Festival of the Winds Returns to Bondi Beach This September

Get ready to look to the skies! One of Sydney’s most colourful family events, Festival of the Winds, is...

Calling All Tiny Trainspotters: Thomas Is Coming to the NSW Rail Museum

All aboard! If you have a little train lover in the family, clear some space in the calendar because...

Step Inside Bondi's Most Nostalgic New Photobooth

Looking for a fun keepsake from your next visit to Bondi Beach? A charming new photobooth has arrived on...

Monday's Local Mum, Kerry McCarthy

Local mum of 2 Kerry McCarthy has been happily calling the Eastern Suburbs home for more than 20 years...

Best Kids Bike Parks in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs (Plus Alexandria, Mascot, Surry Hills & CBD)

Looking for the best places for your kids to ride bikes, scooters or balance bikes in Sydney’s East? Whether...
Events, Free, Fun
Festival of the Winds Returns to Bondi Beach This September
Events, Kids
Calling All Tiny Trainspotters: Thomas Is Coming to the NSW Rail Museum
bondi beach, Fun, Local
Step Inside Bondi's Most Nostalgic New Photobooth
Monday's Mum Profiles
Monday's Local Mum, Kerry McCarthy
Free, Fun, Kids, Parks and Beaches
Best Kids Bike Parks in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs (Plus Alexandria, Mascot, Surry Hills & CBD)
 

Maroubra Beach Markets

FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH

Free entry – see you by the beach!

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About Eastern Suburbs Mums

Welcome to Eastern Suburbs Mums

 

All about life as a mum in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.

 

Eastern Suburbs Mums was created for mums and their families to connect with what is going on in Sydney’s east.

It’s a place for Mums where you can find out about your local area, what’s on, where to get help, advice and more...

third Sunday of every month, at Heffron Park’s netball stadium

 
Monday's Mum Profiles

Monday Local Mum – Sinead Vidler

Hi, I’m Sinead….more commonly known as “Miss Sinead” – even my family knows if they really want my attention this is how to get it! I live in Paddington with my husband and 8 year old daughter, we have 2 older kids who are now adults & living their best lives in Bondi Beach. I am seriously living my childhood dream, owning a ballet studio and teaching ballet. If I could meet my 7 year old self, I could say “we did it!!!” and she’d be proud of us. Where and how long have you lived in Sydney’s east? I’m…

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Health & Wellbeing

How Household Mould Affects Your Family’s Health

Mould is a type of fungus that subsists on animal and plant matter. It plays a vital role in ecosystems via biodegradation by releasing materials like carbon back into the environment. You’ll find moulds in various places as long as there’s sufficient moisture in the environment and low amounts of sunlight.  Unfortunately, while moulds are vital to nature, they can prove hazardous, especially to a household. Read on to learn more about their potential health hazards to a household.  Health risks  Before anything else, it’s important to understand that the mould itself isn’t the culprit of the health risks you…

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Events

Street Parties coming to Randwick City

Prepare for swinging, swaying and record playing! For two days in June, Coogee Bay Road and The Spot, Randwick will come alive as we hold a street party at the two locations to revitalise the area and entice you all to come out and support local businesses. The street parties, which have been funded by Investment NSW’s street party initiative, will transform Coogee Beach and The Spot into fiesta-themed parties. The Coogee Beach Road street fiesta(Saturday 4 June) will  be full of fun and dancing with a Latino theme. DJ  Fasmwa will provide the music, there will be capoeira, Brazilian drumming and…

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Health & Wellbeing

Kin Fertility is shaking up Australia’s pregnancy world with its science-led and comprehensive fertility vitamin range.

From the company that brought you the #WeNeedMoreLeave campaign, Kin Fertility is empowering people with ovaries to take control of their entire pregnancy journey from conceiving to postpartum with professional consultation, products and support.  The team at Kin Fertility did the research and spoke to Australian women to understand what the real issues were surrounding nutrition during pregnancy, and this is what they found: Results showed none of the women involved (850 women) were correctly following the pregnancy nutrition guidelines, but 61% mistakenly thought they were (1).  Pregnancy-specific multivitamin use was reported by ONLY 47% of women in the first…

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Food

Should I Buy A Food Processor? Just mix

We all know food processors can pretty much do anything and everything – from slicing, dicing, chopping and shredding to grating, zesting, pureeing, mixing and more. So when it comes to purchasing a food processor, there’s a massive range of brands and models out there, all doing roughly the same things.  However, some of them do it much better than others. But like most things, you get what you pay for. So let’s look at what to look for when buying a food processor. Food processor or blender or both If you just want a food processor and nothing more….

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School holidays

PCYC Eastern Suburbs, school holiday program

Looking for things to do in the upcoming school holidays? All parents and carers know the secrets to successful parenting is keeping your little ones busy, active, and safe.   PCYC Eastern Suburbs has been a central part of the local community since 1976 and is here to help you gently detach your kids from their mobile devices and get them in the club and active in life!  PCYC offers a range of holiday programs and year-round activities for kids of all ages and abilities. To get young children started in sport you can choose from Child’s Play Movement and Gymnastics…

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Events

CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, in Randwick Ritz

Featuring tales of dragons and lion cubs, alongside a modern retelling of a 19th century ballet and exciting quests into worlds inspired by South American mythology, the Children’s International Film Festival (CHIFF) returns for a fourth year, featuring a program brimming with films for kids of all ages. Screening in Sydney (Ritz Cinemas, Randwick) from 28 May – 13 June 2022, the CHIFF program features 21 kid-friendly flicks and TV series screenings from across the globe, as well as a host of creative and fun hands-on events. The program features films fin English, as well as Dutch, French, German and…

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Inspiration, What to do

Pop-up pedal parks are back

From the beginning of June until the end of  August, the pedal parks will once again be available for use by residents and families as spaces to develop riding skills and encourage outside play. Join us for the opening of the pedal parks in South Maroubra and enjoy some free coffee and ice-cream. Chifley, Clovelly and now South Maroubra car parks are being closed to cars and turned into ‘Pop-up Pedal Parks’ for winter 2022. From the beginning of June until the end of  August, the pedal parks will once again be available for use by residents and families as spaces to…

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Food

Online Farmers Market Brings Fresh Convenience to Bondi

We’re all committed to nurturing our families with love and, of course, along with that comes a desire to feed them with farm-fresh nutritious, delicious fruit, vegetables and proteins (but in today’s fast-moving world, ‘farm-fresh’ is hard to come by).  To source the freshest foods for her family, Sydney local Kathy Widjaja joined a local food co-op in 2011. When the head of her co-op took a 12-month sabbatical, Kathy was appointed to the role. She quickly saw an opportunity to transform it into a business that would provide all the benefits of co-op buying to a much broader group…

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Monday's Mum Profiles

Monday local mum, Lindsay Batstone

Hi my name is Lindsay Batstone, i’m originally from Scotland. I moved to Australia for 6 months initially (which is the usual story) then met my beautiful husband at work. We had our little daughter Margot 11 months ago and I imagine with most new mummas, I went on a hunt for fresher fruit and veg to feed the little one. I came across Minifarms and have been working with them since to open a new Bondi pod to serve delicious fresh food to the people of the East.  Where and how long have you lived in Sydney’s east? Been…

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