My friend Rose and I have been friends for
going on 16 years. Wow! That seems like a while when you put it like it, and
considering we’ve probably only lived in the same place for three or four of
those I’d say we’re pretty lucky girls. A few weekends ago Rose was in
Melbourne for work and we were able to spend a whole day today, something that
happens so rarely that when we get the chance we make the most of it. We agreed
on getting out of the city and heading to the Dandenong Ranges, a perfect
choice on a very cold and wet day.
We began in Olinda, stopping at Pie in the
Sky for a delicious pie (shocker) and then headed out into the cold to have a
poke around the shops along the strip. Olinda is a really adorable place,
almost out of a story book and it just shines this time of year – with little
lit up shop windows and smoke pouring out of little cottage chimneys.
After a bit of a shopping we urged our
freezing bodies back down the mountain to see what Sassafras had to offer. As
it turns out it was much the same thing. By this stage it was getting really
cold so we stopped for coffee in a dark tearoom filled with warm candles. The
place was stunning, and because it also happened to be Mothers’ Day it looked
like the perfect place to bring mum for afternoon tea one time soon.
I always love my time in the Dandenongs,
and I think it’s a perfect place to spend a horrible weather day. Plus as Rose
mentioned a couple of times; it really felt like we were on a holiday.
5/5 cosy hot chocolates
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