Catherine McCoy

Sydney: let’s start at the very beginning…

10 Year Update: looking back at our very first post

Ten years on, it feels right to pause here and reflect on our journey together.

This was the very first Food and Adventures Along the Way post, written just after we met, before we knew how much travel and food would come to shape our lives together. We didn’t overthink it back then, we were simply documenting a weekend away on a bare bones website, unaware it marked the beginning of something far bigger.

Looking back now, this trip still matters a lot to us. It reminds us where it all began.

Original Post

It’s February 2016.

Sydney – such an iconic harbourside city.  Perfect for our first getaway, staying at the Grace Hotel in York Street.  Right in the hub.

A three day break in Sydney (with a Seminar thrown in for business purposes) in the hot, hot month of February.

A ferry to Manly was in order.

Sydney

And the people watching at cafes, of course.

Dinner each night at Darling Harbour.

Sydney 2

We got to know each other this weekend, but more importantly we realised that we traveled well together – yay!

So many more adventures to come.

Back to now – February 2026

So much has happened since that February weekend in Sydney. Countless trips nationally and internationally, changing seasons, long and short road trips, our love of good food, an expanding family (we now have seven grandchildren) and many miles and memories in between.

Yet what we discovered back then still holds true now. We still travel well together, we still go through life well together. Ten years on, the journey continues, and this first adventure remains quietly very important to us.

Catherine & Jeff

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