Sue Williams is a reporter for Domain.
Three rundown 1870s terraces in Potts Point have undergone a multimillion-dollar makeover to become Sydney's newest luxury boutique hotel, the latest in a slew of old buildings turned into designer digs.
In death, homeless Sydney shoeshiner Brian Rudd has become a rolled-gold international celebrity.
Trousers for girls. Swim shorts for boys. Unisex shirts. And hoodies now often for both sexes.
It could be Australia's slowest super highway – a sudden sharp increase in the number of cashed-up grey nomads leaving home in caravans, campervans and trailers.
Homeless Sydney shoe shine man Brian Rudd is set to touch more people's lives in death than he could ever have dreamt possible.
Sydney is set to welcome a surge of hospitality jobs from all the new four and five-star hotels being built and extended around Sydney, as well as a smorgasbord of fresh restaurants, cafes and bars to service them.
Sydney's most valuable hotel room has smashed through the $1.5 million value barrier because of a critical shortage of tourist accommodation throughout the city.
Sydney shoeshine man Brian Rudd always dreamed of one day visiting India and now, in death, he is set to get his final wish.
Well-known Sydney shoeshine man Brian Rudd died last week – for the second time.
Aboriginal culture has returned to Watsons Bay with the establishment of local walking tours.
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