With the sweet deal we got for Sovereign Hill yesterday we got free entry today. Last night the Laws and Crooks were throwing around ideas of what we wanted to get up to (more 9 pin bowling, checking out the rock crushing machine, seeing how rock candy is made, panning for more gold, making our own candles, more wagon rides... Def one of the greatest sausage rolls in the county for lunch...) So much still to do and only a few hours in the morning to do it.
Unfortunately we awoke the next morning with a dark and drizzly sky and one sick chick. These two factors both told us to get out of Ballarat and on our way to our next stop, Beaconsfield where a magical palace awaited our arrival... BB and Roh and family have been amazing in allowing us to use their beautiful home as a base for pretty much the whole time we are spending over in Victoria. This places us wonderfully close to so many family fun activities, puts us (the Laws) in an environment that we have found ourselves in and gives the Laws and Crooks enough space that we can both mingle and have separate family time if and when we choose all under the same roof. The perfect space for the perfect holiday.
With rain and upset tummy talk hurrying us along all those ideas for the morning needed to be placed on the back burner. Come June/July next year we may decide (foolish as it sounds) to tackle the Ballarat winter and have our free entry to Sovereign Hill then. A trip back to Medieval Land (aka Kryal Castle) might also be on the cards as a special birthday treat. Instead it was back on the road again and onto the M1 for 80 odd Ks until the C101 came into sight and we entered familiar territory. Now as I type this we are all recovering from our 2 hour plus car trip plus a trip to Fountain Gate Shopping Center for a couple of odds and ends (curse you Kmart!) I have seen that the shopping complex has Gold Class cinema. I am certain that there is something my beautiful Miss H and I are itching to see... Maybe a cider and some cheesy nachos while watching Thor and The Hulk battle it out. Cannot wait for date night in style...
I must make comment here though that we are finding the Victorian roads to be terrible (bumpy, rough and many potholes) and the Victorian drivers all seem to see drizzle, storm and wet and wild weather to be an excuse to take up a death wish. I lost count just how many times we got cut off, almost got hit and I know there was at least one time coming back from Fountain Gate that we saw one ute run into the back of another one. Funny to see all the cars waiting to pull in to a sweet looking school (def private) and all the other cars in the 3k line up indicating they wanted out the line (not there for school pickup, just got caught in the wrong lane at the wrong time). Even when we didn't see anything there was plenty to see...
I wonder what tomorrow has in store...
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