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Long Weekend in Ballarat

Ballarat is almost 2 hours drive from the city. I find the location very relaxing and perfect for a family getaway.
Stayed at Wyndham Resort with our pinoy friends.
The resort has one of the most grandest mansions in the region.
The place is truly a heritage. I liked the way they preserved the old but elegant structure of the houses. The rooms were cozy and nice.

For the two days, we enjoyed lots of fun activities and road trips.
Visited the Kryal Castle (which is 20-minute drive from Wyndham)...

I had the chance to dress up as a "royal queen" for only 10 bucks, hahaha.

The men played poker at night, while the ladies watched tagalog movies...

Soaked ourselves in the warm pool...

Photo ops at the lake...

Played tennis, basketball and indoor golf.

A fun, chillax weekend! :)

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Labels: australia, friends, rave, roadtrip

By hanamaru
On Monday, March 09, 2009
At 6:19 PM
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first aussie roadtrip: mount buller & trout farm

our three-day roadtrip last weekend was great and full of fun moments.

we left the city on saturday morning and we arrived at our first stop (the trout farm in eildon town) past noon. the place is a beauty and the group had heaps of fun catching fish (trout & atlantic salmon). tonton and i caught two salmons.

after fishing, we grilled our fresh catch and pork liempo (courtesy of eian & gina) for late lunch.

the group arrived at the delatite apartment in merrijig around 6pm. we had a yummy hot pork sinigang for dinner (courtesy of ibarra family).

then before midnight, we had videoke session and my husband serenaded me with the walang kamatayan "when i met you" by apo hiking society (hehe so mushy ba?)

the following day, we headed to mount buller which is an hour drive from merrijig. mount buller is the snow spot in the state of victoria during winter.

tonton loved the tobogan ride. i enjoyed making snowman and playing with the snow as well.

we got back to merrijig around 6pm, just in time for me to cook dinner. i prepared chicken adobo for the group.

the next morning, we prepared to leave and went home.

it was a very enjoyable trip indeed, we all had a great time. i hope that we could go back to that nice place for more adventure.

Labels: pinoys, roadtrip

By hanamaru
On Tuesday, June 12, 2007
At 9:00 AM
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: Name: hanamaru; Location: Melbourne, Australia

i thank God for what i have now--a loving husband and an adorable baby girl. motherhood is one of the roles i currently enjoy spiced with being a wife. trying to live the Aussie life in Pinoy way :)

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