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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Our First Family Road Trip

I was reading back on old posts and realised how much I miss blogging. It also made me realise why I started blogging in the first place- to pen (well, type) down snippets of my life. ..so here I am, letting you know about our first road trip- with Jellybean.

These photos don't do justice to how much we enjoyed it. They don't even document many of the places we went to. It just registers a brief description of our trip.

It was basically a 3 days 2 nights getaway to Margaret river with one of my bestie and her family- The Chongs. They were such great company!- It was H's first ever real road trip in Australia and The C's were not only great guides but really accommodating- making sure H got to see, taste and experience the highlights of Margaret River and things 'Down South'. We wouldn't of done the trip any differently-thank you! 


Margaret River is well known as a wine region and a surfers paradise in Western Australia. With thanks to the tourism industry, it now also boasts some gourmet eats and annual events. I personally love it for its cooler weather and lushy greenery (as compared to other Australian counterparts). Using Bussell Highway, it's around a 3 hour trip away from Perth.

We used around 5 1/2 hours to get there- stopping in between Bunbury and Busselton for meals and breaks- mainly to accommodate our little bubs- getting their tooshies off the car seats and letting them wriggle a bit.



I love watching H and Jellybean play- it just makes me go all warm and fuzzy inside. Naww. H has been away for a tremendous amount of time for the past few weeks and this break really just let them bond. I also missed the mass blues and vast greens- *deep breath in* *exhale*.




Jellybean loved the trip. I don't know whether it was just being out or doing something different, but I have to admit she was very well behaved- sleeping in the car, doing her own things and letting us disturbed her routine-constantly.



Could this be any more Australian?! H's first Margaret River wineyard stop- the first of many many....at Voyager Estate.



One of my favourite photos ...of their backsides. Yes, I perve, but I think it's cute. More importantly, I like seeing Jellybean being piggybacked.



Isn't this a nice stop? Geez I forgot the wineyard's name- someone remind me!! All I remember is that Mrs C. told me they had awesome toilets- which they did...oh! Lauren!!!!!....thats it! And just between you and me, I took photos of the toilet, but I shan't degress from the main objectives of this trip.


Gnarabup Beach-White Elephant. Breakfast by the beach before our trip back. I made the whole crew come here just so I could kill two birds with one stone- letting H see the beach- and eat a decent breaky.


Another sight I loved watching. Jellybean and Miss C just frolicking in the open greens. Coincidentally, we brought similar outfits for our girls to the trip!

..And this is truly one shot I love of H and Jellybean- at Yallingup...I don't know why. They both weren't smiling...but it makes me want to go on a road trip already.

Holiday encore...anyone?!

5 comments:

  1. Thanks for a great trip too!!! Errr Mrs Chong? Im not used to that reference yet....and how long have I been married? lol

    You guys have been such great company...too many things to list if I have to ...but for taking care of our gal's dinner, providing yummy snacks for car trip, bringing toys (hey that's super important and I forgot)...& for being really easy going with everything...etc etc...

    yes our two little models really cheered us up when they played on the grass hey...ohhh moments we will oways rmb and 'smile' about:)

    ps: love reading your blog.

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  2. Thank you Mrs Chong Mrs Chong Mrs Chong!! The pleasure was all ours! Think you guys made Charles really love road trips!

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  3. Looks like you had an awesome time! :)

    Btw Sophie has that cardi in the navy! Hehe, and Mia in the green

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    1. We should sit all the girls down to take a pic! Won't that be cute? -And show that all their mothers have good taste! tee hee

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    2. Haha yes if we can get them to actually sit!!

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