If you need an escape from the demanding, hectic hustle that is your day to day routine, the one that makes you want to tear your hair out and throw your mobile phone in the water to exclude yourself from reality at times, there's no need! The Shacky, perched up in the centre of a beautiful, secluded and incredibly tranquil Olive Grove in Victorias stunning country side is literally off the grid! no reception to be found unless you wander up the top of the surrounding hills - this may freak some people out, but to me it was so perfect! Sayonara frustrating work calls, spammy emails and calendar notifications setting your daily schedule out for you from the minute...
Spring is certainly a wonderful time of the year in Country Victoria; there's nothing more beautiful than healthy, green landscapes, blossoming flora, the smell of sun showers on the warm soil and people mowing their lawns, maintaining their blooming gardens in preparation to start spending more time outdoors now that the weather is more mild. Any wonder Spring is the popular season for weddings!
One place I find particularly beautiful, especially at this time of the year is Bright in North-East Victorias High Country. Bright is surrounded by Alpine Ranges and is the base of Mountains popular for hiking and snow skiing. It is still quite chilly in the early stages of Spring being so close to the snow capped mountains, but when the sun is...
Wintertime in the country can be a world of fun! especially if you've got access to a 4WD. This month friends and I went on a road trip South-East of Yarrawonga/Mulwala to Victorias beautiful High Country. On a fine, sunny Winters Saturday morning we headed down through Benalla onto the Midland Highway passing through Swanpool, past Lake Nillahcootie, through Mansfield and onto Mt Buller Road - High Country bound. We started our journey through the hills on Mt Sterling Road, an easy 2WD road with amazing views of the surrounding mountains - standing out among them all was Mt Buller, with its white snow caps shinning brightly on a beautiful, clear day - almost ready to kick off the snow season.
We continued around the...
There's something about street art that never fails to amaze and inspire me. The talent behind the paintings accomplished on such a huge scale is so impressive! this is difficult, time consuming work and these artists make it look like a breeze. I was recently lucky enough to witness some street art being plastered all over the walls of Benalla Victoria (Roughly a 45 minute drive South of Yarrawonga) by both local and Melbourne artists at this years Wall to Wall Festival. The Art Festival is a community development program with a focus on building stronger and more diverse communities by using a more hands on approach to regional art and development, encouraging people from Benalla and the broader community to participate....
