Sydney Skins - Locality Guide

The idea of this guide is to give first time visitors to Sydney a quick run down of the venues, clubs and shops etc that we reckon are worth checking out. Whilst this may not be the definative guide to the Sydney scene, we have tried to list all the places that we think are cool, or that we think are worth checking out. Where possible we have included a brief description, a map and (where available) a link to their web site. Please feel free to inform us of other places of interest that we may have missed.

Record Stores

These are the ones we like - mainly because of the selection of Local, Independent and Imported releases. We also have the standard selection of chain stores like Fish, HMV and Sanity and there are plenty or second hand CD and record dealers on and around Pitt street in the city.

  • Anthem Records: 9 Albion Pl, Sydney. Tel: 9267 7931
  • Egg Records: 7 Wilson Street, Newtown. Tel: 9550 6056
  • Redeye: King Street and Pitt Street, Sydney
  • Resist: 243 Australia St, Newtown. Tel: 9557 8771
  • So Music: 183 King St , Newtown. Tel: 9519 8622
  • Utopia: 636 George Street,Sydney Tel: 9283 2423

 

Books

There are thousands of book shops in and around the city, we have listed those that sell "COOL" books....

  • Black Rose Book shop: Regents Street, Sydney
  • China Books: Enmore Road, Enmore
  • Faster Pussycat: King Street, Newtown
  • Gould's Book Arcade, 32 King St, Newtown. Tel: 9519 8947
  • Redeye: King Street, Sydney
  • Utopia: George Street, Sydney

 

Clothes and Shoes

  • Faster Pussycat: 431a King Street, Newtown. Tel: 9519 1744
  • Gowings: cnr Market and George Sts, Sydney. Tel: 9287 6394
  • House of Fetish: 93 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. Tel: 9380 9042
  • Raben Footwear: 611 George St, Sydney 2000. Tel: 9211 1299
  • Route 66: 257 Crown St, Darlinghurst. Tel: 9331 6686
  • Urban Equipment: Broadway Shopping Centre, Shop 203 Broadway. Tel: 9212 3886
  • Swellstore: 256 Oxford St, Paddington, Tel: 9331 5822
  • Wheels & Doll Baby: 259 Crown St, Surry Hills, Tel: 9361 3286

Tattoos

  • Manly Tattooing, 5/18 Whistler St, Manly. Phone 9977 4145
  • Inner Vision Tattoo, 334 Crown St Surry Hills. Phone 9361 4376
  • Mischief Moon Tattoo Studio, 322 Bourke St Darlinghurst. Phone 9361 4332
  • Harry's Tattoo World, Taylors Square, 22 Flinders St Darlinghurst. Phone 9331 5385

 

Clubs

 

Pubs

  • The Coopers Hotel, King Street, Newtown
  • The Court House Hotel: Australia Street, Newtown
  • The Crystal Palace Hotel, George Street, Sydney
  • The Duke of Edinburgh: Enmore Road, Enmore
  • The Town Hall Hotel, King Street, Newtown

Gig Guides and Street Press

Venues

  • Annandale Hotel: 17 Parramatta Rd (cnr Nelson), Annandale. 9550 1078
  • Bar Broadway: cnr Regent St & Broadway, Ultimo. 9211 2321
  • Bat & Ball Hotel: cnr Cleveland & South Dowling Sts, Surry Hills. 9699 3782
  • Bleach/Club 77: 77 William St, East Sydney. 9361 4981
  • Botany View Hotel, King St, Newtown
  • Caringbah Bizzo's: 32 Banksia Rd, Caringbah. 9524 7358
  • Caringbah Inn: 343 Port Hacking Rd (cnr Kingsway), Caringbah. 9524 0384
  • Cat & Fiddle Hotel: 456 Darling St, Balmain. 9555 9239
  • Eastwood Hotel: 115 Rowe St, Eastwood. 9874 1100
  • Empire Hotel: cnr Johnston St & Parramatta Rd, Annandale.
  • Excelsior Hotel: 64 Foveaux St, Surry Hills. 9211 4945
  • Green Square Hotel: cnr Bourke & Elizabeth Sts, Zetland. 9698 3195
  • Grand Hotel: Pacific Highway, Wyong (opposite Railway Station). 9664 4050
  • Harp Hotel: 900 Princes Hwy, Tempe. 9559 6300
  • Hopetoun Hotel: 416 Bourke St, Surry Hills. 9361 5257
  • Kingsgrove RSL: 4 Brocklehurst La Kingsgrove. 9150 6822
  • Manly Fisho's: 270 Pitwater Rd, Manly. 9977 4800
  • Metro: 624 George St, City. 9264 2666
  • Newtown RSL: 52 Enmore Rd, Enmore. 9516 1911
  • Northpoint Tavern: cnr Miller St & Pacific Hwy, North Sydney. 9954 0101
  • Roundhouse: Uni of NSW, Anzac Pde Kensington. 9931 3230
  • St. Ives Youth Centre: Memorial Ave, St Ives. 9424 0837.
  • Unity Hall Hotel: 292 Darling St Balmain. 9810 1331
  • Vic On The Park Hotel, cnr Addison & Enmore Rd, Enmore. 9557 1448
  • The Warehouse: 61 Regent St, Central

Transport
Map of Sydney