Leonie Dukes
The main building of Jamala Lodge includes a very impressive aquarium, which you walk through to get to the dining room. The day started off with another impressive breakfast, and some free time to walk around the zoo again. The highlight of the day was a walk with a cheetah.
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The second day at Jamala Lodge included another tour, some free time around the zoo, and of course, more great food. In the afternoon we moved to the giraffe treehouses where we would spend the night. The highlight was feeding the giraffes from the balcony. The giraffes spend the evening
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Mum and I headed up to Canberra and spent the night at the Avenue Hotel, in the heart of Canberra. Dinner was at the hotel restaurant, Marble & Grain, where I had beautiful melt-in-your-mouth slow braised beef cheeks. For breakfast we headed across the road to Gather Cafe, which was
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It has been years since I have visited Werribee Zoo, and as I was on that side of town I thought it would be a good opportunity to visit. It was very enjoyable (except for the number of squealing children) and I might have ended up doing the safari tour
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Belleville is an 1860s house which has been lovingly restored by the current owners. The garden was open as part of the Open Gardens scheme, and the owners were generous enough to also show us inside the house, which had been restored to original features where possible. Particularly interesting
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The Pyrenees Region around Avoca is home to a huge number of vinyards and wineries. Unfortunately when on a solo driving holiday wine tastings are not much of an option – which is why I was thrilled to find that Avoca was hosting Pyrenees Unearthed, a Food and wine festival
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This morning I took a trip to St Arnaud, a nice town with a number of older buildings. The main reason I headed out there was to visit Autralia’s only bible museum. They have an amazing collection of bibles and associated artifacts, including some beautiful illumination and decorated covers.
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Today I moved on from Castlemaine and headed to Avoca, with various stops along the way.
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In the afternoon I headed back to Castlemaine to visit the art gallery and museum. I did not find the gallery very intersesting, but the museum had a good collection of items, including china, glasswear and metalwork. After that I went to a number of interesting sights in the area.
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Today started off in Maldon, a beautiful small town with tree lined streets and filled with old shops and houses. There are also a number of old mining sites around the town, some of which are interesting, but mostly they consist of various holes and heaps of dirt. I
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