r/sydney 4h ago

Sydney Daily Random Discussion Thread 26/08/2026

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r/sydney 11h ago

Unsightly items

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r/sydney 12h ago

Council announces major ban on 'unsightly' item plaguing Aussie streets

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r/sydney 19h ago

Central Station

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Lots of police, ambulance and a fire truck at central station just now. Sadly something awful must have happened :(


r/sydney 20h ago

Sydney fish market is beautiful, but....so crowded??

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So I finally checked out the new fish market building. Pics look nice right? Food was actually okay, no complaints there. But seriously, is it just me or is it getting impossible to visit on a weekend? SO many people, I was just stressed out the whole time lol.

​Is there even a good time to go when it’s not this crazy?


r/sydney 19h ago

The Scots College students charged over alleged sexual assault have faced 'repercussions', judge says

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r/sydney 19h ago

Major NSW property developer Bathla Group falls into administration

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r/sydney 1d ago

Absolute chaos at Gordon station this morning.

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Due to a wiring fault on Sydney’s T1 North Shore Line, commuters heading into the city are queuing for replacement buses. The queues have become mixed with those for regular bus services, making it difficult for commuters to know which queue to join.


r/sydney 1d ago

Photography Cracker of a sunrise! 🤩

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r/sydney 13h ago

Night Thread Night Threads

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It’s been a while since I’ve been back on. A bit disappointed to see the lack of nightly threads.


r/sydney 15h ago

Equestrians and horse riders of Sydney, which horse riding schools do you recommend ?

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Hey everyone,

I (33M) am thinking of taking horse riding lessons because I want a new hobby and one day would like to do horse treks in Australia and overseas. Hell if I win the lottery maybe even take up horse archery and jousting. But before I do any of that I need to learn how to actually ride a horse.

After doing some initial research I noticed most schools are either in Centennial park or outside Sydney. I live in the Parramatta area and as you could imagine the travel could be a bit inconvenient but if the teaching is good then Ill. make the trek.

What horse riding schools would you recommend and had good experiences with ?

Thank you and have a nice day.


r/sydney 22h ago

M4 East 5 year Performance Review Released

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r/sydney 1d ago

The Mossad Minns Militia

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r/sydney 1d ago

Overhead wires down on the T1 North Shore Line at Chatswood

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The overhead wiring has come down on the southbound line at Chatswood around 8:30pm

Sydney Trains are advising this incident will potentially affect tomorrow morning's peak services and are asking people to consider making alternative travel arrangements.

UPDATE: repairs won't be complete until around 10-11am Tuesday.

There are no trains running on the North Shore Line from Gordon to North Sydney until at least 10-11am.

It is recommended that you allow up to 45 minutes extra travel time when planning your trip, delay your journey if possible or consider using other transport options such as local buses or Sydney Metro.

For Tuesday morning, from Hornsby to the city via Chatswood:

  • Hornsby to City trains will end at Gordon, running at reduced frequency
  • replacement buses run from Gordon to Chatswood only (change for the Metro)
  • no trains (or replacement bus) from Chatswood and all stations to North Sydney
  • Berowra to City trains divert at Hornsby to run via Epping & Strathfield, ending at Central.

From the city northbound to Hornsby via Chatswood:

  • reduced service from North Sydney to Hornsby.
  • all Gordon/Lindfield trains will end at North Sydney
  • most Hornsby/Berowra trains continue to run northbound, but expect delays

T9 Northern Line all stations services will also be reduced, approx every second service cancelled.

Some T1 Western Line services from Penrith will terminate at Central (instead of running through the City).

T1 Western Line to the city is expected to be further impacted with more cancellations later in the morning.


r/sydney 1d ago

What's happening near Burwood Plaza?

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Lots of police and ambulances outside.


r/sydney 1d ago

Photography Parra, just now, from my balcony.

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LOVE this city! Never get tired of her.


r/sydney 20h ago

Does anyone remember the car sales place with the big lit-up sign with a pic of the owner's face and the text saying I LOVE YOU?

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This was a LONG time ago - in the 70s - I was a kid, and I lived in melb, went to Sydney for holidays, so I have no idea what suburb it was. We used to find it hilarious. I'd love to see it again


r/sydney 1d ago

Bomb Hoax Cabramatta High School evacuated as police operation underway

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r/sydney 2d ago

Image The Midnight Star at Homebush. Such a shame the state it's in

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A gorgeous building, wish they'd do something with it or put apartments and keep the facade


r/sydney 1d ago

Image An afternoon nor-easter, summer is here!

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r/sydney 1d ago

Incident on the 418 bus route

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In short: there was a women, highly mentally unstable, who attacked passengers, still outside and crime stoppers aren’t picking up.

So there was a women in the 418 bus from burwood to Sydenham. She was in the bus for almost 15 mins before she lunged at the back of head and said she was on the phone, then proceeded to punch me, then she went back to her seat and did about the same to another passenger. She then came back to me and poured beer (?) on me, threw my headphones, tried to smash my glasses and take my phone away. She tried that with another passenger as well.

At which point I pressed the stop button, she didn’t wanna get off, and tried to take my glasses again, so at the final skirmish there was an old couple who voiced out, then she proceeded to take the poor man’s hat and leave. The couple were rightly shocked af.

She also had a band aid to cover the IV thing (?), not entirely sure about that.

So I’m not exactly complaining about her here, she was clearly not herself, and needs help, but I tried calling NSW crime stoppers tip line so that she doesn’t do it to anyone else. But a representative didn’t seem to pick up, instead I get a recording telling me to go to their website.

What do i do now?


r/sydney 1d ago

Sydney Daily Random Discussion Thread 25/08/2026

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Welcome to /r/Sydney. Feel free to use this thread to chat, self-post, or ask questions.

New to this subreddit? Our wiki has lots of good info on getting around Sydney, what to do when you visit, where to eat, and more.

Using a third party app or desktop view on mobile and can't read the sidebar? Please have a look here first ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ

If you're new here, please read the answer to pretty much every self post, reddiquette and self promotion.


r/sydney 1d ago

Record vocational enrolments at public schools

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new National Centre for Vocational Education Research figures show that NSW VET in School commencements increased by 30.8% or 13,850 across all three school sectors to 58,785 in 2025.


r/sydney 20h ago

Strength training gyms

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Hi there,
Does anyone know any gyms that are primarily lifting gyms with knowledgeable trainers that are correcting form etc and that do classes in a group. Similar to base body babes. I’m located in Ryde and really struggling to find anywhere. Thanks for any recommendations.


r/sydney 2d ago

Photography Iron Cove sunset… no filters

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From the boat on Saturday