Hemingway’s – Manly
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I’m not sure how to write this review. On one hand I genuinely like this bar – a lot. On the other hand, I’d rest easier if they hadn’t named it after Papa himself. But, …

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Make your resolutions in style at these New Year’s Eve parties – and if I didn’t list a party you think is worthy, then leave a comment below with its details:
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There’s a stuffed ferret standing metres from where I’m drinking my caipirinha. Pert, feisty and somewhat glazed, I suspect that ferret symbolises all that is good and different about The Dock, Redfern’s latest small bar. …