Blue Mountains trip December 2012
We packed up the hubby, myself and two kids
(boy 15 and girl 10) grabbed grandma and took off to the Blue Mountains.
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| Christmas shop |
We arrived by car to the Waldorf Leura
garden resort mid morning. Leura is a lovely little town with gorgeous views,
historic homes, quaint cafes, restaurants and shops. The Christmas shop is just packed with goodies from floor to ceiling. I stuffed myself silly with choc coated pineapple lumps at the lolly shop!
So many of the houses have been lovingly restored, with picket fences and big old trees cradling the roads.
I felt Leura was a great central spot to take in what the Blue Mountains has to offer.
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| Leura lolly shop |
We visited the old toy and train museum, a rather grand historic home, with fabulous mountain views. We paid $42 for 2
kids and 2 adults to enter the house, each room of the old house shows off a
collection of old toys, from all eras.
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| Toy and Rail Museum |
From tin wind up toys, to an impressive
Barbie doll collection. Yes it was mildly interesting, not a lot of information
and I did fell a little ripped off. However my 10-year-old daughter really
enjoyed this place. Others may enjoy reminiscing their child hood days.
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| Toy and Rail Museum |
After wandering through the house, you exit and can then
explore the gardens and train museum. Our family much preferred this.
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| Toy and Rail Museum |
We proceeded to the Everglades historic
house and garden, this is now run by the national trust. We paid $36 for all
five of us to enter and really enjoyed leisurely wandering around the gardens. There is a tea house that was closed by the time we got there.
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| Reading secret garden in the secret garden |
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| Everglades Leura |
Back to the Waldorf Leura garden resort, we
were disappointed that their restaurant ‘Jasmine restaurant’ was closed.
We
were all tired and decided to order pizza, and stay in. The local pizza place
(recommended to me by the staff) didn’t answer their phone, so had to do the
domino's order!
We paid $250 a night for a family room, all
beds were comfy and the room was clean. This is not a 5 star palace, but we all
seemed comfortable and happy here.
A hot buffet breakfast was included,
everyone was more then happy with the food. The resort had a little play area
for young ones, a small pool and games rooms with tennis table and pool table.
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| Everglades Leura |
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| Everglades Leura |
My next post is about our fabulous day trip
to the Jenolan caves!!!
