Werribee trip
Yesterday, my family and some of our pinoy friends went to Werribee Park which is located in the southern part of Victoria and 30-minute drive from the city.
The place is a vast estate which was originally owned by Chirnside family from Scotland who migrated to Australia in the mid 1800s. The property is approximately 300 hectares with farming land and zoo. The land extends to the Werribee River which is connected to the Port Phillip Bay.
The Mansion itself occupies around 10 hectares which includes a formal garden, a rose garden and lovely lawn area perfect for picnic and photo ops :)
The house was constructed on year 1877 and has classic style. The Italian flooring, the grand staircase and the rooms are typical European yet extravagant. But the ambiance inside the house was a bit gloomy particularly the smell (like an old "baul").
We also had the chance to have a guided tour up to the Mansion's tower. The view from the tower was impressive. The tour guide told us the history of the place and some stories about the Chirnsides. It was creepy and sad to know that one of the Chirnside brothers committed suicide when he was 77 :-(
Anyway, looking at the bright side, we had fun time walking around the park and exploring it. There were some sculpture works around the place which I think were basically made for the tourists/visitors. We had picnic near the rose garden. We left the park around 4pm 'cause it's starting to rain already.
Then before we went back to the city, we dropped by Telan's place (one of the pinoys) in Manor Lakes which is 10-minute away from the park. Dinner was served around 6pm and we had enough time to chat with our friends.
Lori was lethargic but still enjoyed observing the people and mingling with other kids. It was a very tiring yet enjoyable day!
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