In the morning, we had our quick breakfast of instant soup (which it was so good for the cold morning) and sliced apples which we bought from the supermarket the night before. We took our breakfast outside and had the company of the owner's cows who came to notice the noises coming from the cottage! So cute hehe.
The back of our cottage
The vineyard
We saw Billy the goat which the owner told us about!
She said we could give him a little pat, which I wanted to but I was afraid he would bite.
But he didn't bite....
Right after this photo, he bumped me so hard in my knee!!!
I screamed coz I was shocked by the sudden impact!
So scary :(
Had our early lunch at Wombat's Chai, a place I googled and placed in my itinerary.
I only chose it because the price seems decent and it was around our area.
Turned out to be pretty good! The stuff they sell there are all organic :)
Their delicious scones!!! I think it was my first time having this and I was rather skeptical about how they would taste. The lady recommended it and when I tried it, I love the tastiness and the soft texture!!!! Nom nom :)
Menu / Their mini grocery area
Our breakfast: Scones/sandwich/mushroom soup/freshly squeeze orange juice
Following that, we headed for my much much much awaited,
GERBERA FARM!
Gerberas are my favourite flowers, and when I knew there was a farm at Yarra Valley, it was a MUST DO in my itinerary. There was a guided tour to see their greenhouse with all the planted flowers, unfortunately because we were running late, we missed the hour for the tour.. It was a waste :(
Chubs bought me flowers though! Hee.
The place is called The Big Bouquet, it's not just a gerbera farm, but they have Alpacas there as well! It's my first time seeing such animals, and I think they're pretty cuteee! They look like a cross between a camel and a lamb. Heh
I got one alpaca to look in my direction!!!! :D
Very kind stranger who was also visiting helped us with a picture :)
Thanks again alpaca for looking here!! Hehehe
I love my flowers :)
I suggested taking the flowers with the blue sky background!
So pretty isn't it? :) :)
Be sure to check them out when you're at Healesville!
Next up, Chubs wanted to get some wine so we went to a winery, Chandon.
The sky was so beautiful! There was a couple taking wedding pictures there.
Love the picture of this. The winter trees are still barren.
And here commences our road trip to Philip's Island!!!!
The time taken from Yarra Valley is about 2 hours plus. It was a great drive, coz it was sunny and bright, with so much to see. I love road trips!! :) :)
Here we are, finally arriving at Philips'!!! That's the bridge to cross over.
They said it's colder there as the island is further down south.
Love these short, wide spreaded trees that line the road.. So pretty...
Arrived at Coachman Motel! The home for our stay here. The one night costs us US$100.28, which is cheaper than our cottage at Yarra. This place is nothing spectacular, as you can tell from the name.. Haha
A clearer picture of our ride for the 4-5 days, as you can see it has been very dirtied from the daedenong ranges, and the small area where it's "cleaned" is from our pants coming out from the car. Haha!
Rested for abit, realised we were so hungry, popped into a chinese place and got takeaway to eat in the car!
Then we headed for our evening show, at the penguin parade!!!!!! http://www.penguins.org.au/
We paid A$22.10 for each person for the normal tickets. There are other tickets which could give you a better view. And tickets that are cheaper if you visit their other attractions!
Waiting for the penguins to come out!
There were so many China people there.... It didn't make our experience very nice.
By night fall, we were all peeling our eyes by the sea shore just to see something small moving.
And we did!! We noticed the penguins moved in groups, and they came out only at night to escape from their predators.
Here are 2 very blur pictures of them.
We couldn't take pictures with flash (or rather no pictures at all) or it would scare the penguins, but everyone still whipped out their cameras.
They were really adorable!!! They're the miniature size ones, instead of the ones we see in the zoo.
Our dinner at Isola Italian.
The restaurants at Philip's is a little pricier. I wanted to go to Harry's on the Esplanade, but it was really expensive! In the end we settled for this italian place that was still open near our motel.
Back home to have a nice hot shower before bed :)
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