I have to say - STUNNING place, and feeling really dumb that we've lived here for nearly 2 years and hadn't visited this place before!! It's only 20 minutes up the road!!
We wandered around the stalls and had a coffee and a cupcake, then bumped into Lauren and Junie, our friends from Mothers Group. Had a bit of a chat before going off wandering again, then found each other out the back in the gardens. We decided to sit down on the grass so the girls could eat their picnic lunch. It was really lovely :-)
Some photos we snapped around the Botanic Gardens and during our picnic...
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Saturday afternoon... boring food shopping - but these things have to be done!! I tried to see if I could upgrade my phone as I'm within 60 days of contract being renewed, but because I'm paying off the phone on top of the plan, I have to wait (or pay out the remainder of this contract - $83! I don't think so!). My iPhone is getting to 50% battery, then crashing to 1%, dying completely, then 5 minutes after it's plugged back in to charge, comes back on at about 70-odd percent charge. Frustrating!!
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Today we headed out for Balmoral Beach at Mosman, and Manly. It was beautiful! We had a walk along the foreshore, and sat on the picnic blanket with a coffee while Hannah had her lunch.
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| Balmoral Beach, Mosman |
From there, we headed to Manly, and bought fish & chips for our lunch. If it wasn't for Norman shrieking at the seagulls, and Mark and I having a minor domestic regarding whether or not he really had put salt on the chips (and the old couple next to us sharing some of their salt packets!), it would have been quite a relaxing lunch!!! But seriously - it was lovely :-) We had a walk along the foreshore and back before our parking ticket ran out, and then headed for home.
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| The beach at Manly |
Hannah was asleep within 5 ish minutes and slept almost all of the 1.5 hour trip home.
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| Love the legs crossed at the ankles!! Bless! |
We finished this perfect weekend with afternoon drinks followed by dinner at Al & Steve's place, then came home, put Hannah to bed and sat down with a cuppa and some chocolates, and now here I am, updating the blog!
All in all - a pretty fantastic weekend!
You guys are living the life! Absolutely stunning photos, and I love how you make the most of your weekends and quality time together :)
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