One of the items on Tudi's itinerary in Sydney was to head up to Hunter Valley. Out of so many times I've been to the Hunter Region, this was my first visit to the Hunter Valley Gardens. My favourite was the Story Book Garden where we went up close and personal with some of my favourite characters like the Mad Hatter!
Again, I'm too lazy to write much so I'll just let the pictures do the talking. Next time you head to the Hunter, do set aside a few hours to explore the beautifully manicured gardens on top of your wine tasting tours if you haven't been there.
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tudi in sydney: hunter valley gardens
weekend in melbourne
I had a weekend getaway to Melbourne in August courtesy of Pawpaw. As there were so many places and activities covered in that short time frame, I'm too lazy to go into details for the whole trip. Instead I'll let the pictures and the brief captions show you the highlights.
On the streets:
lights bokeh from traffic/cars/buildings
neon boards in Chinatown
purple wigs for a tv commercial shoot
playing with fire in public
hire a bicycle anywhere in the city to reduce your carbon footprint
back alleys and lanes full of artistic graffiti
The parks and the gardens:
Captain Cook's Cottage in Fitzroy Gardens
Fountain in Carlton Gardens right outside the Royal Exhibition Building
Fountain in Carlton Gardens right outside the Royal Exhibition Building
Doing the signature tourist jumps outside Captain Cook's Cottage
Doing the signature tourist jumps outside Captain Cook's Cottage
Doing the signature tourist jumps outside the Royal Exhibition Building
Along the Yarra
Random school girls posed for my camera
Art Galleries and Museums:
Had a history lesson with King Tut
Aboriginal art
Taking the Dinosaur Walk in the Museum
The science corner
The State Library:
Majestic entrance
Inside La Trobe Reading Room
The famous domed roof
Cowen Gallery in the library
The food:
Hearty breakfast on Lygon Street - the little Italian suburb
The Soup Place off Flinders Lane
Best macarons in town from Brunetti's
Best macarons in town from Brunetti's
Lastly the most indulgent splurge: a date with Andrew Lloyd Webber that you can read here.
And that's all folks. Til the next trip.
roadtrip to the gong to catch the sso
Ya I'm playing catch up here on my blog... here's another outdated post on a road trip that happened in the first week of June which is part work part leisure. The girls from the Corporate Communications department got a few free tickets to watch the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform as well as attend the post concert dinner in Wollongong because our company is a long standing sponsor for the SSO. They were kind enough to invite me along and in need of a break from work, I went with them on the 1.5 hour drive down the coast!
Here we had our first pit stop at Stanwell Park. It was freezing cold and extremely windy.
They just had to do the jumps and I must say, this is a fantastic shot of the jumping action at its best.
We took the scenic route along the Grand Pacific Drive and had a second pitstop to take a walk along the famous Sea Cliff Bridge. I never saw these padlocks of love declarations on my numerous trips there before so this must be a relatively new phenomenon.
While most of the locks had engravings of wedding proposals and celebrations of love, there were also some cute ones like this below.
This was us camwhoring in the bathroom while waiting for the remaining party girlie to finish dressing up for the event.
That's all of us girls after a few complimentary glasses of champagne prior to the start of the concert.
Eagerly awaiting the start of the concert.
And a little ensemble during the post event dinner that was really good.
As far as I can remember, I think this was the first proper road trip I've gone on with the girls. It was actually really relaxing compared to the other strictly business only fly-in-fly-out work trips we've been on together.
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