![]() ![]() Take a right wrong turn and you end up headed for Effing and the Hills District: Baulkham Hillsong up to Pimple. Others prefer to be southies in ‘god’s own’ – The Shire – surf at Cronullfornina or travel the BBQ belt along Transylvania Waters.įor some the inner west is home sweet home – Hippendale, Zootown, Marrickvile, Cankerberry, Trashfield and out to Stratty and Lebkemba. And we love to take the piss out of ourselves – and others.Įasties live in the east – Double Pay, Bellejew Hill, Nose Bay, Bondi Junkland, The Bra, Slurry Hills, Darling-it-hurts, The ‘Loo, Betty Bay, Poof’s Point, and it’s naughty little sister, Kink’s Cross. We celebrate our great ‘stew pot’ of over 250 ethnic and cultural groups, and our main languages are English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Arabic, Greek, Vietnamese and Slanguage. We come from all points north, south, east and west. On the bright side we have lots of free sunshine, surf, trees and water. Did you know a pie ‘with the works’ from Harry’s Cafe de Wheels is now nearly $10. We are, of course, the greatest city in the world and, sadly, one of the most expensive. How very dare they! Okay, Sydney snobbery is mostly seen in real estate – suburbs define us with some shouting: ‘ Be rich. Over the years, Sydneysiders have been described as arrogant, brash, larrikins and, god forbid, snobs. And, well, the Shire was a long way away. We didn’t bother going north – we were waiting for the bridge. Government House was built to the east, and the convicts were sent to the west – the original westies. Our first Europeans settled in The Rocks and Millers Point so they could look out onto the ‘world’s greatest harbour’. ![]() Twenty-two days later, Melbourne was declared a town – they always were a little slower than us. 64 years later, it celebrated when, in 1842, Governor Gipps sealed an Act declaring the township of Sydney to be Australia’s first city. ![]() ![]() Born under dubious circumstances in 1788, Sydney didn’t take long to realise its potential. ![]()
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