all the more excellent by a live yodeling accordion player with a dodgy sounding accent. We warmed up afterwards with whiskey at the infamous Shady Pines Saloon. A lovely diversion, highly recommended!
