Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

A little while ago, my mum and I had a day out to Montsalvat, a historical artists' colony in Eltham. The many buildings, studios, galleries and halls are scattered amongst five acres of gardens.  We admired historical buildings, artwork and stained glass windows. I felt a little like Drew Barrymore walking around in Ever After, an excellent movie if you haven't seen it. Romeo, Romeo, where art thou Romeo?, I joked aloud as I looked out the stained glass window!  Every corner of Montsalvat was stunning. I wore a leopard dress and my warm, emerald Afghan coat. My mum wore a floral dress that she made herself! After we wandered the ground for a couple of hours, we visited Massaros winery for a lovely lunch of prawn linguini (me) and seafood chowder (mum).  After lunch, we returned home to look after our cute but cheeky foster kitten Henry.  Have you ever seen such an adorable kitten? X

 Our second and last day in Sydney began at 9.00am, after a nice sleep in. We returned to The Ground cafe and this time I enjoyed a mushroom and spinach croissant with a fried egg.  We also passed St Andrew's Cathedral, which sounded familiar to me and then I remembered it was where Australian musician Michael Hutchence's funeral took place in 1997,  it's mentioned in all the INXS books I have read. We also passed some other nice looking, historical buildings. Next we travelled to Bondi Beach, catching two buses to get there. We spent some time swimming in a pool overlooking the beach, then sweated in a sauna, before have a delicious rump steak for lunch. Bondi beach was so busy, it seemed like the whole town was out sunbathing! In the afternoon, we went for a walk around Hyde park, where I spotted the Westfield Tower.  Thanks for coming along on our Sydney adventure. Have you been to Sydney? Title : Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel.

Recently, my mum, sister and I had a girls trip to Sydney. We hopped on a Melbourne to Sydney overnight train, struggled to sleep sittting upright, but then celebrated our arrival with a nice breakfast at a Parisianne style cafe called The Grounds . My mum and I had steak and eggs on toast, whilst my sister enjoyed a croissant and eggs and we shared some coffee and matcha, topped with cute love hearts. The food and atmosphere wad truly wonderful. Then we walked around the CBD, passing The Rocks market, as well as a John Fluevog shoe shop, with lots of interesting looking, Canadian-designed shoes. It made me think of Shiela , a blogger friend who loves these shoes. After lots and lots of walking, powered with energy from some Turkish pistachio donuts, we finally arrived at the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. After 6 years since our last visit , my wish to return came true. In the afternoon, we rested a bit in our hotel room and then dressed up for dinner at a fanc...