Weekend in the Cool Country

So we spent our lovely long weekend at Harts Lane Studio in Daylesford, I like trying to book unique places to stay and this studio was a treasure trove of cool pieces of art and furniture.

Daylesford lived up to its name of the cool country so we explored our home for the next few nights and got cozy by the log burner.

We even found this sweet little fella outside - I had to resist stealing him.

We spent the weekend on lots of adventures including horse riding, the mineral springs bath house, the local vintage markets, exploring local vineyards and villages.

One of the highlights for me was the Red Beard Bakery in Trentham, they have been using the same scotch oven since the 1892 when the bakery supplied prospectors during the gold rush. The bread was beautiful and the hot cross buns delicious!

Sad to be heading home on Monday we drove past the mysterious Hanging Rock - if you haven't seen it I would highly recommend watching Picnic at Hanging Rock - A little bit creepy.

We finished our trip driving over Mount Macedon stopping in the settlement for lunch. I currently work at Australia Post and have a real love for the post shop's here, they are the heart of most settlements, especially those in the outback, This post shop was amazing, it encompassed a cute coffee shop, general store and the post shop itself and had a lovely community feel.

All in all a lovely weekend, I wonder where our next adventure will take us.







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I Want To Be A Cowboy

Happy belated Easter. I hope you had a lovely weekend and ate lots of chocolate.

We booked a weekend out of Melbourne to enjoy some country air. We went to Daylesford in the cool country a couple of hours outside of Melbourne. Daylesford is an old mining town and is know for its natural mineral springs - more of this in my next blog.

Keen to get the most of the outdoors I booked a two hour ride at Hepburn Lagoon Trail Rides for Joe and I. Joe has never ridden before but was keen to give it a try, after looking a little nervous to begin with - he soon relaxed with his lovely steed Winston.

I rode the lovely Boo Hoo using a couple of leading reins - bit sore on the hands!

We had a couple of great hours riding in the bush, seeings Koalas. Joe loved it and even had a go at a canter.

I wanted to take home Boo Hoo home!

The riding school was on a homestead farm. The farmer's lovely wife Sue bought us piles of cheese on toast to eat after the ride, before we headed back to our cottage... for just a little nap.

More of our adventures to come tomorrow :)

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