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If you’re in Annandale and you feel like a proper roam — here’s a simple one that ends with a big, shiny payoff: the new Sydney Fish Market.
Start with coffee on Booth Street, do a tiny “slow shop” loop, then take the prettier route down through Glebe and along Blackwattle Bay. It’s calm, leafy, waterfront… and it still somehow feels like a secret.
No rushing. No “must see 18 things.” Just a gentle chain of good stops.
Annandale to New Sydney Fish Market in 30 seconds
Time: 2–3 hours (or skip to the “Quick version” below)
Vibe: coffee → tiny shop loop → leafy streets → foreshore reset → seafood
Best day: weekend morning
Bail-out point: Tramsheds (perfect if you don’t want the full walk). Or you can catch the light from Jubilee Park just behind the Tramsheds to Wentworth Park, which is right across from the New Fish Market
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The vibe
Coffee + a browse + a waterfront walk + seafood for lunch.
Best done on a weekend morning when you want the Inner West to feel like it’s giving you your life back.
Stop 1 — Coffee + breakfast on Booth Street (pick your favourite)
Start anywhere on Booth Street, then commit to a slow morning.
A few easy starts:
- Precinct 37 – serious coffee energy, easiest start
- Annandale Bakehouse – classic, warm, always works
- Black Toast – if you want something different
Pick one. Then leave. The walk is the point.
Stop 2 — A tiny shop loop (5–20 minutes)
Before you leave Annandale, do a tiny circuit — the kind that makes you feel lucky you live here.
Annandale Garden Centre – always a good mood shift
Terrific Scientific – because it’s weird and fun in the best way
The Corner Booth – quick browse, then you’re ready
Stop 3 — The secret part: Nelson Street down to The Crescent
From here, take the slower route down Nelson Street.
Take Nelson St slowly — it’s the kind of street where dogs & cats hang out the front gardens to watch you walk by.
This is one of those Inner West streets that quietly flexes — beautiful houses, big trees, and backyards that hint at pools you’d never know existed from the footpath.
It’s the kind of walk where you stop thinking about “getting somewhere” and start noticing Sydney again.
Stop 4 — Tramsheds (optional but worth it)
When you hit The Crescent, you’ll reach Tramsheds at Harold Park — a perfect mid-walk “top up” stop.
Have a drink, grab something small, or just wander through and people-watch.
(Also: this is a great bailout point if you’re not walking the full route.)
Stop 5 — The Glebe foreshore: the best part of the whole day
From Tramsheds, follow signs toward Jubilee Park / the foreshore and start walking along the water.
This stretch is one of the most underrated “inner-city reset” walks — parks, open water, locals doing their loops, and that calm feeling you only get near the bay.
You’ll pass landmarks like:
Blackwattle Bay
picnic-friendly grassy pockets
Glebe Rowing Club vibes
long waterfront stretches that feel quietly cinematic
The foreshore walk itself is a known scenic route running along the bay edges with parks and views.
Final stop — Lunch at the New Sydney Fish Market
Then you arrive: the New Sydney Fish Market, sitting right on the edge of Blackwattle Bay.
Even if you’re not a “seafood person”, it’s worth seeing — it’s one of Sydney’s biggest new public waterfront moments in a long time, and locals have been watching the build for years. (Opening dates have moved before, so check what’s live the day you go.)
Quick version (if you just want the plan)
Coffee on Booth St
Quick shop loop (Garden Centre / Terrific Scientific / Corner Booth)
Walk down Nelson St to The Crescent
Optional stop at Tramsheds
Foreshore walk to Blackwattle Bay
Lunch at the new Fish Market
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