A lovely mini-holiday

Early last week we spent 2 nights here....

 ....the spectacular,awe-inspiring,incredible,breathtaking Blue Mountains!

Me & the 3 sisters!

We went on a huge hike(about 3 hours,huge for us)down ,down,down approx. 900 steps(known as the Giant Steps) then through beautiful rainforest before getting a ride back to the top on the world's steepest railway-thankfully in caged carriages!

Once back up at the top,we travelled back to our starting point across the valley in the skyway cable-car,which had a glass floor so you could see below,all that way down!

Afterwards we visited this place & had tea & dainty little sandwiches,looked around some lovely shops in Leura,then went here for a quiet drink.

What a beautiful old hotel-would love to have visited(maybe stayed & attended a ball!)in it's heyday.

Katoomba(the main town of the Blue Mountains) has many Art Deco buildings,which thankfully have been preserved.

And house some great shops & cafes.

We stayed in a lovely old cottage-the walls & ceilings in the lounge,bedroom & kitchen are covered in the original pressed metal.We were grateful that it also had a double spa bath in a little shed out the back,as a bitterly cold wind was blowing most of the time we were there,& our legs were in need of a long soak after our walk(they were worse the next day & continued to be sore for almost a week!)

Aahh,chocolate & wine in the spa....

Hervey Bay

Well,it's 2 weeks since I went to Hervey Bay with Mum & Dad...and since I last blogged!So here at last are some pics.

Nicola & Tony's beautiful haven....

The dam was flooded in this photo due to lots of rain

Mum,Nic & I visited 'Mavisbanks' in Maryborough-an amazing historic home with every room full of treasures from the past,& lived in by the owners.

Have never seen a dressing table like this before,with such beautiful coloured carved fruit & flowers

Depression-era homemade drawers-people had to be so resourceful....

  ....these ones made from old sardine cans!

 

We even got afternoon tea,thanks to leftovers from a busload of visitors

What a lovely & fascinating time we had.

Remember some time back I told you about a 'constructive eating' set Nic & I saw when she was here visiting me ,that we thought our Dad would like....

....well,we bought him one,which caused lots of laughs!

Me & Fi

I stayed the first night with her in the lovely new home that her,David & the boys have created...so good to spend time with her,as it was with Nic,& extra time with Mum & Dad.(& Blake,Jaiden & Tony)

Four really nice nights & days in Hervey Bay....Thankyou Nic x