Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden

Back in October when we went to Guide Falls, we were finished there by midday and decided to grab some lunch before heading home. Nana & Papa had recently taken Agnes & Pete to the Emu Valley rhododendron garden, and said it had a nice cafe. We had some lunch there with them and then decided to have a quick look around. It was very pretty and had lots of nice flowers. It was similar to the botanical gardens and had different sections, like Eastern Asia, Australia etc and had lots of plants and flowers from those countries in their areas.

Nana & Papa and Agnes & Pete headed home and Gavin and i walked around the gardens for a while. It was October and the day ended up turning out quite hot, which we didn't expect (in our jeans!). We left after maybe and hour and a half, the gardens are 11 hectares big, so we didn't even see half of it, but we feel like we got our $8 worth.

Twenty Four

Gavin turned 24 on the 26th April. He was lucky that it was a Saturday and he didn't have to work. I spoilt him a bit too much, but he loved his presents. We had some friends and our family over for tea & cake that night, which was fun. Crazy to think that Gavin is 24.

I'm kind of regretting this present.. now i have to learn to play ;)  ^^

I hope our future kiddies get his dimples ^^ 

Morgan made Gavin a great lego head cake (as he is such a big kid!), it was great! Check out the cheeky cake thief! ^^

Happy Birthday, honey xx 

Guide falls

Back in October we went for a drive to Guide Falls, near Ulverstone. We asked Nana and Papa if they wanted to come with us too. At the time, Nana's sister, Agnes and her husband, Pete were staying with nana and papa, so they came along too.

It was fairly easy to find, and was in the middle of lots of beautiful greenery.

We had a short drive to the first car park, where you could walk along to the falls. We had heard that it was a short, flat walk, and it definitely was. It would be easy to do with a pram too (although the path is loose stones). The road also went up further for you to be able to drive and park at the top of the falls and walk down. 

We had a look at this little spot, and thought it looked beautiful, but it was nothing compared to what was up a little further!

The falls are really big, and so pretty!

My nana & papa ^^ 

 Agnes & Pete ^^ 

I had a play with my camera, taking photos of lots of pretty things, before we decided to walk up some (very steep!) stairs to the top of the falls.

The view from the top was just as good, if not better! It was very impressive.

We walked back down again and grabbed a group photo in front of the falls.

I am glad that i remembered to grab one, i love this photo. ^^

I had to spend a little more time taking some more photos on the way back to the car.

It is a really short, ten minute walk (if you aren't stopping to take photos every five seconds). 

I love this photo of Gavin :) ^^ 

 This is the hill beside the falls, and at the top is an alpaca farm (which is a whole other post!).

We had a nice day, which actually turned out quite hot by the afternoon. I love seeing new places, and nana said that it was a lot better than Liffey Falls.
I'm so glad that we were able to go with nana and papa & agnes and pete, it made the day very enjoyable :)