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A Weekend In Wiseman's Ferry ♥
in I Want... Life!, I Want... Travel!, I Want... Fun!8 Aug 2010 | 17 Comments
Excuse me while I slip into the uncomfortable costume of one of everyone's least favourite characters, Bragarella, but holy holidays! I had the best weekend in Wiseman's Ferry!
Now, Wiseman's Ferry is small. EXTREMELY small. It's also only an hour's drive outside of Sydney, but goodness, it couldn't feel more further away. Life moves at a charmingly slower pace in Wiseman's Ferry, where everyone knows everyone, supermarkets don't exist and there's little to no phone coverage. Brilliant! If frequent entertainment floats your boat then it's a location that would probably drive you nutty in a couple of hours, but if relaxing and spending quality time with people is the aim of your travelling game, then start packing; sleepy heaven awaits you!
Ghoulish? I'm not sure! The Wiseman's Ferry Hotel, our accommodation for the weekend, is a bar/restaurant/hotel hybrid that's rumoured to be haunted. While I didn't experience any supernatural occurences, the building certainly did have an essence of spookiness, and the dark decor` of the corridors and bedrooms and creaking floorboards did nothing to diminish that!
Modern appliances? Built-in wardrobes? No! The Wiseman's Ferry Hotel is very old-fashioned, very rustic and there's one bathroom per gender for each floor. It could be the recipe for disaster but instead it manages to be perfectly endearing; it's olden day Australia at its best, and hey - the food was delicious!
Naturally, Detective Slugface had to come along, too. No, I'm not talking about my boyfriend - I'm referring to the bespectacled green slug holding a microphone that Tom and I regularly hide around the apartment for eachother to find, of course!
Oh, look! There's that super-modern identity-concealing technology that I used in the beauty tools piece again! (Tom was feeling all ''putting myself on the internet'' shy. Understandable!) After an enormous sleep and a morning stroll, we headed to the Riverbend Restaurant for a buffet breakfast, and sheesh, what a breakfast it was! Two pieces of raspberry flavoured jam toast, four hash browns and a bowl of cereal with fresh fruit later, and I will possibly never, ever feel hungry again. (Or at least for the next few hours!)
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It was simple, it was quick, and at $32.50 each for the accommodation, it was a remarkably cheap escape - and there's something so deliciously rejuvinating about a miniature getaway! A recommended activity? A-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y.
Okay, that's it: consider this the official signal that Bragarella has slipped out of the door! How was your weekend?
xoxo
Comments (17)
looks like a lovely weekend! i'm glad you had a nice time...and it seems like a great deal too! :)
13 Aug 2010, Michelle, http://whollyafool.wordpress.com
I love reading about other people's holidays, it kind of makes me feel like I'm there for a few minutes. That accomadation is so cheap, and even if it's not super modern it looks really charming! Oh and I love your coat!
12 Aug 2010, Stef, tiaras-and-tulle.blogspot.com
i love these pics, i've never heard of this place!
10 Aug 2010, Krystal/Village, www.thelovelylist.blogspot.com
I could do with a cheap escape! Looks like fun - and a very...quaint hotel. One bathroom per gender per floor!
10 Aug 2010, Joanne Faith, http://www.joannefaith.com
Woah. $32.50 for a accommodation that's definitely a steal.
Looks beautiful.
10 Aug 2010, Ria, http://www.riamichelle.com
It looks like you had so much fun :)
10 Aug 2010, Elle
Sounds great!
A well deserved holiday ;)
10 Aug 2010, Euforilla, http://euforilla.blogspot.com
Oh, you're so creative and charming in your writing. Bragarella is such a funny idea.
This place looks peaceful. I'm happy you had a good time! Your outfits are just so charismatic! Especially the red(?) dress with the frills.
Lovely post, Corrine!
Brittany
10 Aug 2010, Brittany, http://delicium.wordpress.com
Wow, beautiful scenery! But seriously, that place totally looks haunted!
9 Aug 2010, Kez, http://www.andsoiwasthinking.wordpress.com
Looks like fun! So cute, loving the frog!
9 Aug 2010, Te, http://musicamor.com/vinny/sparkleface/blog/
Sounds like a positively lovely place and vacation!
9 Aug 2010, Rosier, http://rosieunknown.blogspot.com
Oooo a haunted inn? A town in the middle of nowhere with little to no phone reception? That sounds (and looks) AWESOME!!!
9 Aug 2010, Julie, http://juliettemaxwell.com
Looks lovely, I'll bet there are a few ghosts there!
8 Aug 2010, Tamara G
Looks like you had an awesome time! I never visited there while I lived in Sydney. We went to Katoomba a few times, which I liked, and once we went out to Broken Hill, where I drove a car for the first time and stayed in an old mining tunnel.
I'm having a mini break in November, when I fly up north to see my friends in Auckland, and then drive further up north to see my Mum.
8 Aug 2010, Raquel, http://misschiaroscuro.blogspot.com
Ooh it looks beautiful :D ♥
I love places like that <3.
The hotel looks a tad scary *.*
8 Aug 2010, Skye, http://skyebloo.tk
It looks beautiful. I want to live there. In my 10 years in Sydney, I never got to go there, what a pity. Still, it can always be in the future! xxxx ma
8 Aug 2010, Tiara
Beautiful photos, Corrine! Looks like you had a wonderful time :)
Your hair looks great too, but particularly so in the 3rd last photo.. ah-mazing.
x
8 Aug 2010, Alex, http://stockingsneededmending.blogspot.com
