Holiday - 3 Wishes & a Promise

There were a few reasons we headed to Victoria for 10days

• Wish #1 - take advantage of cheap airfares.
• Wish #2 - Stella wanted to celebrate her 10th birthday with her best friend.
• Wish #3 - I wanted to chat & shop with mine.
• Promise - I said we'd return and stay longer

Everything else was a bonus....

 Stellas best friend is 84yrs old and they met properly for the first time last year when I drove the girls East. 

At the time we'd called in to say hello as Mrs F is the mum of Stellas godfather, who died suddenly 5yrs ago.

Little did we know these two were in fact kindred spirits. They now phone & write regularly and during this trip were inseparable.

  

 Mrs F lives in her new home, which is next to the home she raised 6 children in, which is next to the home she was born & raised in.

We were fortunate to get accommodation at the farm-stay styled resort owned by a family member which was not only luxurious, it was entertaining and a stones throw from town.

 

I was far too busy talking & shopping with my friend Reg to take photos of the 2days & 1night we spent together in the heart of Melbourne - as evidenced by the mishmash of photos.

 

  

We had the best time and are already scheming planning the next one!

Holiday - Accidental Tourist

I'm not a very good Tourist, I don't normally go to touristy places, or do touristy things. 

My idea of fun on a holiday is to check out as many Op Shops as possible. 

That's how we found this place. Mum & I headed into Warnambool, making a bee-line for the Info Centre, where I asked for a list of all the Op Shops in town. I was handed a sheet of paper with all 7 listed, along with a map detailing their where-abouts. 

On the way to the car Mum happened to glance over the balcony & spied a woman dressed in period costume leading a group around a cobble stoned pioneer village.

We bought the girls back the next day and spent hours wandering around - like tourists....

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sadly the Op Shops weren't comparable however I did manage to find some treasure which I'm looking forward to sharing.

Holiday - Steps

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's not that I'll take a photo of anything (as much as my family would argue the point) it's just that I notice things, the small insignificant things that are often over looked and taken for granted as they're being used day after day, year after year  - like steps.

Holiday - Paths

More gorgeousness every time I turned a corner...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's it - don't want to overwhelm you, that and I didn't get any photos of the boats, wharf, shops or other historic stuff this town is famous for, to be honest I don't make a very good camera touting tourist as I forever feel like I should be paying or apologising to someone for the priviledge.