YAYlesford

At the beginning of Spring some good friends got married in Daylesford, a beautiful country town an hour out of Melbourne. It was the first wedding for our family of three. We dressed Ray up in the cutest little bow tie, which was soaked through with dribble after about five minutes.

The morning after the wedding we headed to the Daylesford Markets, which are held every Sunday behind the railway station.

There was such a good selection of plants. Unfortunately because our car was full to the brim with baby items I couldn't really buy much. Ray does not travel light!

A bumper crop of BSC's.

These Ken Done placemats were the find of the day.

This quiche was damn good washed down with a delicious juice.

We spotted so many lil' sausage dogs here! Daylesford is my kind of town.

NZ trip

I have just returned from a fantastic trip to New Zealand to visit family and friends. It's so good to get back and breathe that crisp NZ air. I also went hard on the NZ treats.

I had a quick night away in Dunedin where I got to meet my friends amazing dog. My phone is full of photos of her, she's just so sweet!

Queenstown

I'm pretty late with posting these, but I went to Queenstown at Easter time – back on the other side of Winter, when it was all beautiful and Autumny.

So… Queenstown is stunning. No matter how many times I visit, and I've spent a lot of time there, it still takes my breath away. It's my favourite place in the world, or maybe a close second to Arrowtown.

We ate at this Boathouse and then fed the ducks by the lake.

It's Super Oscar! My Godson, and Ray's comedy hero.

It's The Lady of the Lake.

The view from where we stayed. Ah-mazing.

I forget what this place was called but we stopped here for some good eats on the way out of town.

Aw, Ray has grown so much since this pic! Not sure what's going on behind the tree (twerking?)

Classic Queenst.

Want to feast your eyes on more New Zealand goodness from Queenstown and surrounds? Here are some blog posts I've enjoyed in the past year:

Bookmarks, by Laura Tjitradjaja

Brooke Holm, photographer

Schorlemädchen

Raro Holiday #2

I realised after my last Raro post that I hadn't included any pictures of the beach. Ridiculous! Here is one of a bebeh on the beach to make up for it.

And here is one of Dog Patrol, owning the beach. He was looking great. (remember my last Dog Patrol post?)

Cute Raro houses.

This is the workshop of the carver who worked on Dad's birthday present.

Ika Mata (marinated raw tuna). Damn I miss eating this every day.