my first time in Sydney | solo travel, suburbs I loved & what I ate

My first time in Sydney — a solo trip filled with coastal walks, neighbourhood hopping, good food, and moments of reflection. Over a few days, I explore Bondi, Coogee, Manly, Surrey Hills, and The Rocks, soaking in the city’s mix of ocean calm and urban charm. There’s hostel living, market wandering, coffee hopping, and little pockets of quiet that remind me why I love travelling alone.

✧ featured in this vlog:
bondi to coogee walk, manly ferry, slow house bondi, glory days café, rollers bakehouse, shelly beach, butterboy cookies, bondi junction, dopa, china town night markets, surrey hills coffee, art gallery of nsw, botanical gardens, the rocks markets, observatory hill & Premode (Valeria!)

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chapters
00:00 one; a pocket of courage in the city
02:00 two; morning coffee in Bondi & trip intentions
03:55 three; Slow House Bondi wellness visit
04:54 four; brunch at Glory Days & high street shopping
05:35 five; Bondi to Coogee coastal walk
06:53 six; YHA Hostel harbour tour & OOTD
08:55 seven; tips for anxiety while travelling solo
10:31 eight; Surrey Hills shopping & dinner in Potts Point
10:47 nine; ferry to Manly & day plan
11:38 ten; Rollers Bakehouse coffee stop
12:00 eleven; Manly shopping & walk to Shelly Beach
12:55 twelve; Butterboy cookies & suburb reflections
15:09 thirteen; shopping at Bondi Junction
16:02 fourteen; dinner at Dopa & Chinatown night markets
17:33 fifteen; morning coffee hop in Surrey Hills
18:30 sixteen; art museum & botanical gardens
19:07 seventeen; The Rocks markets
20:10 eighteen; apple crumble at the observatory
20:55 nineteen; closing thoughts on Sydney
21:16 thank you, take care

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