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Victoria- Travel Log #1252

Ooh. I cannot resist putting up pictures of more traveling around Victoria.

Farrah and I went to Trentham Falls, near Daylesford- about 90 km northwest of Melbourne. Although the drought has perhaps relegated the status to Trentham Falls to Trentham Trickle, it was still really nice because we could release our inner adventuress and pretend to trek through dangerous blackberry brambles and fallen logs to reach the base pool. See accompanying photos...

It's not really that big..behold the spectacular Trentham Trickle!


Farrah the Photographer.



Somewhere over the rainbow.... is a pile of rocks...


A (photo)shootout!


Pretty.


Chilling Feet.


We had lunch at Mrs. Marples' Tea Room in Trentham (tiny) town. I initially thought it was Gerald's favourite-st tea and scone place at the Dandenongs', only to realize that the Dandenong one was named (as it should) MISS Marple's Tea Room. Nevertheless, fortuituous stroke of luck resulted in me having the most delicious BLT (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato) sandwich instead of a Vegetarian Foccacia. I am almost tempted to apologize to the customer who ended up with my order!

Moving southwards on our way home, we ended up in Castlemaine. Here we visited the Buda House, named after Budapest, where the original owner, Ernest Levigny, a jeweller, hailed from. What was amazing is his family's legacy. He had 5 daughters, who were highly educated and skilled in many artforms. Highly unusual for that time, which probably explained why they remained unmarried. It was really interesting to see their collection and their artwork- Ernest Levigny himself was a very impressive artisan. His jewellery design were timeless, and I was in love with them myself! Also of note was a collection of Britannica Encyclopedia Volume 11, published in 1911. (Interesting trivia: A quick Wiki revealed that this Volume was apparently a landmark volume as it marked the beginning of the concise articles in order to expand beyond the North American market).

We also visited the Castlemaine Goal, which was unfortunately closed by now.


Of note, after our arduous traveling, we ended up in this cafe in town and had this most delicious Anzac Day special cheesecake- with its Anzac Day Biscuit Base, and topping of macadamia-butterscotch sauce, it was sinfully delicious!!

Anyhoo, enjoy the pictures!

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