Archive for the ‘Outings’ Category
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Taste Bud Tours – Swan Valley
Posted in: Outings - Tuesday, March 05 2013
Sometimes it takes a random offer to help you discover that the best things in life are often right at your doorstep. I know I frequently swoon over the gourmet delights found in Sydney and Melbourne, or reminisce fondly about favourite overseas food spots, but it was actually in our very own Swan Valley that [...]
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I <3 Perisher
Posted in: Outings - Tuesday, August 07 2012
This post may end up being an ode to snow and I apologise to those who don’t share my affinity with the cold stuff. I don’t know if it’s got to do with coming from two northern hemisphere cultures (in spite of largely growing up in a city decidedly bereft of snow) but if pushed, [...]
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Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio
Posted in: Outings - Monday, December 05 2011
I have a great deal to blog about this week having completed a whirlwind 3-day tour of Melbourne which involved an obscene amount of eating. Truly obscene. My body is in shock for having gone back to my usual breakfast of Dick Smith muesli and blueberries this morning. My belly wants French toast! While I’m [...]
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The Mango Farm Visit
Posted in: Outings - Thursday, February 24 2011
One of my husbands annoyances in life is our (my) failure to work out a well organised outing for the whole family on weekends. Being from Queensland (the old mecca of tourism), he also takes this failure as an opportunity to highlight how very few destinations there are in the Perth metro area for half-day [...]
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Swan Valley Tours: Wine Aplenty
Posted in: Outings - Tuesday, June 08 2010
Organised tours normally send me running for the hills but when a mum from school suggested getting a gaggle of us together for a wine tour in the Swan Valley, I surprised myself with my enthusiasm. It had been a long time since I last visited the region (pre-micro breweries and the like) and even [...]
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