Get on your bike In Where to ride Sydney (available via bicyclingAustralia.com.au), there are 144 rides ranging from short rides suitable for beginners to longer distances that demand greater fitness. The book features safe family-friendly routes all around the city and suburbs and is written with all levels of rider in mind. Suggested routes include the Parramatta Heritage Ride, the Ryde to Botany Bay Cooks River Cycleway and an all-ages ride from Centennial Park to Sydney Park. There are also some wonderful environmentally-conscious cycling routes at Sydney Olympic Park, including an adventure bike chase course designed to encourage families to have fun while exploring Newington Armory.
Mini chefs in action Do you have a mini masterchef in the making? Sheridan Rogers (www.sheridanrogers.com.au), author of Mini Chef – Cooking with Kids doesn’t do restaurantstyle food, although she says a few of her students have done so well they were in the finals for the juggernaut that was Junior MasterChef. Sheridan’s cooking classes, which are conducted in her private residence in North Sydney, aim to teach children to prepare wholesome, nutritious meals which they love to eat and can reproduce easily at home. She also takes the children into her kitchen garden to pluck vegetables and herbs for dishes they will learn to cook from scratch. The classes are aimed at children aged from 8 to 12 and 10 to 14.
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