Melbourne Holiday Day Six - Yarra Valley Part Two

Continued

Monday, 25th November 2013

We visited a few berry farms today, starting with the one that was on our itinerary and yes, it's the same one that announced that they had a busy weekend so they are "closed" for berry picking.  I forgotten its name, and the other farm names as well, except for the one where we bought boxes of cherries to smuggle bring back home - as in Malaysia.  (Note to EC:  please help me here!)  Just goes to show how pampered ignorant I am when on holiday... haha...

At the first farm, the lady in charge kindly allowed us in to roam freely amongst the fruit trees eventhough we couldn't pick any fruit as you will see from the pictures that most if not all are still unripened.  At the outlet, the kids wanted ice cream, fresh creamy ice cream and I don't know why, but mummy here was being a mean mom and didn't want them to stuff sugar into their guts.  Kids persisted and the other adults chipped in too, so I relented... which was a good thing too.  *hang head in remorse*

Do enjoy the pictures.  The weather was terrific and we couldn't ask for more.  God is good, I can't say this enough.  So many great pictures and so hard to choose which to post up.  I'm a happy girl.

Peaches in season.  So many of 'em here.

Beautiful, big yellow roses.  Had to remind my boy boy not to pluck flowers for me as he knows I love flowers. 

Unripe cherries.  We looked a bit and couldn't find ripe cherries.  Looks like the weekenders plucked 'em all - merciless!

The difference between these and the ones in Cameron? Bigger, sweeter and fresher!  OK, but I didn't pluck to eat though there were ripe ones.  It's on the ground, ok?

Father and son in a berry farm

Raspberries!!!  Look kids!  Raspberries!  I'm being so jakun, haha!

Walking back.  Love the tall majestic trees in the background against the beautiful clear blue skies. 

Bought half a kilo of frozen raspberries to eat in the car.  I can't tell you how drunk I am from eating all these raspberries... the girls (Vic and W) didn't eat much... because they preferred the cherries!  The boys (William and J) were in Kelvin's car.  Hubby nibbled on some only since he was driving.  In between stops, I nibbled on these.

At another farm which had no fence parameters, EC and I, together with the girls, hopped off our cars (parked by the side, men waiting) to snap some pictures with real ripe cherries!  A lady at the outlet saw us and ran towards us.  Hubby sounded the warning, and we hurried the kids back into the cars, but she arrived too soon and we got told off like teenagers... aiya, we didn't pick any berry mah (ok, just one).   Was fun anyway : )

The scenery

Next stop - peach and nectarine farm with a lovely cafeteria inside that served homemade scones.  Kelvin and EC did their homework, alright!

Fresh strawberry and cream.  GLORIOUS!

It's a million times better than it looks!  

Tea, anyone?  This is where you learn how to pour tea and take a picture at the same time.  That's why God made us with two hands mah!

 With permission from the farmer, we took these photos. 

The last time the kids took a picture with a truck this big was in Straford upon Avon in the United Kingdom, March 2010.  William was not taller than the huge tyres then.

Feminine (notice they are wearing the same color theme?) vs masculine machine!

Kids patting a dog that belonged to the farm.

Our next stop (by the way, I lost count).. the winery!  Didn't do any wine tasting, but instead we went upstairs where they have a 360 degree balcony where we can admire the view and enjoy the breeze, maybe with a sip of wine... haha! 

Taken outside at the carpark

With W.

Inside these barrels are liquid gold

The view from the balcony

After all the calories, the kids ran off to play

Precious moments!  Kisses up on the balcony overlooking the vineyard

Yarra Valley Chocolaterie & Ice creamery.  Lovely place to hang out

Three big bowls of chocolate chips - take as much as you want, it's all complimentary.  You can even bring containers to fill them up!

Kids dug into their pooled treasure - chocolate chips!

We took the last two cups of tiramisu.  Good that we shared, because it was very filling too.

Hubby went off to "check out" the ice cream counter... and came back with this - creamy yummy thick ice cream with a big chunk of chocolate to go with.  Forget your diet, if you have any. 

After a whole day out... EC cooked us this lovely dinner... baked pasta!  Yumzz!!  She added raspberry juice into the salad which gave it a special taste.  Not forgetting homemade mushroom soup from scratch and Riestling to accompany. 

Another great day ended... all glory to God for wonderful weather!