Boy sees girl. Their eyes meet. Sparks fly. Boy asks girl on first date and the rest is history.
Ok so that hasn’t happened in Sydney since 1942.
These days, girl swipes right, boy swipes right. Zero bathroom selfies and ten emoticons later, you are lining up your first date.
Sure you can play it safe and meet at a bar or go to a movie. But in the competitive Sydney dating scene, that might score you five points. If you want a chance to unlock future dates, suggest something unusual for 50 bonus points and a new high score.
Here are five unusual date ideas from Grace Hopkins, Chief Event Operative at Agent Grace, a Sydney agency specialising in organising killer experiences.
- Wild Ropes Adventure Course
Clifton Gardens
Cost: $35pp or $69pp with zoo entry
Perfect for: Tarzan and Jane
Wild Ropes recently opened at Taronga Zoo, with four courses offering 90 minutes of adventure as you climb over and around the zoo via rock climbing walls and flying foxes. The Sydney views, fresh air and animal spotting will guarantee your date doesn’t abandon you early. If that is not convincing enough, your phones are left on the ground and returned once you finish the course. Together.
- Walk an Orphaned Dog – Monikas Doggie Rescue
Ingleside, Alexandria, Chatswood, Parramatta and Surry Hills
Cost: free
Perfect for: big hearted pet lovers
Us urban dwellers love our harbourside living, which sometimes means our only furry friend is the mouldy cheese at the back of the fridge. For your pet fix with no strings attached, head over to Monika’s Doggie Rescue for an afternoon walking an orphaned dog.
- Indoor Trampolining
Skyzone Sydney
Alexandria
Cost: $18pp
Perfect for: big kids
If you are the kind of person who is always bouncing of the wall, here is your chance to try it for real. Skyzone is made up of hundreds of trampolines, linked together for fitness and fun times. If the endorphins and laughter aren’t enough to secure a second date, you are doing it wrong.
- Wine Tasting
The Winery or 121 BC
Surry Hills
Cost: free
Perfect for: Connoisseurs and shy people
If it has been a while in between dates, a wine tasting provides the comfort of Dutch courage with a classy twist.
The Winery offers a wine tasting journey each Wednesday night and 121 BC holds their wine tastings every second Saturday afternoon. If things are going well, stay for dinner.
- Sea, Sand and Skies of Sydney
Whale Beach
Cost: $525pp
Perfect for: James Bond and Bond Girl
On occasions where sparks do fly, go all out with the first date dreams are made of.
Rendezvous at Rose Bay rendezvous; board a seaplane, fly over Sydney Harbour and land on Whale Beach. Champagne, antipasto and a three-course meal ensues. Long after you watch the sun set on the horizon, a driver will transfer you back to reality. Or you could stay the night…
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