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matt’s stroll around sydney

matt’s stroll around sydney

Artist and Sydney local, Matt Cauchi, takes Companion on a tour of his Darlinghurst neighbourhood. There aren’t many people in Darlinghurst that Matt Cauchi doesn’t know. As the founder of local favourite Bloodhound Café, and a neighbour just a few doors down, Matt turned regular customers into lifelong friends, building a community around his little corner of the suburb. When he sold the café to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time artist, that same community followed him. Today, Matt’s works hang in Wentworth Gallery, as well as in iconic local spots including RM Williams at Westfield Bondi Junction and Dovecote. His art also takes its place in private collections worldwide, and in exhibitions across Sydney, Paris, London, Hong Kong and the USA.
the vinyl piece of the puzzle

the vinyl piece of the puzzle

Have you really been to a city if you don’t visit one of its record shops – heroically rooting a vinyl out of a wooden box, secreting it under your arm so no one else notices your find and tries to wrestle it from you, and finally sliding it over to the judgy bearded man behind the counter? These shops are so often hubs of communities, meeting places for like-minded people, and pointers as to what’s going on in a city, that not to track one down would be to miss out. Here is the definitive guide to the best record shops in 25hours cities.