Daylesford – Day 2
15/04/2010Leo and I woke up bright and early the second day to the wonderful smell of homemade lamb sausages, bacon and toast.
First stop of the day was Daylesford’s Maker’s Market. We went in for a twirl and came out with some handmade rings and vintage prints for the house =)
Chocolate Mill
At around mid day, Dad started to look a little restless, so in order to keep everything tightly under control, Leo and I took them to the Chocolate Mill, “for serious chocoholics”.
Hmm… choices, choices, choices! No one should have to choose between chocolates…
Dark? Milk? White?
Frangelicos? Rum?
Caramel? Mousse?
Ginger? Chilli?
Dad took a dare and ordered ice cream topped with hot chili chocolate. Initially he declared that the chilli factor was pure hoax, until the fiery aftertaste got to him and I swear I saw faint smoke streaming out of his ears!
We came out with bags and bags of cocoa goodness, and that even includes a couple boxes of after-dinner sweets!
Lavandula
Lavandula is a Swiss Italian farm, 10 minutes from Daylesford.
They converted an old barn into a small retail shop that sells homewares and lavender potions.
Mom, with her newfound love for lavender, went crazy. She can now build a tiny house out of the many bars of lavender soaps that she bought.
Against a backdrop of lavender crop art.
There isn’t another person who loves lavender as much as Mom does… You should have seen her butchering the lavender bushes grown outside of our neighbour’s Tuki cottages. She went out at night with a torch light and came back with a million stalks of these purple beauties.
Mom rolling (almost) in a field of lavender…
Had a nice lunch at La Trattoria before heading back to our cottages.
We spent the rest of the evening photographing Tuki’s breathtaking landscapes.
Mom and I walked away from the retreat, hoping to be able to get a closeup of the grazing sheep. Until sheepdog Lily overtook us and chased away all the sheep!
Mom, the ranger, gathering wood for the fireplace…
We had another cosy night in with home cooked noodles, sausages, salad and tea =)
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