No images? Click here MAKE NEW MEMORIES IN NSWWith picnic-perfect natural playgrounds, landmark restaurants, world-class entertainment, and sporting showdowns to bring us together, the memory-making comes easy in New South Wales. Now’s the time to soak up Sydney’s hospitality, with a host of hotspots ready to level-up your brews with the crew to celebrate World Friendship Day on July 30. Consider this week’s feature, ‘Discover Sydney's Hidden Bars’, your hitlist of memorable sips: there’s everything from a secret precinct to glittering rooftops and heritage speakeasies to wet your whistle. And whether you like your inspiration served with a dash of creativity or a splash of adrenaline, this week’s Event Spotlight boasts a host of happenings. Experience the world through the lens of one of the planet’s most celebrated photographers when Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine opens on 2 August. Plus, 2024 Sydney SuperNight brings the high-octane fun to Sydney Motorsport Park, with Gen3 Supercars battling it out the track on 19-21 July. Fancy driving into the sunset with your favourite people? Head west for Australia’s newest outback music festival, the Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash. Or, follow this week’s guide, Unmissable NSW: Central West for a road-trip across Dubbo, Orange, Mudgee and Bathurst, where there’s stellar wineries, glamping, wildlife, and more to experience. Enjoy! Stitch Bar, Sydney CBD DISCOVER SYDNEY’S HIDDEN BARSIt may appear to be just an average shopfront, or an unmarked door down a mysterious alleyway, but for curious drinkers, nondescript facades can be an entrance to another world. From a dimly lit whisky bar behind a fridge door to carefully crafted cocktails inside a butcher shop, Sydney’s speakeasies offer some of the city’s coolest sips... if you can find them. Seek out some of Sydney’s best hidden bars and discover the thrill of the unknown. Sunset over winery in Mudgee, Central NSW. Credit: Amber Hooper UNMISSABLE NSW: CENTRAL WESTThe Orana region of the Central West, which encompasses Dubbo, Orange, Mudgee and Bathurst, an hour’s flight from Sydney, is the place where incredible holiday stories come to life. `Orana’ means `welcome’ in the language of the local Wiradjuri people, which is the way you’ll surely feel every moment of your stay here. Imagine checking in to a designer suite on the crest of a rolling hill overlooking an Australian sheep station or setting out on an African themed Zoofari at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. Consider the awe-inspiring indulgence of a luxury eco glamping experience with your own fire pit along with indoor and outdoor bathing. Here, find the unmissable experiences you must book for your Central West sojourn. Festival of Dangerous Ideas. Credit: Ken Leanfore EVENT SPOTLIGHTAlphonse Mucha: Spirit of Art Nouveau | 15 June – 22 September Sydney SuperNight | 19 – 21 July Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine | 2 August – 27 October Festival of Dangerous Ideas | 24 – 25 August Bledisloe Cup - Wallabies vs. All Blacks | 21 September SXSW Sydney | 14 – 20 October |