The Inner West Quest

Simple mission: All things Inner West! We love where we live and want to share it with the world!

Ok, so let's start with where it is! Now you may ask why on earth we need to cover this as you already know where the Inner West is, that's why you are visiting!  We thought we should make it official-like for the odd visitor from outside our great area!!

According to Wikipedia it is the metropolitan area directly to the west of the Sydney central business district, NSW, Australia!  The suburbs of the Inner West are predominantly located along the southern shore of Port Jackson (Parrammatta River), stretching south to the shores of the Cooks River.

Of course the Inner West is not a precise geographical region. The Australian Bureau of Statistics limits its Inner Western Sydney statistical region to the local government areas of Canada Bay, Ashfield, Burwood and Strathfield.  This can be considered the core area covered in all definitions of the Inner West.  The NSW Government's Metropolitan Strategy adds the local government area of Leichhardt to its Inner West subregion.  The local newspaper, the Inner West Courier, includes the suburbs in the local government areas of Leichhardt and Marrickville as well as some western suburbs of the City of Sydney such as Glebe and Erskineville

The biggest commercial areas in the inner west are at Ashfield, Balmain, Burwood, Glebe, Leichhardt, Newtown, Marrickville and Strathfield.  The areas of Balmain, Newtown and Summer Hill are notable for their village atmosphere with unique shops, sidewalk restaurants and cafes; there are large shopping malls located at Burwood, Broadway and Marrickville.

So now you have an idea of where it is let's talk about what it is ... this is a hard one as the Inner West is so diverse.  Whether you are talking about the culture, the housing, the schools, university/higher learning, hospitals, sport, music, cafes, restaurants, ethnicity etc we have it all!  We are an accepting community and tend not to worry about what you have or how you dress but more about who you are as a person.

See why we love it!  We hope to share people's musings on all of these great attributes ; so if you have an opinion and want to share it we would love to hear from you.  Email us at innerwesquest@gmail.com