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By the time Carl returned from his excursion with the in-laws, we had well and truly over-stayed our welcome at Lilianfels, plus it was time to return to Sydney in time to become organised for the working week. We started heading back down the mountains (because I’m of Kiwi extraction I’m going to have to [...]
Whenever I’m staying in a hotel or resort I always like to experience the buffet breakfast. For a five-star resort, I think the buffet breakfast at Lilians Restaurant at Lilianfels in the Blue Mountains is very good value. At $25.00/person if you book at the time or checking-in or $35.00/person if you turn up without [...]
Recently Carl and I left Sydney for a weekend in the Blue Mountains, a 90-minute drive from Sydney. Carl had been asked to speak at a function being held at the sensational Lilianfels Resort. In usual style we began packing two hours after we were already supposed to have arrived so we threw a few [...]
On the last day of our holiday and before we spent the evening at the Indian Restaurant, we drove to the Big Banana. The reason we went on the last day is because Carl had been hoping that by some rare, very rare miracle, Alfie would forget we’d promised to take him. But when Carl [...]
I think it’s time I showed you around the resort where we are staying. Boambee Bay Resort is a six-hour drive from Sydney and is in the small town of Sawtell. It was built in the 1980′s as a time-share development however recently they have started allowing non-time-share guests to stay at the resort. We [...]
Today’s family activity was an early morning bush walk from the Boambee Bay Resort where we are staying to the surf club at Sawtell Beach. This should have been a half-hour walk but with Alfie finding all manner of things to interest him along the way, we weren’t back until nearly lunch time. Wanting to [...]
School holidays are now on in Sydney and a few weeks ago we booked a family holiday to Coffs Harbour, a six-hour drive north of Sydney. The uni students were unable to join us on this family vacation as they have no holidays and Archie is in the middle of exams and Arabella has three [...]
Miss Arabella has a job. It’s at the Buena Vista Hotel in Mosman. She was quite fortunate to get the job because there are rumours the manager isn’t keen on hiring girls who attended Arabella’s School for Princesses. Anyway, overcoming that obstacle, she talked her way into the position and has proven herself reliable and [...]
Well, after giving you all the news of the weekend away except for the accommodation, I thought I would set the scene for you. After a two-hour drive crossing from Sydney’s coast heading west to the foothills of the Blue Mountains we arrived at the Chifley Hotel that seemed to be an oasis in amongst [...]
When I was on P&O’s Pacific Dawn the cruise went from Brisbane to Far North Queensland stopping at three tender ports along the way. After the ship pulled away from the third port it headed east and traveled out beyond the Great Barrier Reef. One morning the ship stopped out in the middle of nowhere. [...]
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